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Oceans move heat and carbon dioxide around the globe

ABC Environment - Sat, 2018-10-13 11:18
Much of the excess carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere dissolves in sea water and moves south joining the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
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South Africa's ancient lost city of Kweneng rediscovered by lasers

BBC - Sat, 2018-10-13 09:38
Descendants of the 15th Century residents are now fighting to have it recognised as their homeland.
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CP Daily: Friday October 12, 2018

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2018-10-13 08:35
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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New Hampshire’s top court to hear appeal on international hydro line ruling

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2018-10-13 08:32
The New Hampshire Supreme Court said Friday it will hear an appeal from US-based utility Eversource to construct its cross-border Northern Pass hydroelectric line after a state committee denied the project necessary permits earlier this year.
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Oregon gubernatorial candidate confirms cap-and-trade opposition as election approaches

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2018-10-13 07:44
Oregon Republican state representative Knute Buehler said this week during a debate that he would oppose legislation to develop a carbon market if elected on Nov. 6 in the state’s tight gubernatorial race, the second major climate policy the candidate has come out against.
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UK to exit EU ETS under ‘no deal’ Brexit, government announces

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2018-10-13 05:36
The UK will exit the EU carbon market in late March 2019 if Brexit negotiators fail to strike a divorce deal, the British government said in a notice late Friday, while also suggesting UK entities consider opening registry accounts on the continent to retain access to their emission unit holdings.
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EU Market: EUAs pull further away from 1-mth low to end week back above €20

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2018-10-13 04:41
European carbon prices added 2.5% on Friday to finish the week back above €20 after plunging to a one-month low in the previous session.
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Brexit blamed for price rise for Christmas turkeys

The Guardian - Sat, 2018-10-13 03:57

Fall in pound and uncertainty has led to farmers paying more to attract or retain EU workers

Brexit is about to make Christmas turkeys more expensive. Prices are to jump as a result of the fall in the value of the pound and higher wages farmers now have to pay to their east European pluckers.

Paul Kelly, the chairman of the British Turkey Federation and boss of KellyBronze, a free range producer, said the industry was being forced to increase prices because of a 5% to 7% rise in costs.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: UK to exit EU ETS under ‘no deal’ Brexit

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2018-10-13 02:34
The UK will be excluded from participating in the EU ETS under a 'no deal' Brexit scenario, the government announced late on Friday.
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Poland to compensate for higher EU carbon prices, repeats call for ETS intervention

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2018-10-13 02:21
The Polish government is preparing a plan to compensate industry and consumers for rising EUA prices, the country’s energy minister told local media, adding that he will again request that Brussels intervene in the market because the conditions for action have now been met.
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Indian activist dies during hunger strike over Ganges river pollution

The Guardian - Sat, 2018-10-13 02:12

GD Agarwal had been fasting since 22 June to protest against government inaction in cleaning the river

An Indian environmental activist has died on the 111th day of a hunger strike to pressure the government to clean the Ganges river.

GD Agarwal, a former professor of environmental engineering at one of India’s top universities, died on Thursday afternoon in hospital in the north Indian city of Rishikesh, where he had been admitted earlier that day.

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Reusable coffee cups are just a drop in the ocean for efforts to save our seas

The Guardian - Sat, 2018-10-13 01:44

Overfishing and climate change harm the marine environment at least as much as plastic pollution

Films such as A Plastic Ocean, and the huge success of Blue Planet II, have brought ocean plastic pollution firmly into the popular domain. Plastic has become ubiquitous through the world’s oceans, with fragments found in deep ocean trenches and the Arctic ice sheets. Furthermore, pictures of charismatic animals such as whales and turtles consuming or entangled in plastic provide powerful imagery of the problem to the public.

There is no doubt plastic is a big issue. A study in the journal Marine Policy suggests plastic pollution might be reaching a planetary boundary, a term used to describe safe operational environmental limits within which the world can continue to function safely.

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Fracking to start in Lancashire as legal challenge fails

BBC - Sat, 2018-10-13 01:00
Fracking for shale gas can go ahead for first time in the UK since it was linked to earthquakes in 2011.
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Scrapping UK grants for hybrid cars 'astounding', says industry

The Guardian - Fri, 2018-10-12 23:42

Government ends incentives to buy new hybrids and cuts those for electric vehicles

Incentives for consumers to buy hybrid and electric cars rather than diesel or petrol alternatives have been slashed by the government, adding thousands of pounds to the price of a new low-emission vehicle.

Car manufacturers said the decision was an “astounding” move. It comes only three months after the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, published a Road to Zero strategy to curb vehicle emissions by promoting greener cars and three days after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called for an urgent switch to electric vehicles.

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The week in wildlife – in pictures

The Guardian - Fri, 2018-10-12 23:00

A rhinoceros hornbill and a white moray eel are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world

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Fracking to restart in UK after last-minute legal bid fails

The Guardian - Fri, 2018-10-12 22:33

High court rejects request to temporarily block Cuadrilla operation in Lancashire

The first fracking in the UK for seven years will start on Saturday, the shale gas company Cuadrilla has confirmed, after campaigners lost a last-minute legal challenge to block the operations.

Lancashire resident Robert Dennett won an interim injunction last Friday against Lancashire county council, putting a temporary halt to the start of fracking at a well outside Blackpool.

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Norfolk man who illegally hoarded 5,000 rare eggs faces jail

BBC - Fri, 2018-10-12 22:12
When he was searched by police, Daniel Lingham said: "I've been a silly man, haven't I?"
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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Oct. 12

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2018-10-12 20:23
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.
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ETS back on agenda as China clarifies ministry role

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2018-10-12 19:46
China’s environment ministry has clarified the structure and role of its climate change division, adding the construction of the national emissions trading scheme to its list of duties after omitting the ETS from an initial overview published last month.
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NZ Market: NZUs come off highs as buyers retreat

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2018-10-12 19:30
New Zealand carbon allowances on Friday came down from the record highs seen earlier in the week, with some observers saying a correction to below NZ$25 might be due.
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