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India approves 10 sectors for offset mechanism under carbon market regulations

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-18 17:28
The Indian government has approved a list of sectors to participate in the domestic voluntary market under the country's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), based on the recommendations of the market's steering committee.
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Week in wildlife in pictures: happy elephants, a tiny koala and baboons taking liberties

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-10-18 17:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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ANALYSIS: Nature Repair Market needs govt investment, greater transparency, submissions say

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-18 16:40
Australia’s Nature Repair Market (NRM) rules need greater transparency and additionality assurances to increase investor confidence, while the government must lead investment in order help support its fundamentals, stakeholders have urged.
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How extreme weather and costs of housing and insurance trap some households in a vicious cycle

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-10-18 15:16
Low-income households are attracted to more affordable housing in areas at higher risk of floods and other extreme events. But many then find they cannot afford soaring insurance premiums. Jens O. Zinn, T.R. Ashworth Associate Professor in Sociology, The University of Melbourne Julia Plass, Scientific Assistant, Bayreuth University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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UK should ‘repurpose’ Belfast shipyard to make green infrastructure

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-10-18 14:00

Thinktank says government should set up arm’s-length company to buy Harland & Wolff site, which is in administration

The UK government should set up an arm’s-length company to buy the Harland & Wolff naval shipyard in Belfast as part of a drive to repurpose arms manufacturing towards producing green infrastructure, according to a report.

The study from the thinktank Common Wealth is launching what it describes as a “Lucas Plan for the 21st century” setting out how the UK’s military industrial capacity can be transformed into a supply pipeline for green energy, benefiting workers, communities and the environment.

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WCI Markets: CCA prices cool off post ARB notice spike, WCAs quiet ahead of repeal vote

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-18 10:49
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures prices tailed off Thursday as initial market excitement over ARB's regulatory notice published earlier in the week eased, while the Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) activity remained muted despite some positive polling for the programme ahead of November's repeal vote.
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'It's our moonshot': Why scientists are drilling into volcanos

BBC - Fri, 2024-10-18 09:03
In Iceland scientists plan to drill down to magma to understand it and use it for energy production.
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US DOE commits nearly $3 bln in conditional loans to expand SAF production

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-18 08:35
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced conditional loans totalling nearly $3 billion to two biofuel producers with the goal of expanding sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) output.
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Overwhelming majority of young Americans worry about climate crisis

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-10-18 08:31

Survey of young people aged 16-25 from all US states shows concerns across political spectrum

The overwhelming majority of young Americans worry about the climate crisis, and more than half say their concerns about the environment will affect where they decide to live and whether to have children, new research finds.

The study comes just weeks after back-to-back hurricanes, Helene and Milton, pummeled the south-eastern US. Flooding from Helene caused more than 600 miles of destruction, from Florida’s west coast to the mountains of North Carolina, while Milton raked across the Florida peninsula less than two weeks later.

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US sporting goods company seeks to offset shipping emissions, restore Oregon forests

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-18 08:10
A major athletics brand seeks to offset the emissions generated by shipment from its online purchases in the US through forestry-based carbon credits, targeting nearly 27,600 acres of forestland in Oregon.
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EU launches €15-mln call for carbon capture technology proposals

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-18 07:24
The European Commission on Thursday announced a €15-million funding opportunity aimed at advancing technologies in direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) and bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS).
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California refinery to close next year, citing ‘market dynamics’

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-18 05:47
An oil refinery in the Los Angeles area is set to shutter in Q4 2025, less than a week after California's legislature approved controversial fuel supply minimums for in-state refiners, according to a company announcement on Wednesday.
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