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A climate tech startup on Thursday signed a $40-million offtake agreement with a CO2 removals (CDR) buyers’ group for credits from its first US direct air capture (DAC) facility, which has been operational since May.

Australian scientists create brick refuges in greenhouses to help green and golden bell frogs survive infection

A “sauna” treatment for frogs has been used by researchers in Australia to successfully fight a deadly fungal disease that has devastated amphibians around the world, according to a new study.

Scientists created refuges for the animals using painted masonry bricks inside greenhouses that they called “frog saunas”. They found that endangered Australian green and golden bell frogs were able to clear infections from the deadly Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, in the warmer conditions of the greenhouses, when they would otherwise have died. Many of the frogs that recovered in the refuges were then resistant to infection.

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Snail mail replaced with slug mail as scientists need 1,000 grey field slugs to explore their impact on various crops

It may be known as snail mail, but researchers are hoping the public will use the postal service to send them a different kind of mollusc: slugs.

A team of scientists and farmers carrying out research into slug-resistant wheat say they need about 1,000 of the creatures to explore how palatable slugs find various crops.

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A decision by the newly formed government in the Netherlands to scrap a number of energy transition policies is leading to uncertainty for the clean technology sector in the country, according to experts, who also fear the new coalition will not survive long.

Rescuers including vets rush to save 12 survivors from 77-strong group lying on Sanday shore

Dozens of long-finned pilot whales have died after a 77-strong pod came ashore on an Orkney beach in what could be the biggest mass stranding in decades.

Twelve of the animals at Tresness beach, on the island of Sanday, were still alive, but according to rescuers from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR), it was thought unlikely they could be saved.

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Lead negotiators laying the ground for the next UN climate summit are "more optimistic" about two key texts on carbon crediting methodologies and international trade than in the run-up to previous summits, a senior official told Carbon Pulse on Wednesday.

A Florida-based startup says it can cut concrete's CO2 emissions by up to 75% and pay its customers a return on investment of carbon credits over the first 12 months.

The Zimbabwean government has started developing policies for carbon trading under the Paris Agreement and expects to finalise them by end of year, the country’s environment minister told reporters in Harare on Thursday, per local media reports.

Lawyers acting for minister say emissions of coal extracted from mine should have been taken into account

The government has admitted that a proposed coalmine in Cumbria was approved unlawfully, as the carbon emissions of coal from the mine should have been taken into account in the planning decision.

This follows a precedent set by a supreme court judgment last month, when Surrey county council’s decision to extend planning permission for an oil drilling well at Horse Hill, on the Weald, was quashed.

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While carbon removals may be good for the climate, developers and buyers also need to minimise the project's impact on wider environmental health, and promote benefits, according to updated criteria for high-quality projects, released on Thursday.

A Brazilian cosmetics company has raised R$1.3 billion ($245 million) with a 'first-of-its-kind' sustainability-linked bond (SLB) tied to targets on biodiversity conservation and sustainable sourcing in the Amazon region.

A new Labour government in the UK could boost the green gilt market, a new report published on Thursday has found.

The European Union policy on how to define and certify carbon removal activities will move forward in October on a peatlands methodology, while several active in the sector have expressed surprise at a recent change in name of the regulation.

Brazil will host the G20 summit this year after producing close to 90% of its electricity from renewables in 2023, adding pressure on the group of leading economies to step up their decarbonisation efforts after seven countries let power sector emissions rise last year, according to analysts.

Flax-based materials that can reduce a vehicle’s weight and CO2 footprint are increasingly in demand among automakers looking to meet their decarbonisation goals and get ahead of the EU’s proposed end-of-life vehicles (ELV) regulation.

A $50-million fund to protect Egypt's coral reef has been launched this week under the Egyptian Red Sea Initiative, a newly established programme supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UN-backed Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR).

Rescued chicks favour seafood, suggesting they turn to urban diet as adults from necessity rather than preference

Herring gulls have wrecked many a harbourside picnic, pouncing on unsuspecting people trying to enjoy a Cornish pasty, a sandwich or a bag of chips.

But a study from the University of Exeter suggests that gull chicks prefer seafood even after being raised on a diet of the sort of scraps found around humans.

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Satellite analysis looked at credits sold by Finite Carbon, which runs some of North America’s largest offset projects

This story is co-published with SourceMaterial and Floodlight

Some forest carbon offsets sold by the biggest offsetting company in the US offer little or no benefit to the climate, a satellite analysis has found.

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European carbon edged higher on Thursday morning as the market looked to end a three-day losing streak, with prices tracking firmer natural gas despite a downturn in liquidity as the holiday season approached its peak.

Beyond federal governments and supranational organisations, regional and city administrations can play a huge role in scaling up carbon dioxide removals (CDR) solutions, according to a report published Thursday.