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RFS Market: RIN prices rise on news of Delta Air Lines halting credit purchases
CO2 removal technology in need of more early movers to scale units -panel
Suncor net zero strategy outlines new Alberta carbon offset generation
Shell, Exxon and Chevron stunned by courts and shareholders in climate blitz
A historic court ruling and shareholder revolts mark one of the worst days for big oil in recent history. And the year is only getting started.
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Stephen Hawking's papers to be saved for the nation
Climate policy that relies on a shift to electric cars risks entrenching existing inequities
Australia's threatened species plan sends in the ambulances but ignores glaring dangers
California offset issuances continue to slide as 378k new credits minted
Ministers accused of hypocrisy over ‘toothless’ environment bill
Campaigners say bill that ministers call ‘ambitious’ fails to protect green spaces, air quality or wildlife, and is ‘riddled with loopholes’
Ministers have been accused of hypocrisy in bringing forward a “toothless” environment bill that will fail to protect against developers concreting over valuable green space, lack provisions for improving air quality, and contain what campaigners said were inadequate protections for wildlife.
The government voted down amendments to its flagship environment bill on Wednesday that would have strengthened the powers of a watchdog, given local communities more say over planning and development, and expanded protections for habitats.
Continue reading...Euro Markets: EUAs slip back from 1-week high as energy prices slip
Climate crisis could trigger sewage surge in English rivers, MPs told
Environmental body calls for investment in nature-based solutions to stem rise in discharge
There will be a rise in the scale of sewage discharge into rivers and waterways due to extreme weather events as a result of climate change, MPs have been told.
Nature-based solutions must be a top priority for the government and the water regulator, Ofwat, when it comes to water companies’ investment over the coming decades. By 2050, MPs heard, the English sewerage system would face a 55% increase in water flowing through the network as a result of increased urbanisation and the removal of natural surfaces, which help water drain away.
Continue reading...Shell: Netherlands court orders oil giant to cut emissions
Shell must reduce emissions by 45% by 2030, Dutch court orders in landmark ruling
Climate tech company outlines largest US-based forestry project with high-profile buyers
New UK-based joint venture targets nature-based carbon offsets
Romania to exit coal in 2032, as other Eastern EU nations mull earlier phaseout
Springwatch gives succour to our souls, but should it do more? | Ros Coward
The BBC nature programme is good at engaging with the public but it fails to address the threat of human development
Springwatch is back, the BBC’s largest outside broadcasting event with regular audiences approaching 4 million. I’m among its greatest fans, having watched every series – and spin-offs, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch – since it began in 2005. But this year I’ve begun to worry about the gulf opening up between the wonderful richness on the screens and the urgent biodiversity crisis unfolding off camera.
Springwatch’s unique contribution to wildlife programming is its emphasis on citizen science. The audience is encouraged to observe and submit data about their gardens and local spaces, a model of environmental engagement. But deep down, Springwatch is rooted in the Attenborough tradition of nature programming: intimate stories of wildlife, focusing on nature’s eternal beauty and fascinating behaviours. What’s missing is coverage of the human pressures on their habitat. David Attenborough has only relatively recently addressed the massive threats to nature from human destruction, pollution and climate change.
Continue reading...Japan to fund South East Asian emissions cuts, help with ASEAN net zero plans -reports
Solar Insiders Podcast: A hat tip to some great Australian solar pioneers
Australia’s solar pioneers have been awesome, and it’s sad to say goodbye. Plus: Some really crap solar stories.
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This Australian trade deal shows how ‘Global Britain’ has already lost its way | Rafael Behr
Just like the prime minister’s promises on Brexit, Boris Johnson’s pledges of support to UK farmers will ring hollow
You can tell that British farmers will be betrayed by Boris Johnson by the way he promises to look after them. The prime minister has pledged support equivalent to forfeited European subsidies. He says the sector will be safe from cut-price competition when new free trade deals are signed. He has told Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Union, that he would “rather die” than hurt her members. Really? Death before cheap beef? Maybe Johnson can honour those pledges, but it would be out of character.
It would also defeat the purpose of Brexit for many Tory MPs. “Take back control” signalled many things to voters, but to Eurosceptic ideologues it meant liberation from the EU’s common external tariff. Having trade policy run from Brussels was proof of Britain’s colonisation by continental bureaucrats. Deals with non-Europeans are the prize for emancipation.
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