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EU Market: EUAs weaken as gas pullback continues

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2021-01-15 04:47
EUA prices recovered from an early drop below €33 on Thursday, finding buyers near a key technical support as gas prices continued their retreat from lofty highs seen earlier in the week.
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Global energy-related emissions to peak in 2023, but pathway “too slow” to hit Paris-aligned 1.5C -report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2021-01-15 04:21
Emissions from global energy systems will peak in 2023, but the speed of decarbonisation remains off pace to put GHG output on a path in line with a temperature rise of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, according to a report released Thursday.
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2020 was hottest year on record by narrow margin, Nasa says

The Guardian - Fri, 2021-01-15 04:15

Due to different methods, US Noaa judged year as fractionally cooler than 2016 while UK Met Office put 2020 in close second place

Last year was by a narrow margin the hottest ever on record, according to Nasa, with the climate crisis stamping its mark on 2020 through soaring temperatures, enormous hurricanes and unprecedented wildfires.

The average global land and ocean temperature in 2020 was the highest ever measured, Nasa announced on Thursday, edging out the previous record set in 2016 by less than a tenth of a degree.

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Government defends Cumbria coal mine green light

BBC - Fri, 2021-01-15 03:10
Climate change: Cumbria coal mine "risks making Britain a laughing stock"
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UPDATE – US EPA proposes delay in Renewable Fuel Standard compliance deadlines

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2021-01-15 02:30
The US EPA this week will move to extend the 2019 and 2020 compliance deadlines for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as a result of an ongoing court case involving small refinery waivers and because the agency has not yet proposed blending quotas under the programme for this year.
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Western Australia LNG plant faces calls to shut down until faulty carbon capture system is fixed

The Guardian - Fri, 2021-01-15 02:30

Environmental groups blast state government for failure to penalise Chevron’s Gorgon plant for increased greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions from Chevron’s Gorgon LNG facility have increased because the company’s carbon capture system is not working properly, meaning more carbon dioxide is being vented into the atmosphere.

Environment groups have blasted the Western Australian government for not imposing penalties on the energy company after documents revealed sand was clogging the injection system designed to bury up to 4m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year under Barrow Island.

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Climate change: 'Exceptionally hot' 2020 concludes warmest decade

BBC - Fri, 2021-01-15 02:04
The years between 2011 and 2020 were the hottest on record, and 2020 was among the warmest of all.
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Electric eels work together to zap prey

BBC - Fri, 2021-01-15 02:03
The electric predators work in groups to herd and "zap" their prey in unison, scientists shocked to discover.
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Federal environment departments suppressing access to information, audit shows

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2021-01-14 23:01

redacted foi ACF - AAP -optimisedAn audit of federal FOI requests finds environmental agencies amongst the worst at providing open access to government documents.

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Honey detective work raises fears for bees

BBC - Thu, 2021-01-14 22:38
Pollinators risk running short of food as wildflowers disappear in a "green desert", experts warn.
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Past Covid-19 infection may provide 'months of immunity'

BBC - Thu, 2021-01-14 20:13
But researchers warn there is still a risk of catching and passing the virus on to others again.
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Countries adapting too slowly to climate breakdown, UN warns

The Guardian - Thu, 2021-01-14 20:00

Report says not enough funding is being made available to deal with effects of extreme weather

Millions of people around the world are facing disaster from flood, droughts, heatwaves and other extreme weather, as governments fail to take the measures needed to adapt to the impacts of climate breakdown, the UN has warned.

Nearly three-quarters of countries around the world have recognised the need to plan for the effects of global heating, but few of those plans are adequate to the rising threat, and little funding has been made available to put them into force, according to the UN environment programme’s Adaptation report 2020, published on Thursday.

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NZ Market: Traders in bullish mood as carbon market reform kicks in

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-01-14 17:40
New Zealand carbon allowances traded at record high levels on Thursday, as traders returning from holidays grappled with a reformed market.
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Growing food: Call to give vegetable growers public cash

BBC - Thu, 2021-01-14 16:48
An alliance of food experts want more public funds to go towards Wales-grown produce.
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'Tree of life': aerial photos reveal arboreal patterns at Lake Cakora in NSW – in pictures

The Guardian - Thu, 2021-01-14 15:26

Amateur photographer Derry Moroney lives on the mid-corth coast of New South Wales in the community of Brooms Head. For the past three years he has been photographing landscapes, animals and insects. ‘With our pristine beaches and Yuraygir national park on my doorstep, I really didn’t have to travel very far,’ he says.

In July 2020 Moroney followed the water upstream from the estuary at Brooms Head and stumbled on to Lake Cakora. Using his drone he captured stunning images of arboreal-like drainage channels in Lake Cakora. ‘The tea trees along the banks colour the water running off into the lake after a big storm,’ he says, describing the patterns as ‘like a tree of life’.

You can see more of his work on Instagram at @derry_moroney_photography

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Don’t hold your breath for clean air in Victoria

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2021-01-14 14:31

Loy Yang power station AGL shareholder resolutionA year ago, bushfires blanketed major Australian cities with smoke, but coal fired power stations are their own major source of air pollution.

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Indonesia: Archaeologists find world's oldest animal cave painting

BBC - Thu, 2021-01-14 12:56
The life-sized picture of a wild pig found in a remote cave is thought to be 45,000 years old.
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Nation’s capital celebrates strong year for households embracing solar power

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2021-01-14 12:29

ACT government celebrates strong uptake of rooftop solar, with more than 4,200 systems added in 2020.

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Policy Analyst (x2), NZ Ministry for Primary Industries – Wellington

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-01-14 12:16
The ministry has an opportunity for two passionate and talented Policy Analysts to join its Climate Change teams.
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Senior Restoration and Carbon Ecologist, Corporate Carbon – Sydney

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2021-01-14 12:05
Corporate Carbon Advisory is seeking a Senior Restoration and Carbon Ecologist to play a leading technical role in the expansion of its portfolio of re-vegetation projects.
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