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UK waste firm fined £1.5m for exporting household waste
Biffa convicted of exporting filthy rubbish marked as waste paper for recycling in India and Indonesia in breach of ban
The UK’s largest waste company, Biffa, has been fined £1.5m after exporting filthy rubbish marked as waste paper for recycling in India and Indonesia, in actions a judge called “reckless, bordering on deliberate”.
Last week, the company was convicted of sending more than 1,000 tonnes of household waste to India and Indonesia, in breach of a ban on sending such waste to developing countries after a two-week trial at Wood Green crown court .
Continue reading...Greenland: enough ice melted on single day to cover Florida in two inches of water
- Data shows ice sheet lost 8.5bn tons of surface mass on Tuesday
- All-time record temperature of 19.8C in region on Wednesday
Greenland’s vast ice sheet is undergoing a surge in melting, with the amount of ice vanishing in a single day this week enough to cover the whole of Florida in two inches of water, researchers have found.
The deluge of melting has reached deep into Greenland’s enormous icy interior, with data from the Danish government showing that the ice sheet lost 8.5bn tons of surface mass on Tuesday alone. A further 8.4bn tons was lost on Thursday, the Polar Portal monitoring website reported.
Continue reading...Threat of imminent UK ETS market intervention averted after permit prices drop
UK military opens first space command centre
US Carbon Pricing and LCFS Roundup for week ending July 30, 2021
Major California-based financial firm opens new carbon fund
Private equity firm Bridgepoint acquires stake in carbon traders ACT
Euro Markets: Midday Update
Major European airlines rely on easing restrictions to rebound from COVID crisis
The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a released frog, rescued kestrel chicks and frisky sharks
Continue reading...Australia Market Roundup: Regulator hands out 430,000 ACCUs, as govt secures path to fund CCS, soil carbon
CN Markets: Price, volume slip as China’s carbon market stifled by access restrictions
Redflow eyes US expansion and new battery storage products after record orders
Australian flow battery maker eyes US expansion and new products, after navigating tough 2020.
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Is the UK lagging behind in greening its cities?
Most urban areas were laid out many decades ago, but projects worldwide show change is possible
Around the globe many cities are redesigning themselves for the 21st century, but will the UK be left behind?
Pressures on the UK’s urban environments are likely to increase, according to a report from the Environment Agency. Eight out of 10 people call these areas home and urban populations are expected to be 18% greater by 2036 than they were in 2011. Although the air that we breathe in our towns and cities has improved hugely since the 1950s, progress on particle pollution has stalled in recent years. In 2019, three-quarters of the UK’s reporting zones still failed legal limits for nitrogen dioxide that were set in 1999.
Continue reading...BHP says two solar farms and big battery to power nickel mines supplying Tesla
BHP announces first large-scale onsite solar farms and a big battery to help power its WA Nickel West mines that will supply Tesla.
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ESB’s capacity payments for coal and gas may cost $3.2 billion a year. Guess who pays
The ESB's unnecessary capacity payments for fossil fuel generators could cost $3.2 billion a year, and consumers will pay.
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Rio Tinto powers ahead on solar farm to supply Pilbara iron ore mine
Rio Tinto awards contract to build the mining giant's first fully-owned solar farm at the Gudai Darri mine in WA Pilbara region.
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Curious Kids: do penguins fly underwater?
Russian module mishap destabilises International Space Station
Tesla Megapack container on fire at site of Australia’s biggest battery
Fire erupts in Tesla Megapack battery container at the Victoria Big Battery in Geelong.
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