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CERPD Inc. seeks a candidate to fill the position of carbon project developer at our Seattle office. As a developer, the suitable candidate will be responsible for identifying commercially viable project opportunities and managing internal resources to finalize and execute projects.

The position would entail business development and marketing for various Carbon commodities such as CERs, VERs, etc from the company’s portfolio, with an emphasis on building relationships and networks with end-users and buyers of such commodities. The person would also be responsible for building the firm’s Climate consulting & advisory customer base.

US interior secretary Ryan Zinke blames environmentalists for the devastation in California and calls for an increase in logging

The US interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, has blamed environmentalists for California’s ferocious wildfires and claimed, contrary to scientific research, that climate change had “nothing to do” with them. Instead, he said the fires were worsened because of limits on logging.

“America is better than letting these radical groups control the dialogue about climate change,” Zinke told KCRA, a TV station in northern California, on Sunday. “Extreme environmentalists have shut down public access. They talk about habitat and yet they are willing to burn it up.”

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The number of RGGI allowances (RGAs) held for compliance purposes remained at historically low levels in Q2, according to a report published Monday.

German EUA sales will be put on hold from early November, the European Commission said late Monday, with the weekly auctions expected to resume in Q1 2019 after the bloc's regulations have been amended to reflect the renewal of the country's contract with exchange EEX.

Staff at government scientific agency will likely be seconded to help administer funds, documents show

The CSIRO was not aware a $443.8 m grant would be offered to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and staff at the agency are likely to be seconded to the charity to help administer the funds, according to documents tabled in the Senate.

The documents, tabled on Monday, show the agency “didn’t have visibility” before the government announced the grant on 29 April, with correspondence from senior staff noting the prime minister’s office appeared to be involved.

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Senate inquiry to visit Port Augusta to investigate mistakes made after the closure of the Northern power plant

For the residents living near the site of South Australia’s demolished coal-fired power plant, the coming months could be their third straight summer of dust.

A flawed rehabilitation of an ash dam has led to potentially hazardous particles being blown across Port Augusta and its 14,000 residents for the last two years.

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Climate Advisers, a growing mission-driven consulting firm, is seeking a smart, talented and self-motivated Director of Global Forest Policy to join its Forest Research and Policy Team, which promotes climate policies and solutions through original analysis, outreach and international diplomacy. 

The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) is seeking an experienced and established thought leader in the field of environmental and climate disclosure and mainstream reporting to appoint as the Chair of its Technical Working Group (TWG).

The Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy is seeking a dedicated sustainable energy, climate change or development finance specialist to work on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and climate change finance projects in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. 

CBI is seeking an experienced Standards Manager to contribute to on-going development of science-based green definitions and green Criteria across all sectors of a green economy. 

A newly discovered species of pterosaur that lived about 210 million years ago has been found in the Utah desert.

Deforestation of the Amazon and illegal fishing have both been linked to tax havens according to a new study.

70% of vessels implicated in illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing are registered in tax havens, report finds

Money channelled through secretive tax havens has been used to fuel deforestation in the Amazon and illegal fishing around the world, racking up a heavy environmental toll but leaving few ways for businesses to be held to account.

Billions of pounds worth of finance has travelled through countries internationally recognised as tax havens, and has been traced by researchers to activities that contribute to environmental destruction, such as growing soy and beef in deforested areas of the Amazon, and expanding a network of largely unregulated fishing vessels operating under “flags of convenience”.

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EU carbon prices climbed above €18 to set a new seven-year high on Monday, extending its run of recent gains amid thin volumes and August’s curtailed auction supply.

Trump is trying to accelerate the key contributor to California’s expanding wildfires – climate change

Last week, 18 wildfires were burning at once in California, including its largest in history, destroying over 1,100 homes and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. The smoke made the air in the state’s Central Valley unhealthy to breathe for a record 15 consecutive days, as I can personally attest.

Fun fact: there are currently no clouds at all over NorCal. The opaque skies from #SanFrancisco to #Sacramento to #Redding to #Lake Tahoe are the exclusive product of dense #smoke from numerous large #wildfires. #CarrFire #RanchFire #DonnellFire #FergusonFire #CAfire #CAwx pic.twitter.com/feVtfkDJTT

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator last week issued 236,502 new carbon offsets, all of which went to projects seeking to save greenhouse gas emissions through land-use management.