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BBC Springwatch: Chris Packham hails maker of 27,000 swift boxes
CP Daily: Friday June 11, 2021
WCI speculative length hits new highs as compliance sinks further into the red
NA Markets: California carbon eclipses all-time high on heels of more speculative buying
Two more California offset projects chart LCFS pathways
EU ministers leave door open for hydrogen blending in cross-border energy projects
PREVIEW: Switzerland’s climate strategy faces knife-edge public vote
US Carbon Pricing and LCFS Roundup for week ending June 11, 2021
Euro Markets: EUAs, UKAs slip as rallies peter out on supply concerns
UK space race investment 'is heating up'
RFS Market: RIN prices crash on report of possible refiner compliance relief
Pikachus, politicians and pollution art: how activists are protesting at the G7 summit – video
As world leaders flocked to the G7 summit at Carbis Bay in Cornwall to discuss the Covid pandemic recovery and the climate emergency, activists have also taken the chance to demonstrate to the leaders of seven of the wealthiest global democracies.
From a swarm of 300 drones creating 3D images of endangered species to protesters running around in Pikachu costumes, demonstrators have got creative to get the attention of politicians and the press. Here are some of the most impressive stunts
- Tell us: are you planning on joining protests at the G7 summit?
- G7 signs of protest in Cornwall – in pictures
Shenzhen eyes absolute cap, auctions in ETS overhaul
Ever Given remains grounded in Egypt as compensation battle rages
Ship cannot sail out of Egyptian waters as authorities detain crew and cargo until owners pay for blockages
Lemons, bamboo shoots and tofu sit in the sweltering heat, alongside goods from Lenovo, Ikea, Dixons Carphone and dozens of other brands – including barbecues, sun loungers, swimwear, lawnmowers and camping equipment – and will arrive at their intended destinations long after summer ends.
Since the successful operation to dislodge the 220,000-ton Ever Given from the Suez canal, where it was stuck for six days, the cargo ship has been grounded again – this time by a fierce legal battle between the ship’s owners, insurance companies, and the Suez Canal Authority (SCA).
Continue reading...Program Manager (Verification and Training), Aboriginal Carbon Foundation – Cairns
Plastic from take-out food is polluting the oceans - study
Sri Lanka’s worst ever maritime disaster reveals the true cost of our identity crisis | Sandali Handagama
We must find a way to embrace shipping, the ocean and our place in the world without shackling ourselves to unpayable foreign debt
Growing up in Sri Lanka in the 1990s, it was drilled into me from an early age that my island was destined to be a maritime hub. At school, I was taught that Sri Lanka was once the heart of the maritime Silk Road, a network of trade routes that connected the east and west from 130BC to the mid-1400s.
My textbooks were filled with tales about how Sri Lanka’s strategic positioning and rich natural resources were so prized that it was consecutively colonised by the Portuguese, Dutch and British empires for almost four centuries.
Continue reading...Shark attack: boy flown to hospital after being bitten while snorkelling near Coral Bay in WA
The 10-year-old was snorkelling at Five Finger Reef near Coral Bay when a two-metre bronze whaler bit him on the foot
A young boy has been flown to hospital after a shark bit him on the foot while he was snorkelling near Coral Bay in Western Australia.
The 10-year-old was attacked by a two-metre bronze whaler at Five Finger Reef, south of the remote town, about 11am on Friday, the state’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development said.
Continue reading...Telstra inks new wind farm PPA as it prepares to launch energy retail offer
The 58MW Crookwell 3 wind farm will go ahead in Goulburn after a power purchase agreement underpinning the project was signed by Telstra.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia’s biggest wind farm takes shape
Tobias Geiger from Westwind talks about the challenges of bringing the country’s biggest wind project to market.
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