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Financial participants parted with more California Carbon Allowances this week prior to the publication of results from the Q1 WCI auction, while compliance entities’ net short shrank to the smallest amount since May, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

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A Nevada-based mineral exploration company on Thursday announced a new subsidiary to research and potentially execute carbon credit streaming investments in Western US rangeland projects.

Russia banned all UK airlines from using its airspace on Friday in a move that will significantly impact British flights to Asia and result in overall lower demand, though the impact on European carbon markets is as yet unclear.

Germany-based utility RWE, the EU’s top corporate emitter, reported a 16.5% rise in its ETS-covered thermal power output for 2021, it said on Friday, upping its demand for carbon allowances.

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High Wycombe vigil implores senior Tory, who has questioned cost of net zero, to quit as trustee of Global Warming Policy Foundation

Protesters gathered in High Wycombe on Friday to implore their MP, Steve Baker, to quit as a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a thinktank that has been accused of being one of the UK’s leading sources of climate scepticism.

Christians from the MP’s constituency prayed and sang Amazing Grace outside the constituency office, holding signs reading “Praying 4 Steve Baker”, “The Earth is what we all have in common”, “… And God created science”. Baker is an evangelical Christian.

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But a disaster at the defunct nuclear power plant there is "extremely unlikely", experts say.

EUAs are unlikely to quickly recover a near-10% drop in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the impact of the conflict is too far-reaching, several analysts told Carbon Pulse, though others expect prices to bounce back somewhat as bargain-hunters step in and coal power remains well-supported.

Grower says quick crop is down to weather conditions as well as use of coconut fibre

British asparagus is landing on supermarket shelves eight weeks earlier than usual after the mild winter weather quickened the arrival of this year’s first spears.

The traditional start to the season is 23 April but Waitrose will have homegrown asparagus in its shops from Saturday. It has been grown in polytunnels in Hampshire where the grower reported “unseasonably warm” January temperatures.

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Damian Hinds challenged schools to ditch disposable plastics by 2022 but goal is still long way off

The UK government has failed to back up its call for schools to ditch plastic, say campaigners, despite setting a 2022 target.

Three years ago Damian Hinds, then the education secretary, challenged headteachers in England to ditch disposables such as straws, bottles, bags and food packaging by this year. But campaigners say that without tangible targets, funded resources and a realistic strategy, this goal is still a long way off.

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EUAs posted moderate gains on Friday morning as traders regained confidence that Russian gas flows would not be interrupted amid modest sanctions, even as Russian forces advanced on the Ukrainian capital.

Australia’s weekly offset issuances dropped far below average levels this week though new project registrations rose, while the Western Australia government launched a new voucher programme for soil carbon farmers.

The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including firefall, rock goats and a pack of grey wolves

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Price levels and trading volumes in China’s carbon market both rebounded somewhat over the past week, but regulatory uncertainty continues to put a dampener on activity.

PFAS chemicals detected in 20% of private wells and 60% of public wells sampled in 16 eastern states

Pollution by toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in America’s aquifer system has led to widespread contamination of private and public drinking water wells, data from a new study by the US Geological Survey finds.

The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology, detected PFAS chemicals in 20% of private wells and 60% of public wells sampled in 16 eastern states, and offered new insights on how to predict which drinking water sources may be contaminated.

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An experienced China carbon market analyst has joined the emissions trading desk at one of the country’s biggest power companies.

China Southern Power Grid on Friday released more detailed trading rules for the recently established green power trading scheme, which traders say might emerge as the option of choice for generators tired of waiting for clarity on the nation’s offset market.

Oil major Shell has signed a partnership agreement with a major Chinese steelmaker that spans carbon trading, green steel, and EV charging facilities.