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More than 100 landfills in England may be leaching ‘highly hazardous’ waste

The Guardian - 2 hours 42 min ago

Inadequate record keeping means councils do not know whether former waste sites contain toxic substances

More than 100 old landfills in England that may be contaminated with toxic substances have flooded since 2000, potentially posing a serious safety risk, it can be revealed.

Some of these former dumps containing possibly hazardous materials sit directly next to public parks and housing estates with hundreds of households, the analysis by the Greenpeace-funded journalism website Unearthed , in partnership with the Guardian, found.

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Pacific island states urge rich countries to expedite plans to cut emissions

The Guardian - 3 hours 42 min ago

Developed countries pressed to submit national plans well before Cop30 as time runs out to avoid 1.5C temperature rise

Rich countries are dragging their feet on producing new plans to combat the climate crisis, thereby putting the poor into greater danger, some of the world’s most vulnerable nations have warned.

All governments are supposed to publish new plans this year on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but so far only a small majority have done so, and some of the plans submitted have been inadequate to the scale of action needed.

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Washington releases ETS overhaul draft for WCI linkage with short 15-day comment window

Carbon Pulse - 7 hours 7 min ago
The Washington Department of Ecology on Friday published a draft proposal detailing changes to the Climate Commitment Act and GHG reporting requirements as part of linkage with California-Quebec's ETS and other programme updates.
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CFTC: CCA optimism flops back to end November levels in V25 with regulatory delays, headline risk

Carbon Pulse - 7 hours 39 min ago
Traders continued to derisk across US compliance carbon markets except V26 California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) as prices remained volatile amidst bearish sentiment from the looming federal threat to terminate state-led cap-and-trade schemes and regulatory delays, data published Friday by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed.
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BC non-profit announces C$2.5 mln investment in women-led climate tech companies

Carbon Pulse - 7 hours 51 min ago
A non-profit in British Columbia will invest C$2.46 million ($1.78 mln) in five climate tech ventures led by women, the organisation said on Friday.
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Washington state carbon market faces constitutional test at US Supreme Court

Carbon Pulse - 8 hours 53 min ago
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is poised to consider a constitutional challenge to Washington state's cap-and-invest scheme.
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ANALYSIS: Stakeholders push ARB for timely implementation of LCFS amendments, but worries persist

Carbon Pulse - 8 hours 54 min ago
Stakeholders urged California regulators to swiftly conclude its extended Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) rulemaking, although concerns surrounding previous as well as newly proposed provisions continued to linger in comments submitted to the latest 15-day package.
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Oregon shifts clean fuels programme compliance deadlines following cyberattack on state agency

Carbon Pulse - 9 hours 4 min ago
The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) voted to authorised a one-month delay in the annual reporting deadline of the state’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) as deemed necessary after a cyberattack earlier in April.
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Developer launches second biodiversity credit project in Colombia amid market flux

Carbon Pulse - 9 hours 29 min ago
Biodiversity credit developer Terrasos will in May officially mark the first issuance from its new Aguadulce Habitat Bank, placing 20,233 Terrasos Biodiversity Units (Tebus) on the market.
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Seasonal deforestation in Brazilian Amazon up 18% YoY through March -report

Carbon Pulse - 9 hours 52 min ago
Seasonal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is up 18% year-on-year (YoY) through the end of March, according to a report published Friday by a Belem-based scientific research non-profit.
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Netherlands retains CO2 levy but eases up on climate ambition

Carbon Pulse - 10 hours 2 min ago
The Netherlands' national CO2 levy imposed on top of EU ETS prices will be maintained, but the government is easing up on its impact and other climate rules in a move viewed by some as pragmatic and by others as weakening the country's climate action efforts.
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Appalachian hydrogen hub may be ‘coming apart’ amid US policy uncertainty -report

Carbon Pulse - 10 hours 20 min ago
A hydrogen hub in the Appalachian region is undergoing turbulence as it faces uncertainty stemming from funding uncertainty and the 45V tax credit rules the US Treasury finalised last year, according to a recent report.
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Colombian industry pushes for bigger private sector role in ETS planning

Carbon Pulse - 10 hours 48 min ago
Colombian businesses are campaigning for a more active role in policy design as they prepare for the delayed launch of an emission trading system (ETS) pilot, according to the leader of an industry alliance speaking Thursday in Bogota at the Colombia Carbon Forum.
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Canadian securities regulator pauses climate disclosure mandate

Carbon Pulse - 11 hours 6 min ago
Canada’s first sustainability and climate disclosure standards are on hold, as regulators hear from Canadian markets businesses struggling to navigate economic uncertainties south of the border and abroad.
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EXCLUSIVE: Alberta government says remains committed to industrial carbon pricing

Carbon Pulse - 11 hours 29 min ago
The Alberta government remains committed to industrial carbon pricing, allaying concerns that the province's existing TIER system could be dismantled following next week's Canadian federal election.
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Six things we learned about the future of energy security at UK summit

The Guardian - 13 hours 10 min ago

Critical minerals, nuclear power and the ‘weaponisation’ of energy supplies were discussed at international conference

The UK and the International Energy Agency gathered ministers and high-level officials from 60 countries to Lancaster House in London for two days of talks on the future of energy security this week. The EU was out in force, the US sent a top official, but China stayed away. Here’s what we learned.

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BRIEFING: Critical minerals supply a major risk to energy transition, leaders tell IEA-UK summit

Carbon Pulse - 15 hours 43 min ago
The shortage of critical minerals required for the net zero transition is an "emerging energy security risk" industry and government leaders told the future of energy security summit, hosted this week in London by the International Energy Agency and UK.
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Britain will find ‘common ground’ with US on energy policy, says Miliband

The Guardian - 15 hours 50 min ago

Energy secretary says countries must work together during conference at which US delegate called net zero ‘dangerous’

Britain will find “common ground” with the US on energy and the economy including on nuclear power, despite differences over climate policy, the UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has pledged.

He was speaking at the close of a two-day, 60-country conference in London on energy security, hosted by the government and the International Energy Agency (IEA), at which the US delegate Tommy Joyce attacked net zero policies as “dangerous” and “damaging”, and said it was in the interests of “our adversaries”.

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Developing sector pathways key to successful transition finance, say UK experts

Carbon Pulse - 16 hours 8 min ago
Developing sector transition pathways and providing attractive risk return is key to delivering finance that can support the UK deliver its net zero goal whilst also driving economic growth, experts told a webinar Friday.
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Northern Ireland publishes blue carbon action plan

Carbon Pulse - 17 hours 11 min ago
Northern Ireland has unveiled its inaugural Blue Carbon Action Plan, covering 2025–30, as it positions marine and coastal ecosystems at the heart of its climate action and biodiversity conservation, also raising finance for their protection via carbon credits.
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