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South Pole joins new carbon data standardisation initiative

Carbon Pulse - 2 hours 30 min ago
Large project developer and consultancy South Pole has formally joined a new initiative aimed at standardising data across carbon markets.
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Labour to press on with pylons as study shows underground cables more costly

The Guardian - 3 hours 18 min ago

IET report says running cables below ground about four and a half times more expensive than overhead lines

Labour has vowed to press ahead with its plans to build more pylons across England and Wales, a subject of local political division, as a report says underground electricity cables are more than four times more expensive than overhead lines.

Pylons have become one of the key electoral issues in a number of counties including Lincolnshire, which is a local election battleground this week. Reform and the Conservatives have called for electricity cables to be buried underground rather than carried overhead by pylons.

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Australia’s spiky, shuffling, egg-laying echidna evolved in ‘extremely rare’ event, scientists say

The Guardian - 3 hours 47 min ago

Researchers have compared the monotreme’s traits with the Kryoryctes cadburyi, an ancient water-dwelling creature that lived in Australia more than 100m years ago

Australia’s burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an “extremely rare” biological event, scientists said in a new study of the peculiar egg-laying mammals.

With powerful digging claws, protective spikes and highly sensitive beaks, echidnas are well suited to a life shuffling through the forest undergrowth. But a team of Australian and international scientists believe many of the echidna’s unusual traits were first developed millions of years ago when its ancestors splashed through the water.

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Tempted to turn on the aircon? Science says use fans until it’s 27°C

The Conversation - 5 hours 22 min ago
Use electric fans as your first cooling strategy, and only turn on the aircon when the indoor temperature exceeds 27°C. Federico Tartarini, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture Design and Planning, University of Sydney Angie Bone, Associate Professor of Practice in Planetary Health, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Ollie Jay, Professor of Heat & Health; Director of Heat & Health Research Incubator; Director of Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Election week weather: rain ahead for NSW but blue skies forecast in most Australian cities on polling day

The Guardian - 5 hours 34 min ago

While clear weather is expected for much of the country on Saturday, those voting in parts of WA and Queensland may want to bring a raincoat

Wet and stormy weather is forecast to continue across eastern New South Wales in coming days, but as conditions clear, the state – and much of the country – can look forward to clearer skies on election day.

Persistent showers were due to continue to build across the NSW coast and eastern Victoria on Tuesday and Wednesday. Strong, chilly winds from the south were also forecast, and could whip up large waves along the coast.

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Softer NZU, ACCU prices weigh on Carbon Fund value

Carbon Pulse - 6 hours 13 min ago
Weakening prices in the Australian and New Zealand carbon markets in the first quarter led to a near-8% fall in the value of an Antipodean carbon fund.
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The government plans to regulate carbon capture technologies – but who will be the regulating agency?

The Conversation - 7 hours 6 min ago
New Zealand needs a legal arrangement that allows carbon capture and storage technologies to evolve without being a mere offshoot of the oil and gas industry. Barry Barton, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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UPDATE – Canada re-elects Liberals, with new PM Carney to build on decade of climate policy experience

Carbon Pulse - 7 hours 29 min ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals are projected to have won Monday's Canadian federal election, in a remarkable reversal of fortune just months after they were projected to lose by 20-30 percentage points.
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NZ Market: NZU prices plunge as experts question climate commission’s ETS advice

Carbon Pulse - 9 hours 23 min ago
NZU prices fell by around 5% on Monday as experts raised concerns about the Climate Change Commission’s advice on emissions trading scheme settings.
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Investor commits $40 mln to three nature-based carbon projects

Carbon Pulse - 10 hours 6 min ago
A French investment firm has announced a $40 million investment into three nature-based projects in Latin America and Africa.
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INTERVIEW: US carbon credit platform gains momentum with standards agencies through ‘trust’

Carbon Pulse - 10 hours 56 min ago
A US-based financial services firm is advocating for separation between standards agencies and registries in the voluntary carbon market, as it partners with a UK-based forestry project developer to settle transactions on the firm's platform.
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Post-issuance legal risks for carbon credits manageable with pre-issuance products -report

Carbon Pulse - 10 hours 59 min ago
Gaps and inconsistencies across global property law regimes regarding voluntary carbon credits (VCCs), typically construed as post-issuance problems, can be addressed using the pre-issuance risk management tools of ratings and insurance, according to a report published Monday.
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New satellite will see through clouds to 'weigh' Earth's forests

BBC - 11 hours 33 min ago
The new satellite will be able to see through clouds and forest canopies.
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