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Poorer households may get help on energy bills

BBC - Fri, 2020-02-07 10:01
The burden of paying for clean energy technology could be shifted to the tax payer.
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Climate Policy Manager, Office of Sustainability & Environment, City of Seattle – Seattle

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2020-02-07 09:01
As the Climate Policy Manager, you will bring strong analytic, policy, and communications skills to shape the City of Seattle's climate program. The program includes policies aimed at reducing pollution in the built environment, from transportation, as well as from internal city operations.
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NA Markets: CCAs continue bullish trend with speculative purchases, RGGI falls on emissions data

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2020-02-07 08:48
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rose for the second consecutive week as speculators continued to take long positions on the back end of the curve, while RGGI Allowances (RGAs) retraced previous gains after data showed emissions from the power plants covered by the ETS fell to an all-time low in 2019.
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Finland’s utility Fortum goes emissions-free over second half of 2019

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2020-02-07 08:39
Finnish utility Fortum reported zero emissions from its ETS-covered facilities over the entire second half of last year, it said on Thursday, as its profits were boosted by higher hydro output.
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Trump finalizes plans to open Utah monuments for mining and drilling

The Guardian - Fri, 2020-02-07 08:10

Lawsuits are pending from groups who have challenged the constitutionality of shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante

Plans finalized on Thursday for two national monuments in Utah downsized by Donald Trump would ensure that lands previously off-limits to energy development will be open to mining and drilling.

The move comes despite pending lawsuits from conservation, tribal and paleontology groups, who have challenged the constitutionality of the president’s action. The Trump administration slashed the size of Bears Ears national monument by 85% and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monument by nearly half in December 2017, in what represented the largest elimination of public lands protections in US history.

Conservation groups criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for spending time on management plans they believe will become moot when the court sides with their assertion that Trump misused the Antiquities Act to reverse decisions by previous presidents.

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Tesla could be worth $6 trillion in four years if it can land autonomous driving

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2020-02-07 07:14

 TeslaThe Driven Tesla’s share price surge over the past few days, and the past year, has stunned the financial markets and the automotive industry. But some analysts believe that we’ve seen nothing yet, and if Tesla can land its “full self driving” technology, and lead the switch to autonomous vehicles, the stock could be worth...

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Largest maker of pesticide linked to brain damage in kids to stop producing chemical

The Guardian - Fri, 2020-02-07 07:11

Announcement comes after Trump administration reversed plans to ban chlorpyrifos and rejected scientific conclusions of experts

The world’s largest manufacturer of chlorpyrifos, an agricultural pesticide linked to brain damage in children, has announced that it will stop producing the chemical by the end of the year.

The announcement on Thursday by Corteva, the corporation formed from a Dow Chemical and DuPont merger, comes after the Trump administration reversed regulatory plans to ban the pesticide and rejected the scientific conclusions of US government experts.

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Refinitiv hires former energy and carbon analyst to lead European gas research

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2020-02-07 07:10
Financial market data firm Refinitiv has hired a former energy and carbon analyst to head its European gas research division, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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Terror police's Extinction Rebellion 'risk report' sent out a year ago

The Guardian - Fri, 2020-02-07 06:18

Police say Rising Up report was commissioned as group had a ‘large following’ and concluded XR was not a threat

Counter-terrorism chiefs ordered a formal assessment of whether Extinction Rebellion was a national security threat one year ago and then sent a secret report about the group to police forces, the Guardian has learned.

The revelation shows that counter-terrorism police’s interest in the non-violent climate emergency group began earlier and was more extensive than previously thought.

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OneWeb: London start-up set to launch first big batch of satellites

BBC - Fri, 2020-02-07 05:34
The UK-based firm plans near-monthly launches of spacecraft to deliver a broadband internet service.
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EU Market: EUAs retreat after failing to hold 1-week high above €24

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2020-02-07 05:20
EUAs failed to hold early gains above €24 on Thursday, slumping as energy resumed its bearish tone while markets worldwide continued to fret about China's ability to contain the coronavirus.
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No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we're only ever one step from system collapse

The Conversation - Fri, 2020-02-07 05:03
How could a nation like Australia came close to a humanitarian crisis during the recent bushfires? A problem-solving theory called "systems thinking" can help us find out. Anthony Richardson, Tutor and Researcher, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Bumblebees' decline points to mass extinction – study

The Guardian - Fri, 2020-02-07 05:00

Populations disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter, scientists say

Bumblebees are in drastic decline across Europe and North America owing to hotter and more frequent extremes in temperatures, scientists say.

A study suggests the likelihood of a bumblebee population surviving in any given place has declined by 30% in the course of a single human generation. The researchers say the rates of decline appear to be “consistent with a mass extinction”.

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Humanity under threat from perfect storm of crises – study

The Guardian - Fri, 2020-02-07 04:32

Climate, extreme weather, biodiversity, food and water crises could lead to ‘systemic collapse’

The world is facing a series of interlinked emergencies that are threatening the existence of humans, because the sum of the effects of the crises is much greater than their individual impacts, according to a new global study.

Climate breakdown and extreme weather, species loss, water scarcity and a food production crisis are all serious in themselves, but the combination of all five together is amplifying the risks of each, creating a perfect storm that threatens to engulf humanity unless swift action is taken.

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Seven female scientists you may not have heard of - but should know all about

BBC - Fri, 2020-02-07 03:27
The government is being told to act over a "lack of visible role models for girls" in science. Here's a whole array they could use.
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MPs question ministers on tree-planting plans

BBC - Fri, 2020-02-07 03:23
Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers is quizzed on the government's tree-planting plans.
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Norwegian oil firm Equinor broadens climate goal to include its products

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2020-02-07 03:22
Norway’s Equinor is joining other major European oil and gas companies in setting a target to rein in emissions including those from the fuel it sells, leaving the door open for using offsets to help meet the goal.
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ClimeCo VP departs for Canadian environmental firm

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2020-02-07 02:39
A vice president for offset developer and advisory firm ClimeCo has taken a senior position with a Canadian competitor, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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Canada targets spring release of draft compliance offset regulation

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2020-02-07 01:52
The Canadian environment ministry will aim to publish draft regulations this spring for a federal offset programme under the country’s ‘backstop’ large emitter programme, and it is also developing a shortlist of protocols to supply that output-based pricing system (OBPS), a government official said Wednesday.
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Scottish animal welfare baffled by python mutilation in Aberdeen

The Guardian - Fri, 2020-02-07 01:33

Two dead 5ft snakes were discovered at a nature reserve within a month of each other

A python has been found dead, slit open along the length of its body, while another was found in pieces, prompting an investigation at a nature reserve in Scotland.

The 1.5-metre (5ft) snakes were discovered within a month of each other at Den of Maidencraig in Skene Road, Aberdeen. A member of the public found the slit-open snake on 7 January, while the second was found on 31 January.

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