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Airborne plastic pollution ‘spiralling around the globe’, study finds
Rising levels of microplastic pollution raise questions about the impact on human health, experts say
Microplastic pollution is now “spiralling around the globe”, according to a study of airborne plastic particles.
The researchers said human pollution has led to a global plastic cycle, akin to natural processes such as the carbon cycle, with plastic moving through the atmosphere, oceans and land. The result is the “plastification” of the planet, said one scientist.
Continue reading...VCM Report: VER prices fade to one-month low, while traders mull impacts of forestry credit review
Quebec shifts 2019 carbon allowances into reserve as province issues new allocation
Project Manager Financial Institutions and Climate, I4CE – Paris
Climate and Development Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute (GRI) – London
Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Professor Lord Stern, Grantham Research Institute (GRI) – London
EU plans to bring shipping into carbon market must not grant free allowances -shipowners
France moves to ban short-haul domestic flights
Coronavirus pandemic, restrictions led to 11% plunge in US energy-related emissions last year
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Animal testing suspended at Spanish lab after ‘gratuitous cruelty’ footage
Madrid regional government says it has suspended all activity at Vivotecnia after inspection found ‘signs of animal mistreatment’
Regional officials in Spain have temporarily halted all activity at an animal testing facility after the publication of undercover footage that appears to show animals being taunted, smacked, tossed around and cut into with no or inadequate anaesthesia.
Since 2000, Madrid-based contract research organisation Vivotecnia has carried out experiments on animals ranging from monkeys to mini pigs and rabbits for the biopharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetic, tobacco and food industries. The facility has in the past secured funding from the EU and Spanish authorities for its projects.
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The climate emergency is here. The media needs to act like it
Ahead of Earth Day, the Guardian is partnering with newsrooms around the world in a joint initiative calling on journalists to treat the climate crisis like the emergency it is
When the world shut down last year, there was one big beneficiary: the planet. With travel ground to a halt, emissions fell 10% in 2020. But we haven’t kept up the momentum – as economies reopen, carbon emissions are expected surpass pre-pandemic levels in the coming months, unless countries take urgent action.
We are in an emergency. California is on the brink of drought, prompting fears of a new wave of devastating megafires later this year. Rising temperatures could soon make the planet’s tropical regions unlivable for humans. Yet a Guardian investigation recently found that only a small number of major countries have been pumping rescue funds into a low-carbon future.
Continue reading...France to ban some domestic flights where train available
MPs vote to suspend internal flights if the trip can be completed by train within two and a half hours instead
French MPs have voted to suspend domestic airline flights on routes that can be travelled by direct train in less than two and a half hours, as part of a series of climate and environmental measures.
After a heated debate in the Assemblée Nationale at the weekend, the ban, a watered-down version of a key recommendation from President Emmanuel Macron’s citizens’ climate convention was adopted.
Continue reading...Ireland to replace last coal plant with huge green hub and floating wind farm
Ireland to replace its last remaining coal generation with a huge 1.4GW floating wind farm, and create a new clean energy and green hydrogen hub.
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Net zero emissions must be reached before 2030 for 2°C target, new analysis says
New analysis of climate projections finds carbon budgets are virtually meaningless, and the impacts of global warming have been underestimated.
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Brazil’s meat plant workers at risk from ‘inconceivable’ plan to cut break times
As exports boom, the industry is backing plans to restrict rest periods for those doing hazardous work in low temperatures
The health of hundreds of thousands of meat plant workers in Brazil is at risk from an industry-backed plan to reduce breaks given to employees, say workers’ rights groups in the country.
In the midst of a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 350,000 Brazilians, President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, parliament and the meat industry have been pushing for a move to review the laws and regulations protecting workers at slaughter plants.
Continue reading...Green hydrogen will triple South Australia wind and solar output by 2030
South Australia could reach 200 pct renewables by 2030 in green hydrogen scenario, but the outlook not so rosy in other modelling by AEMO.
The post Green hydrogen will triple South Australia wind and solar output by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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