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Carbon market linkage may come at a price for Washington, analyst says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 17:54
Washington’s linkage with the broader WCI market could hinder the state’s climate goals if it does not recalibrate its existing programme mechanisms, an analyst told conference participants Wednesday.
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ARB eyes LCFS proposal changes, will discuss stringency, crop-based biofuels at next workshop

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 17:47
Staff of California regulator ARB detailed next steps regarding its proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) amendments and addressed programme scrutiny from industry and environmental groups.
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Radical pay-what-you-can restaurant faces eviction from mill it refurbished

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-22 17:00

The Long Table says it took thousands of hours of work to turn derelict site into a community space, but landlord has now sold it

A Gloucestershire restaurant with a radical business model, in that it feeds all comers regardless of their ability to pay, is losing its premises after the owner sold the property.

The community around The Long Table, featured in the Guardian earlier this month, has been left reeling after it was ordered to move out of the mill it occupies in Stroud – even as it sought to engage with the landlord to buy the building.

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Australia’s new environmental plantings method will only require ‘minor changes’, govt says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:51
The Australian government will only need to make 'minor changes' to the replacement environmental plantings method, and continues its work on the proposed integrated farm land management (IFLM) method, it confirmed Friday.
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California fuel sales fall again in December, diesel declines as emissions fall on year

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:34
California gasoline sales and emissions trailed 2022 levels for the fourth month in a row in December, while diesel reversed course and also declined and total transportation emissions fell overall on the year, state data published Thursday showed.
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Solar eclipse spectacle set to grip North America again

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:09
How lucky is that? The US will witness its second total solar eclipse in seven years on 8 April.
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Eclipse spectacle set to grip North America again

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:09
How lucky is that? The US will witness its second total solar eclipse in seven years on 8 April.
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Constant bad news doing your head in? Why not read about the fish doorbell instead | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-22 15:26

The fish do not actually ring the doorbell – you do!

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Bill to ban trophy hunting imports back in Commons

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-22 15:08
But the parliamentary move has been condemned as counter-productive by several African countries.
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Grey-headed flying-fox population is stable – 10 years of monitoring reveals this threatened species is doing well

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-03-22 14:41
Ten years of data from Australia’s comprehensive national flying-fox monitoring program reveals the grey-headed flying fox (fruit bat) population is stable. It’s good news for this threatened species. Eric Vanderduys, Research Projects Officer, CSIRO Adam McKeown, Experimental Scientist in Ecology, CSIRO Chris R. Pavey, Principal Scientist in Ecology, CSIRO John Martin, Adjunct associate and ecological research scientist, University of Sydney Peter Caley, Senior Research Scientist in quantitative ecology, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Indonesia Business Council publishes wish-list for country’s carbon market

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 13:28
Encouraging the government to calculate GHG emissions limits and grant funding to industrial players are key priorities Indonesia’s peak business group wants to help nurture its carbon market, according to recommendations published this week.
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WCI Markets: CCA, WCA prices rebound amid rulemaking updates from officials

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 10:12
Both California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices during the Mar. 14-20 period recovered from last week's plunge, driven partly by additional information from regulators regarding the future of the schemes.
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Canada’s industrial carbon pricing scheme outshines fossil fuel tax when it comes to emissions cuts -study

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-22 09:48
Canada’s industrial emitter carbon pricing policy is three to four times more impactful in greenhouse gas abatement than the country’s carbon tax on fossil fuels, a new analysis has found.
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Women and girls suffer first when droughts hit poor and rural areas, says UN

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-22 09:01

World water development report warns that access is major source of conflict between countries

Women and girls are the first to suffer when drought strikes poor and rural areas, and water strategies around the world must reflect this, the UN has said in a plea to countries to mend conflicts over water resources.

Stress on water resources, which is being exacerbated by the climate crisis, as well as overuse and pollution of the world’s freshwater systems, is a large source of conflict, according to the latest UN world water development report.

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UK firm's 4K video cameras head to space station

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-22 08:52
London company SEN's ultra high-definition cameras intend to stream spectacular views of Earth.
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UK firm's 4K video cameras head to space station

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-22 08:52
London company SEN's ultra high-definition cameras intend to stream spectacular views of Earth.
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