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New Zealand will have to plant out and cut emissions “hugely” to achieve its climate targets, panel hears
US conservation groups sue to stop TVA natural gas plant replacing retiring coal
Solar bonus tariff triggers big debate about madness of energy markets. But it’s energy efficiency that counts
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Giant wind farm behind Barnaby “poo tickets” outburst changes layout, trims turbine numbers
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Experts forecast ‘convergence’ between VCM and government regulation
INTERVIEW: Canadian firm plans to expand EV aggregator tool to US jurisdictions
SCOTUS denies emergency stay of power plant emissions standards
River restoration could boost carbon storage, but offsets shouldn’t flow for now -researchers
Tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton carve corridor of destruction through Florida solar farm
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Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years
Landmark review says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water
More than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and end the destruction of the ecosystems on which our fresh water depends, experts have warned in a landmark review.
Half the world’s population already faces water scarcity, and that number is set to rise as the climate crisis worsens, according to a report from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water published on Thursday.
Continue reading...More than half of EU’s big emitting installations no longer participate in ETS, study finds
Wood density an overlooked factor in calculating forest carbon stocks -study
US supreme court declines to pause new federal power plant emissions rule
Emergency requests by 27 states to pause rule requiring fossil fuel-powered plants to reduce emissions were denied
The US supreme court declined on Wednesday to put on hold a new federal rule targeting carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants at the request of numerous states and industry groups in another major challenge to Joe Biden’s efforts to combat the climate crisis.
The justices denied emergency requests by West Virginia, Indiana and 25 other states – most of them Republican-led – as well as power companies and industry associations, to halt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule while litigation continues in a lower court. The regulation, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions that drive the climate crisis, took effect on 8 July.
Continue reading...Promising new carbon capture solvent to undergo testing at world’s largest facility
Specialist insurance firm, carbon project experts team up to reduce VCM investor risk
‘Nature markets’ may help preserve biodiversity – but they risk repeating colonial patterns of Indigenous exploitation
More than 20% of Earth’s plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them
Ocean eddy currents funnel extreme heat and cold to the life-filled depths
Cleantech startup raises $5 mln for DAC in Kenya
Microplastics found in dolphin breath for first time – study
Research suggests the marine animals are inhaling pollutants when they come up for air, with even rural populations affected
Microplastics have been found in dolphin breath for the first time, according to a study that suggests the marine mammals are inhaling the potentially harmful contaminants when they come up for air.
The US research team, whose preliminary findings are published in the journal, Plos One, are concerned about the potential impact of inhaled plastics on the animals’ lungs.
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