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CARBON FORWARD 2021: Do too many “tourists” spoil the EU ETS broth?

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-10-07 08:56
There are too many “tourists” in the EU carbon market, which cause allowance prices to follow “rubbish stuff”, thereby causing unnecessary volatility, a panel heard Wednesday.
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CARBON FORWARD 2021: Fuel-switching playing smaller role in EUA price formation -analysts

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-10-07 08:02
Fuel-switching economics are playing less of a role in European carbon price formation than financial flows, analysts said, adding that the role of non-compliance participants isn’t affecting the fundamentals of the EU ETS.
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Russia considering net zero emissions by 2060, may enhance ambition ahead of COP26

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-10-07 07:40
Russia has drafted a new climate strategy that includes a 2060 net zero emissions target, according to local media reports, with the potential to bolster its position ahead of COP26 and respond to looming carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) risks.
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LCFS Market: California prices claw back from multi-year lows

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-10-07 06:46
California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit values trended higher over the past week after falling to 3.5-year lows, though traders said the uptick did not signal any fundamental changes in the programme.
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Washington state considering reporting-only year for start of LCFS

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-10-07 06:42
Washington may choose to eliminate the carbon intensity reduction target during the first year of the state’s low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), and is considering several scenarios for rearranging the abatement schedule, Department of Ecology (ECY) officials said Wednesday.
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Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild

The Conversation - Thu, 2021-10-07 05:03
Wild sandalwood populations in Australia have been slowly collapsing for decades. New research found the Western Australian government has been warned repeatedly for a century. Richard McLellan, PhD candidate, Charles Sturt University David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University Kingsley Dixon, John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children

BBC - Thu, 2021-10-07 02:47
After years of trials, the vaccine has shown potential to save tens of thousands of children's lives.
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Corporate Sale Trader (Czech), Vertis – Warsaw

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-10-07 02:41
We are looking for a high energy and passionate individual with a few years of quality sales experience on EU ETS or related markets. We offer the opportunity to become a corporate sales trader for the Czech market at one of the fastest growing trading companies in Europe.
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Corporate Sale Trader (Bulgaria), Vertis – Warsaw/Budapest

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-10-07 02:38
We are looking for a high energy and passionate individual with a few years of quality sales experience on EU ETS or related markets. We offer the opportunity to become a corporate sales trader for the Bulgarian market at one of the fastest growing trading companies in Europe.
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I thank my lucky stars for the rosellas that led to my career in ornithology

The Guardian - Thu, 2021-10-07 02:30

A flash of colour that caught my eye at the age of 10 in 1968 – that’s how far back I trace a sense of obligation to care for the biodiversity that was here first

A flash of colour that takes my eye at the age of 10 in 1968 and learning that it is an Adelaide rosella.

Reaching the edge of a vast swamp north of Birdsville in 1982 thinking, “This is perfect habitat for grey grasswrens. They must be here.” And they are! Right at the edge of the road – just the third population ever discovered until then of an inland Australian bird only described to science in 1969.

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Climate Commitment Act Communications Consultant, Washington Dept. of Ecology – Lacey

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-10-07 02:12
Washington has adopted ground-breaking legislation to address climate change by sharply reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and achieve carbon neutrality.  Do you care passionately about climate change?  Are you seeking a challenging and rewarding job in which you will be directly addressing the climate crisis?  Then join us as we implement this historic legislation.
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UK carbon auction fails to sell out amid low bids

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2021-10-06 23:53
The UK's fortnightly carbon allowance auction failed to sell out on Wednesday, with just 80% of the UKAs on offer finding buyers, as bid prices fell far below the prevailing market price.
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EU Market: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2021-10-06 21:57
EU carbon plummeted by as much as 7.5% on Wednesday numerous bearish pressures including reports of a big emitter unwinding hedges and selling relating to margin calls – all as gas prices spiked further and EU lawmakers discussed Europe’s energy crisis and possibly curbs to ETS speculation.
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CARBON FORWARD 2021: Key MEP urges EU to see past current high energy prices

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2021-10-06 20:37
Current sky-high energy prices must not divert EU lawmakers from reforms to meet the bloc’s climate goals, the MEP tasked with steering carbon market legislation through the European Parliament said Wednesday.
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Chemistry Nobel awarded for mirror-image molecules

BBC - Wed, 2021-10-06 20:07
A Briton and a German have been awarded the chemistry Nobel for their work to build new molecules.
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Japan state agency to develop standards for LNG emissions auditing

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2021-10-06 19:36
A Japanese government energy agency will commence work to develop a standard for the measuring of emissions from the LNG sector, it was announced this week.
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And then there were 10: Australian bird of the year heads into final tense day of voting

The Guardian - Wed, 2021-10-06 18:47

Some old favourites have fallen by the wayside, but it’s all to play for on Thursday as supporters of eliminated birds decide which finalist to back

Vote now for your chosen bird

The cassowary is long gone. So too the sulphur-crested cockatoo, the swift parrot, the shy albatross and the spotted pardalote.

No, there hasn’t been (another) mass extinction (yet) but the new voting format in the 2021 Guardian Australia/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll means the competition has morphed into a brutal kind of ornithological Game of Thrones.

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‘Eye-watering’: climate change disasters will cost Australia billions each year, study finds

The Guardian - Wed, 2021-10-06 18:34

Catastrophes like fires and floods could set the economy back more than $1.2tn by 2060, even if action is taken

Climate change-related disasters will cost Australia $73bn a year by 2060, even if action to curb emissions is taken now, a report has found.

And if nothing is done to tackle climate change, that figure will grow to $94bn a year by that date, a study by Deloitte Access Economics says.

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South Korea weighs another increase in 2030 emissions target

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2021-10-06 17:41
South Korea is likely to bump up its 2030 emissions target again, according to domestic media reports, just weeks after the previous increase, with most of the additional commitment likely to be met through purchasing credits from abroad.
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Photon taps Longi Hi MO 4 bifacial solar panels for NSW merchant projects

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2021-10-06 16:45

Photon selects Longi technology to generate maximum solar energy yields and achieve the financial goals set out in merchant operator business model.

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