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Hills of Gold: Contested New England wind farm wins planning approval
One of the most contested wind projects in NSW wins planning approval from department, just the second wind project in five years in the state. But it still has another hurdle to jump.
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A23a: Monster iceberg just shy of a trillion tonnes
Name that whale! How AI aces animal spotting
Calls for tighter rules on biofuels imports to root out palm oil fraud
Investigations suggest a large share of ‘used’ cooking oil being imported could be wrongly labelled as demand outpaces supply
Tighter rules are needed to ensure that the imported “used” cooking oil that airlines hope will power cleaner flights is not in fact virgin palm oil, campaigners have warned.
About 80% of waste oil is imported to create biofuels that are mostly still used in cars, vans and lorries despite growing demand from aviation. About 60% of those imports come from China.
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US DOE launches third phase of $2.25 bln funding for CO2 transport and storage
California ARB offset issuance bolts higher at tail end of 2023
COP28: FEATURE – The voluntary carbon market vouches for a better year ahead
Bolivia signs MoU with global carbon standard to expand knowledge on carbon markets
AEMO says more gas needed in W.A. to cover coal exits and electrification, but maybe not
AEMO says more gas power might be needed to cover early coal closures, but predicts longer term decline as wind, solar and storage over growing demand for electrification.
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Study reveals significant variability, uncertainty in avoided deforestation crediting baselines
Carbon capture firm partners with four more cement-makers to accelerate industry decarbonisation
Washington Q4 carbon auction settles below APCR Tier 1
Euro Markets: Carbon climbs back up to €70 ahead of options expiry, before fading
Wayward wolf gets help in finding mate after odyssey across two US states
A female Mexican gray wolf that was part of reintroduction efforts for the endangered species has been recaptured by officials
A match made in the wilds of New Mexico?
An endangered Mexican wolf captured last weekend after wandering hundreds of miles from Arizona to New Mexico is now being readied for a dating game of sorts as part of federal reintroduction efforts.
Continue reading...The Guardian view on Cop28’s final text: saying the right thing – and not a moment too soon | Editorial
Looming over this year’s climate talks was the spectre of Donald Trump regaining the US presidency
The climate emergency needs better than this. It has taken almost 30 years of climate talks for the world to call on nations to transition “away from fossil fuels” in a “just, orderly and equitable manner”. Cop28’s final text was stating the obvious but it needed saying, and not a moment too soon. Ahead of the Dubai summit, the UN said that under current policies, global temperatures were on track to rise 2.9C above pre-industrial levels – nearly double the goal cited in the climate summit final declaration.
The measures agreed – to triple renewable capacity and double the rate of energy efficiency – could limit warming to the 1.5C threshold. But this relies on an equitable climate financing deal for developing countries. On this key issue, the Cop28 outcome had little to say. A report for the UN has stated that developing countries – excluding China – would need $2.4tn a year. This is a lot of money, but then what is the price of saving the planet? The US is the richest nation on Earth. It should take the lead as the globe’s largest oil and gas producer. Instead it will expand fossil fuel extraction – reckless and inexcusable behaviour given Washington’s historical responsibility.
Continue reading...Marine biodiversity credits framework launched by non-profit
Rich countries are desperate to convince us their hollow Cop28 deal is a triumph. They’re lying | Asad Rehman
The agreement on fossil fuel phase-out is full of loopholes, but those of us fighting for climate justice won’t give up
As Cop28 ended after 14 gruelling days, many people were clutching at straws and looking for meaning in the mere mention in the text of a transition from fossil fuels. There will be headlines talking about what huge progress it is simply to say this – even without any requirement for real action.
This would have been very welcome 20 or even 10 years ago, but it wasn’t the gamechanger needed to prevent climate catastrophe, to end the era of deadly fossil fuels, or to save the north star of 1.5C. To claim that it is a triumph, or anything even close to that, is simply a lie.
Asad Rehman is executive director of War on Want
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