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Largest US automaker says it aims to be carbon neutral by 2040 as Biden pushes for electric vehicles

General Motors has announced it plans to phase out gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles globally by 2035, a dramatic shift by the largest US automaker away from fossil-fuel-powered engines.

GM, which also said it plans to become carbon neutral by 2040, made its announcement just over a week after Joe Biden took office pledging to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and dramatically boost the sales of electric vehicles.

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EUAs climbed 2% on Thursday as colder weather forecasts supported energy prices, with carbon resilient a day before the resumption of daily auctions.

We know heatwaves and drought can turn bushfires into infernos, but the reasons why were poorly understood in science. Jyoteeshkumar Reddy Papari, PhD Candidate, UNSW Jason Sharples, Professor of Bushfire Dynamics, School of Science, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Verra is looking for a multitasker Junior Program Officer to perform a variety of administrative tasks for the day to day operation of the Program Team and help manage the processing of projects and stakeholder inquiries coming to Verra Secretariat for Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program, the Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ framework (JNR), the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards and the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta).

US tech giant Microsoft said on Thursday that it has contracted over 1.3 million removal-based carbon credits, with California compliance-eligible and voluntary market forestry projects making up the majority of these units as the company seeks a transition to long-term technological solutions.

With rapid growth in carbon markets driving a new wave of innovative new approaches, Verra is seeking a Methodologies Manager to oversee the  methodology  development process for the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program, ,and the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta). 

Organization: DeSmog UK Position: Operations Manager Duty Station: London, England, UK | (flexible working possible) Deadline for Application: 14 February 2021

Organization: Green Climate Fund (GCF) Position: Portfolio Results Data Analyst Duty Station: Incheon, Republic of Korea Deadline for Application: 21 February 2021

Organization: Vertis Position: Forestry & Soil Carbon Consultant Duty Station: Madrid, Spain Deadline for Application: 31 January 2021

Organization: Rocky Mountain Institute Position: Director – Climate Finance Access Network Duty Station: Remote through the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, at which point candidates should live near one of RMI’s U.S. locations with a preference for New York, NY or Washington, DC. Deadline for Application: 15 February 2021

Organization: Climate Policy Initiative Position: Independent Contractor - Analyst Duty Station: Brazil Deadline for Application: 19 February 2021

Organization: US Agency for International Development Position: Senior Advisor for Land and Climate Change Duty Station: Washington D.C., US Deadline for Application: 8 February 2021

Organization: Climate Policy Initiative Position: Senior Analyst Duty Station: San Francisco, CA, US Deadline for Application: 19 February 2021

HS2 protesters describe how they built tunnel, as officials warn of danger from gas and water pipes

Environmental activists have held out for their second night in the Euston tunnel, but eviction officers have said the tunnel is close to gas and water pipes and that the activists are putting their own lives at risk.

The tunnellers described how they constructed what is thought to be one of the largest tunnel networks to be occupied by protesters in one of the busiest parts of London without being detected.

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Owen Hewlett of Gold Standard welcomes the Taskforce to Scale the Voluntary Carbon Market's intention to make sure companies can take responsibility for their emissions, but argues that scale alone should not be the marker of success.

South Australia now boasts cheapest grid power in Australia, thanks to its dominant share of wind and solar, and a world-first milestone of having solar meet all its electricity demand.

The post “World first”: South Australia achieves 100pct solar, and lowest prices in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While the ETS and carbon pricing are critical components of the EU decarbonisation process the functioning of the EU ETS has long been impacted by a what was seen as a “structural” surplus of emission allowances (EUAs), or what was labelled a “supply-demand imbalance”, explains Andrei Marcu of think-tank ERCST.

Failure to pay for work on green scheme is leading to debt and job losses, say businesses

The industry standards body for renewable energy installers is calling on the government to immediately rectify the failure to pay businesses for work on the green homes grant, which is leading, according to some companies, to rising debts and job losses.

Installers of renewable energy systems have been left unpaid for several months by the government, the Guardian reported this week, while long delays were putting members of the public off the scheme. Ian Rippin, who leads the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), said he had since spoken to the government about the “numerous issues” that have come to light relating to the flagship £2bn green homes grant.

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The drive to eradicate bovine TB will focus on vaccinating cattle and badgers.

Bottled water is atrocious for the environment. You’re better off buying a water filter for healthier, tastier water

For years, the debate has raged on: which is better, bottled water, or tap?

Despite its ever-growing popularity in the US, bottled water is atrocious for the environment. To quote Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability, “The entire life cycle of bottled water uses fossil fuels, contributes to global warming, and causes pollution.”

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