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Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-06-11 07:48
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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UNEP touts limited role of offsets, questions ‘one-for-one’ approach

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-06-11 06:51
Carbon offset credits should only play a transitional role in meeting Paris Agreement goals and the use of such credits may be drawing to a close, the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) said Monday.
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Electric cars and renewable energy bring new mining opportunities to Australia

ABC Environment - Tue, 2019-06-11 06:35
Australia is the world's biggest producer of lithium, a crucial component in things like EV batteries, and we also have other valuable rare earth metals. But can Australia make the most of the opportunities from this growing resources sector?
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Policy Associate, Pacific Forest Trust – San Francisco

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-06-11 06:26
Pacific Forest Trust’s small-yet-mighty, collaborative, creative, and product-oriented policy team requires a nimble staff member who can manage multiple and frequently competing priorities, and produce creatively under pressure—with grace and humor. The Policy Associate role is crucial to helping understand simply and tangibly the complex, often technical issues that confront forest landowners and stakeholders alike in our rapidly changing world.
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ICAO targets Feb. 2020 for first CORSIA offset unit recommendations

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-06-11 04:12
The expert panel for UN body ICAO's CORSIA programme is aiming to make recommendations by Feb. 2020 on eligible credit types, coming less than a year before the start of the global aviation offsetting scheme's pilot phase.
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EU Market: EUAs lift to week-high above €25 in thin holiday trade

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-06-11 04:00
EUAs jumped to its highest level since May on Monday, climbing 2.8% as the lack of an auction and a public holiday across much of the continent quelled trade.
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EU ETS allowance holding limits “inevitable”, trading expert warns

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-06-11 02:56
The EU should consider introducing measures to reveal the trading positions of participants in its ETS, a veteran market expert has said, warning that speculator holding limits similar to those seen in other carbon markets could be inevitable.
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A call to arms to fight the 'war on plastic'

BBC - Tue, 2019-06-11 02:49
BBC One presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall investigates what we can all do to reduce our use of plastic.
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Female scientist's IVF contribution was 'unrecognised'

BBC - Tue, 2019-06-11 02:25
Letters from one the fertility treatment's pioneers says Jean Purdy contributed as much as him.
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Grape expectations: DNA reveals history of vintage wine

BBC - Tue, 2019-06-11 01:34
The French were probably sipping wines we drink today 900 years ago, according to DNA from old grapes.
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‘Frightening’ number of plant extinctions found in global survey

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-06-11 01:00

Study shows 571 species wiped out, and scientists say figure is likely to be big underestimate

Human destruction of the living world is causing a “frightening” number of plant extinctions, according to scientists who have completed the first global analysis of the issue.

They found 571 species had definitely been wiped out since 1750 but with knowledge of many plant species still very limited the true number is likely to be much higher. The researchers said the plant extinction rate was 500 times greater now than before the industrial revolution, and this was also likely to be an underestimate.

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PG&E can reject PPAs under bankruptcy proceeding, court finds

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-06-11 00:35
Embattled California utility Pacific Gas & Electric may reject power purchase agreements (PPAs) as it seeks to reorganise itself, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) may not intervene on those decisions, a bankruptcy court ruled late Friday.
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Scottish Power to build vast battery to improve wind energy supply

The Guardian - Mon, 2019-06-10 21:54

Energy firm says project will be big step towards continuous renewable power for UK

Scottish Power is to undertake the most ambitious battery power project in Europe in an attempt to unlock the potential of the UK’s wind and solar farms.

The company will connect an industrial-scale battery to the Whitelee onshore windfarm early next year to capture more power from its 214 turbines.

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Korean firms eye Myanmar mangrove CDM project

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2019-06-10 20:55
South Korean state-owned power company KEPCO and trading firm Ecoeye are investing in a mangrove forest project in Myanmar that will be registered under the CDM and generate offsets eligible in the Korean emissions trading scheme.
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Western Australia EPA tries again on offset obligations

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2019-06-10 19:45
The Western Australia EPA on Monday began a new consultation round for its GHG guidelines, after being forced to withdraw a previous proposal that included an obligation for all major projects to offset their carbon emissions.
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Iberdrola plans massive 590MW solar plant in Spain – Europe’s largest

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2019-06-10 16:38

Iberdrola plans 590MW solar PV installation in Spain, which will be biggest in Europe when complete.

The post Iberdrola plans massive 590MW solar plant in Spain – Europe’s largest appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California budget proposal would funnel carbon revenues to workforce training, raising legal concerns

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2019-06-10 11:51
A California budget compromise would funnel the state's WCI cap-and-trade auction revenues to workforce training and safe drinking water programmes, potentially conflicting with a legislative counsel opinion that found carbon funds must be used to directly reduce emissions until 2021.
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Boxing for fitness, confidence and preserving rural property's history

ABC Environment - Mon, 2019-06-10 11:30
Indigenous women boxing for fitness and confidence; preserving rural property's historic church; ranger catching rabbits with ferrets; rural community draws crowds to pumpkin festival.
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Putting the pieces of yourself back together at your favourite place

ABC Environment - Mon, 2019-06-10 09:51
Life can get pretty messy, but sometimes returning to a place of special memories helps restore your sense of self.
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How plastic bottles are paying for lessons in Nigeria

BBC - Mon, 2019-06-10 09:14
A school in Nigeria is accepting empty plastic bottles in exchange for payment of school fees.
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