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Carbon Project Manager, Climate Neutral Group – Cape Town/Johannesburg

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-07-30 21:11
As part of the Projects and Development team, you will play a leading role in contributing to the emerging South African carbon market by implementing and managing carbon offset projects. You will be responsible for the sourcing, screening, planning, developing and managing of projects for our South African portfolio.
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Financial firm pushes for NZ govt to go for Australian carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-07-30 21:02
New Zealand should seek a deal where the government could buy Australian carbon credits and auction them off to domestic emitters as part of the strategy to meet its Paris treaty obligations, brokerage OM Financial said Tuesday.
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Spanish slugs: Moscow alarm over giant invasive pests

BBC - Tue, 2019-07-30 20:53
Voracious Arion vulgaris slugs have spread across Europe from Spain and are major pests.
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Australia’s New South Wales threatens to go it alone on climate, energy policy

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-07-30 19:36
New South Wales Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean on Tuesday said his state might go it alone on a climate policy for the energy sector unless Australia’s federal government steps up, prompting fresh speculation that a state-led initiative to curb emissions might emerge.
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Ban fracking in UK, Jeremy Corbyn urges Boris Johnson

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-07-30 18:12

Labour says fracking for gas will prevent Britain meeting carbon emissions target

Jeremy Corbyn has urged Boris Johnson to ban fracking for gas as research by Labour shows it will stop the UK meeting a net zero target for carbon emissions this century.

The analysis was published ahead of a visit by the Labour leader to join anti-fracking protesters at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in Lancashire.

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Butterflywatch: the return of the dazzling purple emperor

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-07-30 16:23

This iridescent beauty is back in Norfolk for the first time since the 70s – and marching north

Every July in the 1980s, my dad and I visited Foxley Wood, an ancient woodland close to my home. We were searching for the purple emperor, an iridescent purple, treetop-dwelling insect that inspires more obsession than any other butterfly.

Last seen in Norfolk in the early 70s, it fell extinct because Foxley, like many ancient woodlands, was turned over to conifers after the war. We hoped this notoriously elusive creature survived but, if it did, it always eluded us.

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Director of Forest Carbon Origination, Finite Carbon – Portland/Tallahassee

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-07-30 14:51
Finite Carbon is seeking a Director of Forest Carbon Origination to support the development of Finite’s growing portfolio of forest offset projects. The candidate will join a team of 14 employees including 10 full-time foresters who provide unmatched technical expertise and implementation capabilities.
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Engie’s 119MW Willogoleche wind farm formally opens in South Australia

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-07-30 14:46

The 119MW wind farm, made up of 32 cutting edge GE turbines, officially opens in South Australia's mid-north.

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Will hydrogen from coal and gas be necessary to meet future energy demands?

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-07-30 14:21

Alan Finkel Australian Clean Energy Summit Hydrogen Cheif ScientistChief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel says that the production of hydrogen from coal and gas may be neccessary to meet global transport energy needs.

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Schott says Feds “can’t get their act together” on climate, so states will step up

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-07-30 14:03

Kerry Schott Alex Wonhas Clean Energy Summit 2019 - optimisedESB chair tells Clean Energy Summit state governments are leading the energy transition, as NSW threatens to go it alone if federal Coalition doesn't get its act together.

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Project Manager, ClimateWorks Australia – Melbourne

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-07-30 14:00
We are currently seeking a Project Officer to join our dedicated team of professionals. You will be part of the ClimateWorks National Programs Team, providing support for the successful delivery of projects to accelerate emissions reductions within the Cities and Policy program.
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Fossil fuel giant BP wants to charge electric cars 100% in 5 minutes by 2021

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-07-30 13:41

 StoreDotBP’s head of technology David Eyton tells BNEF that BP wants to charge EVs to 100% within just five minutes.

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Solar dominates day-time markets, lifting share and pushing down prices

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-07-30 13:32

Solar boom that began in 2016 is having marked impact on wholesale prices, even in winter, and may rethink investment decisions.

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Henderson Island: a Pacific paradise turning into a plastic trap – video

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-07-30 12:58

Thousands of tonnes of plastic have accumulated on the pristine beaches of Henderson Island in the Pacific's Pitcairn archipelago. Along one stretch of 2.5km, an estimated 18 tonnes has piled up over decades, at the rate of several thousand pieces of plastic per day. A team of scientists, conservationists and two journalists from New Zealand’s Stuff.co.nz spent two weeks collecting six tonnes of the rubbish to gain more insight into where it had come from, and how it could be prevented in future. 

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Program reveals fantastic line up at EV conference, early bird tickets close soon

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-07-30 12:16

The Driven and RenewEconomy are delighted to announce the program for the inaugural Electric Vehicle Transition Conference, featuring many of the country’s leading policy and technology experts and analysts.

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Running out of sand: part two

ABC Environment - Tue, 2019-07-30 11:30
The future of sand is ... recycled plastic?
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Tesla’s Australian chair – surprise, surprise – has a Tesla car, battery and solar

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-07-30 11:24

Tesla chair Robyn Denholm, an Australian, outlines her passion for the company's products and says Australia can lead in the transition to clean energy.

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Telsa takes aim at gas plants with 3MWh “megapack” battery unit

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-07-30 11:20

Tesla says new "mega-pack" battery unit will allow deployment of "gigawatt" scale storage in a matter of months - cheaper, cleaner and quicker than gas generators.

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Henderson Island: the Pacific paradise groaning under 18 tonnes of plastic waste

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-07-30 10:57

Rubbish has been washing up on its isolated beaches in the Pitcairn chain at a rate of several thousand bits of plastic a day

Henderson Island, uninhabited and a day’s sea crossing from the nearest sign of civilisation, should be an untouched paradise.

Instead its beaches, which were awarded Unesco world heritage status in 1988, are a monument to humanity’s destructive, disposable culture.

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Philippines is deadliest country for defenders of environment

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-07-30 10:01

Nation replaces Brazil for first time in annual list of murders compiled by Global Witness

The Philippines has replaced Brazil as the most murderous country in the world for people defending their land and environment, according to research that puts a spotlight on the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.

More than three defenders were killed across the world every week in 2018, according to the annual toll by the independent watchdog Global Witness, highlighting the continued dangers facing those who stand up to miners, loggers, farmers, poachers and other extractive industries.

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