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Could Sri Lanka's ship fire have been avoided? Here's what we can learn from the shocking environmental disaster
Have your say on the Threatened Species Action Plan 2021-2026
New Threatened Species Strategy released
CP Daily: Thursday July 8, 2021
Small, illiquid UK carbon market struggling to attract investors
NA Markets: Speculators fuel new all-time CCA high, as RGGI hits 6-month peak on compliance buying
German coal plant closes after just six years, to produce green hydrogen from wind
A 1600MW coal generator closes for good after just six years, and will now be repurposed to produce green hydrogen from wind energy.
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NSW offers grants to secure 3GW of pumped hydro to replace coal
NSW offers grants to help secure 3GW of pumped hydro projects in time for next wave of coal fired power station closures.
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Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured
The Guardian view on the heat dome: burning through the models | Editorial
Politicians must respond to the latest warnings that climate science has underestimated risks
Last week’s shockingly high temperatures in the northwestern US and Canada were – and are – very frightening. Heat and the fires it caused killed hundreds of people, and are estimated to have killed a billion sea creatures. Daily temperature records were smashed by more than 5C (9F) in some places. In Lytton, British Columbia, the heat reached 49.6C (121F). The wildfires that consumed the town produced their own thunderstorms, alongside thousands of lightning strikes.
An initial study shows human activity made this heat dome – in which a ridge of high pressure acts as a lid preventing warm air from escaping – at least 150 times more likely. The World Weather Attribution Group of scientists, who use computer climate models to assess global heating trends and extreme weather, have warned that last week exceeded even their worst-case scenarios. While it has long been recognised that the climate system has thresholds or tipping points beyond which humans stand to lose control of what happens, scientists did not hide their alarm that an usually cool part of the Pacific northwest had been turned into a furnace. One climatologist said the prospect opened up by the heat dome “blows my mind”.
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UN envoy Carney stresses ‘modest, marginal’ role for offsets in corporate climate action
EU’s Innovation Fund to launch new call for large-scale projects in October
Global CO2 emissions in 2020 fell by most since WW2- BP report
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Voluntary offset taskforce loosens plans for governance board membership, raising conflict of interest concerns
EU fines VW and BMW £750m for colluding with Daimler on fumes
Commission imposes €875m fine for breaching antitrust rules by delaying cleaner emissions technology
The EU has fined Volkswagen and BMW €875m (£750m) after finding that the German carmakers colluded with another rival, the Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler, to delay emissions-cleaning technology.
The European Commission said that the carmakers had “breached EU antitrust rules by colluding on technical development in the area of nitrogen oxide cleaning”.
Continue reading...Lytton’s mayor: ‘Where many buildings stood is now simply charred earth’
What has not been melted, incinerated or damaged beyond repair has been compromised to the point of being unsafe
- We are republishing in its entirety the open letter written by the mayor of Lytton after the village was destroyed by wildfire
On June 29, the small village of Lytton, in Canada, became one of hottest places on Earth. Temperatures reached an astounding 49.6 °C (121.3 °F). The next day, a wild fire destroyed most of the town. In this open letter, the Mayor of Lytton describes the situation on the ground.
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