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New US CBAM bill could attract Manchin support, though time running out
Local efforts have cut plastic waste on Australia's beaches by almost 30% in 6 years
How Australia's expanding environmental movement is breaking the climate action deadlock in politics
Canada adds DAC protocol, tonne-year accounting to launch of federal offset system
EU’s ETS-derived Modernisation Fund invests €2.4 billion in seven nations
Shipping’s net zero ambition in the doldrums at the IMO
ANALYSIS: Buyer guidelines seen triggering demand blip as VCM pivots
Former US carbon market analyst returns after 4-year hiatus
Nordic initiative goes further than VCMI in draft for voluntary compensation
Alok Sharma in running to be UN’s global climate chief
UK cabinet minister who led Cop26 understood to have been approached and expressed interest in the role
Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who led last year’s Cop26 climate summit, is in the running to be the UN’s global climate chief, at a crucial time for international action on greenhouse gas emissions.
The UN’s current top climate official, Patricia Espinosa, will step down next month, leaving a vacancy as the world prepares for the next stage in vital negotiations to stave off climate breakdown.
Continue reading...US government to ban single-use plastic in national parks
Biden officials make announcement on World Oceans Day in effort to stem huge tide of pollution from plastic bottles and packaging
The Biden administration is to phase out single-use plastic products on US public lands, including the vast network of American national parks, in an attempt to stem the huge tide of plastic pollution that now extends to almost every corner of the world.
The US Department of the Interior will halt the sale of single-use plastics in national parks, wildlife refuges and other public lands, though not entirely until 2032, with a reduction planned in the meantime. The government will look to identify environmentally preferable alternatives to plastic bottles, packaging and other products, such as compostable materials.
Continue reading...Fury at government after council overruled on Surrey Hills gas drilling
Lib Dems and environmental campaigners condemn central government after Tory-run council overruled
Campaigners and the Liberal Democrats have condemned the government after a minister overruled a Tory-run council to approve gas drilling on the edge of the Surrey Hills, despite accepting the scheme would cause harm to the natural landscape.
The decision, formally announced in a written statement by the housing minister Stuart Andrew, gives the green light to three years of exploratory drilling at a site near the edge of the Surrey Hills area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
Continue reading...A combined UK carbon and health tax on food could save 40 Mt CO2 per year -report
Cement industry to rely heavily on CCS to reach its 2050 net zero ambition -report
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Industrial water use threatens Louisiana capital’s drinking water
Unchecked water use by companies like Exxon risks saltwater intrusion and undrinkable tap water
Flowers seem to live longer in vases filled with Baton Rouge water, according to Dominique Rogers, 36, a florist in Louisiana’s capital city with 14 years of experience.
The city pulls its water deep underground from the Southern Hills aquifer, which requires little to no treatment to drink, unlike other Louisiana communities such as New Orleans, which draws its water from the Mississippi River and requires heavy treatment.
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