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A glacier in western Uganda is disappearing, endangering the traditions of those who live nearby.

The Canadian environment ministry announced on Monday it will stand down the federal ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS) in Ontario in favour of a provincially-run scheme from next year, leaving industrial emitters in the country’s most populous jurisdiction to face their third CO2 pricing system in six years.

Six years after it was first mooted, AGL has accepted that it needs to split its businesses into two to cope with the transition to a renewables grid.

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Morgan Stanley has raised its near-term outlook for EU carbon prices to above €50 on “positive” political signals and continued inflow of new investor capital into the market.

Rising US vehicle miles travelled (VMT) this summer and build-out of renewable diesel (RD) capacity in the coming years could alleviate pressure on RIN prices under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), analysts with a major US investment bank said Monday.

RGGI member states anticipate stakeholders will push for revisions to the Northeast US carbon market’s interim compliance requirement during the upcoming programme review, potentially increasing liquidity on the secondary market.

Voluntary emission reduction (VER) prices dipped this week as market participants reported less activity in exchange-traded contracts, though restrictions on the eligibility of large-scale renewables projects are helping sustain voluntary carbon market (VCM) values across the spectrum.  

As bushfires become larger under climate change, the area exposed to intense and severe fires is likely to increase. Ross Bradstock, Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong Hamish Clarke, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Luke Collins, Research scientist, La Trobe University Michael Clarke, Emeritus professor, La Trobe University Rachael Helene Nolan, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University Trent Penman, Professor, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Our report draws on data from more than 1,000 participants who told us of their experiences through community meetings, repeated surveys years after the fires or in-depth interviews. Lisa Gibbs, Academic, Population Health, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If Australia pushes ahead with producing fossil fuels, we may lock in a new high-emissions energy system, or one that's uncompetitive. Clearly, green hydrogen is the best way forward. Thomas Longden, Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Fiona J Beck, Senior research fellow, Australian National University Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EUAs lifted slightly on Monday as last week's late comeback and a stronger auction encouraged to bulls that prices could re-test the record levels seen earlier this month.

The European Commission has launched a consultation on cross-border CO2 transport networks, which could get priority access for EU funding as the bloc intends to kickstart the first large-scale CCS projects by the end of the decade, while NGOs aim to expand the current scope to other modes of transport.

This role is enterprise-wide in scope, reporting to the Chief Sustainability Officer to develop and implement BMO’s climate change strategy and client advisory efforts. The role will be the lead responsible for managing the BMO Climate Institute, acting as Director of the Institute. This will include working with the Chair of the Institute and acting as a resource to other groups including the strategy team of the Bank.

Spending long periods in space and extreme-duration swimming both cause the heart to lose mass.

The EU must maintain current national emissions targets for non-ETS sectors to ensure a “fair burden sharing” as Brussels moves to overhaul its climate policy framework, the leaders of five Central and Eastern EU nations said in a letter seen by Carbon Pulse on Monday.

Mask and gloves protect people but harm animals from penguins to dogs when discarded, researchers say

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The masks and gloves protecting people from coronavirus are proving a deadly threat to wildlife when thrown away, a report has found.

A fish trapped in the finger of a rubber glove in the Netherlands, a penguin in Brazil with a mask in its stomach and a fox in the UK entangled in a mask were among the victims.

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A BBC undercover reporter saw practices that could mean people receiving a wrong test result.

Imports of coffee, cocoa and beef in rich countries cause the loss of almost four trees per person per year.

Research links consumption of foods such as coffee and chocolate to global deforestation

The average western consumer of coffee, chocolate, beef, palm oil and other commodities is responsible for the felling of four trees every year, many in wildlife-rich tropical forests, research has calculated.

Destruction of forests is a major cause of both the climate crisis and plunging wildlife populations, as natural ecosystems are razed for farming. The study is the first to fully link high-resolution maps of global deforestation to the wide range of commodities imported by each country across the world.

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