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Hurricane Lee could become 'extremely dangerous'
It is still too early to determine whether the Atlantic storm might make landfall in the US.
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Sun Cable: Cannon-Brookes lays out new vision for world’s biggest solar array
Cannon-Brookes takes control of Sun Cable, and lays out new vision for 20GW solar project, including supply to Singapore and massive green industrial precinct in Darwin.
The post Sun Cable: Cannon-Brookes lays out new vision for world’s biggest solar array appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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CP Daily: Wednesday September 6, 2023
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Carbon Pulse grows global news reporting team by almost 50% in biggest hiring push yet
Carbon Pulse has increased its global team of reporters by nearly 50% in its largest hiring push to date, as the company channels significant investment into further strengthening the world’s premier carbon markets news service.
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Why Vancouver is letting go of green lawns
The Canadian city is choosing sustainability over aesthetics as it deals with a severe drought.
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US agtech company publishes peer-reviewed soil carbon credit methodology
An agtech-focused carbon credit developer has had its methodology published in a peer-reviewed journal, which they claim adds scientific weight to their crediting approach.
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Thousands of Canadian wildfire evacuees allowed home
Yellowknife's mayor cautioned returning residents that the city "will look a little bit different".
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Reputational risk driving VCM price rout won’t ease till 2024, US investment bank says
It will likely take until 2024 for three different integrity initiatives to resolve declining voluntary carbon market (VCM) prices, researchers said in a report released Wednesday.
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Investment firm publishes guide on biodiversity risks for institutional investors
First Sentier Investors, a global investment manager, has launched guide Thursday designed to help institutional investors identify and assess nature and biodiversity risk in portfolio companies in light of the final framework outlined by the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), which is due to be published imminently.
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Biden cancels Trump drilling leases in Alaska's largest wildlife refuge
But Mr Biden has not reversed his recent approval of an $8bn drilling project in the same region.
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Harmonisation needed in legal treatment of carbon credits, experts say
Confusion on how to understand the legal nature and classification of carbon credits highlights the need for global harmonisation in the international marketplace, said a panel of lawyers at a webinar on Wednesday.
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RFS Market: D6 RIN prices hit 1.5-year low as D4 supply boosts
D6 RINs plunged to a 1.5-year low this week, as market participants attributed the decrease to an oversupply of D4 credits under the US Renewable Fuel Standard and the impact of a falling bean oil-heat oil spread.
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UPDATE – Washington Q3 carbon auction settlement triggers second reserve sale, prompting sudden cost containment measures
The August auction for Washington’s WCI-modelled cap-and-invest programme sold out at a new high and triggered its second reserve sale this fall, according to results published Wednesday, though permit values tumbled on the secondary market after the Department of Ecology (ECY) revealed millions of these forthcoming cost containment allowances would be sold exclusively at the scheme’s lower reserve tier price well below recent levels.
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EU regulation to impose ETS allowance transaction limits in regulation update
The European Commission is set to introduce EU ETS allowance transaction limits as part of security measures for the market's Union Registry, with a regulation due to enter into force on Sunday that includes a provision to charge a new fee for registry access.
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On hot days, up to 87% of heat gain in our homes is through windows. On cold days, it's 40% of heat loss. Here's how we can fix that
Compared to roughly 80% in the US, UK and NZ, only 11% of Australian homes have high-performance windows. Installing them can transform a household’s comfort, energy use and emissions.
Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
Lisa de Kleyn, Research Fellow, Climate Change Adaptation Lab, La Trobe University
Tom Simko, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Farmers are famously self-reliant. Why not use farm dams as mini-hydro plants?
Our research has found 30,000 farm dams which could be used as energy storage. Solar by day, hydro by night.
Nicholas Gilmore, Lecturer in Engineering Design, UNSW Sydney
Martino Malerba, ARC DECRA Fellow, Deakin University
Thomas Britz, Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Africa proposes global carbon taxes to fight climate change
Despite suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change, the continent only gets 12% of financing.
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ISS ESG: 13% of banks courting biodiversity controversies
Some 13% of approximately 1,000 banks covered by ISS ESG’s data service are linked to biodiversity controversies, according to an executive at the company.
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Experts warn RAAC concrete affects thousands of UK buildings
Tens of thousands of UK buildings should be safety checked because of RAAC concrete, experts warn.
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Major REDD developers back new carbon credit certifier to rival Verra -source
A group of REDD project developers and experts are backing a new standard body that will provide an alternative to Verra’s proposed consolidated methodology for avoided deforestation, a well-placed source has told Carbon Pulse.
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