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US appeals court gives EPA go-ahead to justify interstate air pollution regulation
EPA issues violation notice to Illinois CO2 injection operation due to leak
California state Republicans propose bills to reform LCFS, cap-and-trade
US Democrats introduce legislation for carbon scoring, penalties for fossil fuel firms
ANALYSIS: Voluntary, regulated carbon markets need each another, but solving the supply bottleneck will take years
European utilities push back on “disruptive” electricity market reforms
EU identifies ‘ambition gap’ in national climate action plans
PREVIEW: EU Parliament to debate new Commission, climate-agri nexus, amid Orban stress next week
Japan launches trial of nature coexistence support certificates
‘Not on my watch’: how windfarms became a key issue in NSW local elections
From Port Stephens to Illawarra, candidates are running against renewable schemes because of ‘lack of consultation’
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Part of what’s driving Mark Watson’s pitch for mayor is his opposition to a project he says is the talk of the town and the “biggest issue” in his coastal home’s history.
The former One Nation candidate for the state government is now running as an independent for mayor of Port Stephens. The coastal town just north of Newcastle overlooks the middle of the 1,800-square kilometre offshore windfarm zone off the Hunter, where the Albanese government plans a renewable energy hub to be operating by 2030.
Continue reading...Plans scrapped for UK’s first ‘net zero’ coal mine that would have relied on carbon credits
Swiss group awards letter of support to biogas carbon project in Ghana under Article 6
Indonesia targets $65 bln in earnings from carbon trade by 2028
Biodiversity markets need ‘trust factor’ to scale, tech expert says
How national parks failed nature – and how to fix them
The image of huge, glorious landscapes, where wildlife runs free under the protection of the state, is far from reality
What do you think of when you think of a national park? Is it a wide area of glorious natural beauty, where wildlife runs free under the protection of the state? Or is it a wide area mostly farmed by private landowners, in which nature is faring worse than outside its boundaries, and largely off-limits to the public?
In England, the reality is the latter, and this matters. The country is one of the most nature-depleted nations in the world, in the bottom 10% of nations for biodiversity. “Nature is in freefall in our national parks,” says Dr Rose O’Neill, the chief executive of the Campaign for National Parks (CNP).
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