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Climate Impact X launches standardised ARR contracts

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 18:48
Singapore-based carbon exchange Climate Impact X (CIX) has launched two standardised contracts for nature-based removal credits in the afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) market, it announced Friday.
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Weather tracker: flood warnings after heavy rain in south-eastern Australia

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-05 18:24

Sydney expected to be badly affected as further downpours and strong winds forecast to lash New South Wales coast

South-eastern Australia has been experiencing heavy rain since Thursday night, which will continue until Saturday morning local time. New South Wales will be particularly badly affected, with cumulative rainfall totals of 150-200m along coastal stretches.

Hourly totals are expected to reach 10-20mm at times, with the worst-affected areas potentially receiving 50mm within three hours. Strong winds are expected to accompany the heaviest downpours, with gusts of about 45mph (72km/h) at times.

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Here's how you can safely watch solar eclipse

BBC - Fri, 2024-04-05 18:23
From wearing eclipse glasses to using your hands as a projector, here are ways to avoid an eye injury.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: nosy polar bears, a waving seal and blue-footed boobies

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-05 17:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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LNG partners team with fertiliser player for CO2 storage in Western Australia

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 16:26
A CCS joint venture has partnered with a fertiliser producer to consider CO2 capture in a major industrial region in Australia, using a depleted gas field for storage.
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Australian low-emissions wood pellet producer secures 30-year lease for NZ facility

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 15:22
An Australian company has secured a 30-year lease agreement in New Zealand where it intends to build a NZ$300 mln ($180 mln) plant producing wood pellets that when burned emits 95% less carbon than coal.
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The Southern Ocean has the cleanest air on Earth. We have just discovered why

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-04-05 12:04
A lack of human activity in the Southern Ocean is just one reason why the air is so clean. Clouds and rain play a vital role in scrubbing the atmosphere, removing natural airborne particles too. Tahereh Alinejadtabrizi, PhD student, Monash University Steven Siems, Professor in Cloud Microphysics, Monash University Yi Huang, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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AU Market: Integrity concerns, compliance shift sees ACCU spot prices converge

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 11:48
Generic and human-induced regeneration (HIR) Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) spot prices have converged in recent days, in part due to integrity concerns stemming from last week’s Nature study as well as the shift to a compliance market, according to traders and analysts.
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Why is Australia’s east coast copping all this rain right now? An atmospheric scientist explains

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-04-05 11:48
You might be wondering: what is a ‘Black Nor'easter’, what’s causing all this rain and does it have anything to do with climate change? Here’s what you need to know. Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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California environental justice proponents pushback against CCS amid calls for cap-and-trade, LCFS improvements

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 10:55
Presenters at a meeting hosted by California’s Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) on Thursday raised concerns about risks of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) measures, and also recommended alternative revenue distribution options for the cap-and-trade scheme to lower cost burdens on consumers.
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Panelists agree on need for more US federal regulation of VCM, but split on extent

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 10:47
A panel of experts agreed on the need for increased federal regulation of the relatively young voluntary carbon market (VCM), but expressed different views on how and to what extent US authorities should tackle the VCM, in a webinar Thursday.
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Green group sues US DOE for funding California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant extension

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 09:58
A network of green groups has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Energy (DOE) claiming that the agency’s decision to fund the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant extension in California was based on a faulty environmental review.
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Integrity Council approves three voluntary carbon programmes for CCP eligibility

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 09:01
Gold Standard, ACR, and Climate Action Reserve (CAR) have been given the green light by the governing board of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM) for their crediting programmes to be considered for the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label, while Verra, ART TREES, Social Carbon, and Isometric will be assessed by May at the latest.
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WCI Markets: CCA market awaits ARB as WCAs continue to rally on small volumes

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 09:01
California Carbon Allowances (CCA) saw a modest gain over the Mar. 28-Apr.3 period, as market participants await forthcoming developments on cap-and-trade rulemaking from regulator ARB, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) continued to rally on small volumes.
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