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Tech firm buys 1.3 mln reforestation credits from Brazil, with option for another 2.6 mln
Musk's satellites 'blocking' view of the universe
Nature intelligence firm raises $1.2 mln to advance biodiversity risk reporting
Japanese companies introduce all-in-one service for J-Credit generation and purchase
VC firm wrangles angel investors for $2.1 mln in funding for Indonesian blue carbon player
Queensland coal miner granted state funding to cut emissions
Analysts say China climate policy is highly insufficient
Clean fuel credit price volatility not on the radar for Oregon, Washington regulators
Australia desperately needs a strong federal environmental protection agency. Our chances aren’t looking good
Rio Tinto brings in local carbon business for tree planting trial for renewable diesel
Wind farm owner says “blind spot” fixed to protect eagles from turbine blade strike
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Superyacht and private jet tax could raise £2bn a year, say campaigners
Oxfam says ‘commonsense solution’ would reduce emissions and raise urgently needed climate finance
Fair taxes on superyachts and private jets in the UK could have brought in £2bn last year to provide vital funds for communities suffering the worst effects of climate breakdown, campaigners say.
Private jet use in the UK is soaring. It was home to the second highest number of private flights in Europe last year, behind only France, according to figures from the European Business Aviation Association.
Continue reading...‘Butterfly emergency’ declared as UK summer count hits record low
Conservation group calls on government to ban insect-killing neonicotinoid pesticides outright
A national “butterfly emergency” has been declared by Butterfly Conservation after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began.
An average of just seven butterflies per 15-minute count were recorded by participants in this summer’s butterfly count, the lowest in the survey’s 14-year history.
Continue reading...More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal | George Monbiot
A network of public bodies are supposed to safeguard us from flooding. But, like old boys’ clubs, they are bastions of self-interest
Labour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it discovers an ever greater legacy of underinvestment, neglect and corruption. However disappointing the new government’s compromises might be, we shouldn’t forget how overwhelming this task must feel.
So I’m sorry to expose yet another toxic stratum. It contains a series of stupendous failures in the governance of rural bodies, which, in the case I want to discuss, put human lives at risk.
George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...More than £494bn subsidies a year are harmful to the climate, says report
ActionAid says ‘parasitic behaviour’ is fuelling the climate crisis and represents ‘corporate capture’ of public finance
More than $650bn (£494bn) a year in public subsidies goes to fossil fuel companies, intensive agriculture and other harmful industries in the developing world, new data has shown.
The subsidies entrench high greenhouse gas emissions and are fuelling the destruction of the natural world, according to a report from the charity ActionAid.
Continue reading...Unpublished Chubb review submission slams Australia’s carbon industry, calls for CAC exit decision to be referred to NACC
Potential renewables hits record 102.5 pct of grid demand in sign of the future
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ARB to decide on shortlist of options to California ETS budget cuts in weeks
Going greener: Big PV and battery project gets federal tick after pushing “conservoltaic” benefits
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Australian-based renewables and storage major fights unwelcome bid from “serial polluter”
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