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Online payment processing company Stripe on Wednesday selected four more early-stage CO2 removal (CDR) projects as part of its climate programme, with some of these nascent technologies costing almost $2,000 per tonne.

Alberta compliance offset prices were little changed on Wednesday after the provincial government announced the excess emissions charge under the jurisdiction’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) regime will increase next year in line with its expected trajectory.

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EU institutions have struck a provisional deal on cross-border energy projects that bans public money being spent on new fossil fuel projects but allows a limited window to convert hydrogen facilities.

The ‘SharkSmart’ approach, adopted by the Queensland government, aims to educate people to take responsibility for reducing shark bite risk by changing their own behaviour. But can humans change? Adam Smith, Adjunct Associate Professor, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The EU’s proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) cannot charge importers for what is often the majority of their emissions until the bloc gets its own electricity-pricing house in order on carbon-related compensation, according to a report launched on Wednesday.

EU plans to tighten emissions regulations for buildings and transport could lower projected carbon prices for the bloc’s parallel emissions trading system, potentially easing lawmaker concerns that the proposed market will cause a political backlash.

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Subsidy available will fall from £2,500 to £1,500 – half the sum available to buyers at the start of the year

The UK government has cut grants for electric vehicles for the second time in a year, provoking the anger of the car industry and prompting a call for car tax to be redesigned.

The grant available for electric cars will fall from £2,500 to £1,500 – half the sum available to buyers at the start of the year. The upper price limit for eligible car models will fall from £35,000 to £32,000, down from £50,000 in March.

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The imposition of a federal CO2 tax or cap-and-trade programme would significantly drive GHG abatement from electric power, but overall mitigation would lag due to lower price sensitives in other sectors, according a government study published Tuesday.

A mouse has been spotted after attempts to eradicate the invasive rodents from a remote island.

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Programme to tackle pollution crisis caused by an overload of manure faces fierce opposition from farmers

The Dutch government has unveiled a €25bn (£21bn) plan to radically reduce the number of livestock in the country as it struggles to contain an overload of animal manure.

A deal to buy out farmers to try to reduce levels of nitrogen pollution in the country had been mooted for some time, and was finally confirmed after the agreement of a new coalition government in the Netherlands earlier this week.

But the plan, the first of its kind in the world, faces a huge backlash from farmers who have staged big street protests in recent years over the prospect of tough regulation and farmer buyouts. They fear permanent damage to food production in the country if too many farmers are forced to quit.

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EUA prices continued to circle the €80 mark in the final hours before the Dec-21 options contracts expire, while German power dropped on news that a German coal plant had postponed its closure and would continue to run for an unspecified period.

Assembly member urges £2bn boost for sewage infrastructure as report reveals poor health of waterways

More than 7m tonnes of raw sewage are being discharged into Northern Ireland’s seas and rivers each year, it has been revealed, and every recorded waterway in the country has been found to be in poor health.

Upwards of 3m tonnes of untreated human waste was found to have been released across the Belfast metropolitan area, in which more than a third of Northern Ireland’s population resides.

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The European Commission published its second set of ‘Fit for 55’ climate policy proposals on Wednesday, seeking to ensure the EU meets its 2030 emissions target and is on track to reach net zero by 2050.

Oil major Shell and India-headquartered carbon developer and trader EnKing plan to launch a $1.6-billion joint venture that will see the two generate up to 115 million nature-based carbon credits over the next five years, according to media reports citing unnamed sources.

Volumes in China’s emissions trading scheme have hit record highs in recent days as emitters have scrambled to meet Wednesday’s main compliance deadline for 2019 and 2020 emissions, but market participants reckon at least half the companies involved will have failed.

North Atlantic right whale calf off Georgia coast is only the second born this breeding season

Ocean experts who are monitoring a North Atlantic right whale that gave birth while entangled in fishing rope say there is little chance of removing two 16-feet lengths attached to her while her calf is young.

The endangered whale, named Snow Cone by ocean observers, was seen in a video filmed off the coast of Georgia earlier this month by the Florida fish and wildlife commission. The video shows the newborn calf at her side and the twin ropes attached to her mouth.

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Former PM Malcolm Turnbull says technologies needed for net zero transition already available, compares hydrogen produced using CCS to 'clean coal'.

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