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Green steel sector hindered by EU ETS prices -report
PREVIEW: Bern conference seeks to boost cooperation on global biodiversity targets
VCM Report: High number of carbon credits retired, but large number old and near-worthless
World’s first large-scale green steel project receives €4.75 bln in new funding
Households could boost solar output with two-sided panels, a tilt, and a light colour roof
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Carbon removal companies call for technology neutrality as certification framework enters final talks
COMMENT: Out with the bad, in with the good carbon market
EU co-legislators leave net zero industry act unfinished
A piranha: it is boiling the water you’re swimming in and taking bites out of you
They don’t chew: they bite, the meat goes straight into their stomach, and they bite again
Imagine a bulldog flattened with a meat tenderiser, shaved and sprinkled with glitter. Imagine more, and everywhere, or else: when I was a child, as sure as all cartoon sand would turn into quicksand, in every fictional body of fresh water swam very real fish with very real, sharp, tiny little teeth.
In The Simpsons, Millhouse is more worried about piranhas than that his mother will stop loving him. Bart is reduced to a skeleton by piranhas from a hosepipe.
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Ink dries on $1 bln MoU between credit developer and Ghana’s Jospong Group
UK companies urge government to mandate TNFD reporting
Weather tracker: Australia suffers under severe heatwave and extreme rainfall
Mercury reaches 48.3C on western coast on Sunday, while Northern Territory hit by rainfall far beyond norm
A severe heatwave in Australia led to daily temperatures exceeding 40C (104F) for vast swathes of the country over the weekend, with the Pilbara region in Western Australia particularly badly affected.
After peaking at 47.9C on Saturday, in the remote town of Paraburdoo, Sunday’s highest confirmed temperature at the time of writing was 48.3C, at Onslow airport on the western coast. Onslow is also the joint record holder for Australia’s highest-ever recorded temperature, having reached 50.7C in January 2022. This record could be under threat as the heatwave continues into Monday and Tuesday, with daily maximums of 50-51C possible in the same region.
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Conservative hostility to net zero proves the party has turned its back on British capitalism | David Edgerton
Global industry is set on a course of decarbonisation – but Rishi Sunak is fatally in thrall to the Tory anti-environment right
Of all Rishi Sunak’s blunders and policy decisions in 2023, perhaps the most consequential was his move to delay key milestones on the way to net zero. Sunak postponed the banning of sales of petrol and diesel cars and domestic boilers two months after the government authorised more carbon extraction from the North Sea. Cue outrage from the capitalists to the greens, from greens to even some Tories. What on earth was he doing?
There is perhaps some sense in his decision to slow down. If net zero by 2050 is the final target, then the means of getting there must be realistic. But as our climate becomes more inhospitable, affecting food imports, infrastructure and ultimately living standards, the goal must instead be to reduce global emissions as quickly as possible, not meet a distant date for net zero. Yes, realistic means to decarbonise the British economy are needed, but he has not provided them. On the contrary, he is willing away the means, as he admits they are lacking.
David Edgerton is Hans Rausing Professor of the history of science and technology and professor of modern British history at King’s College London
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Reinventing the eel: first lab-grown eel meat revealed
Wild freshwater eels are at risk of extinction due to overfishing but their meat can now be cultivated from cells
The first lab-grown freshwater eel meat has been produced, potentially solving a diner’s dilemma. Rampant overfishing has caused eel populations to plummet and prices to soar, but the cultivated eel could provide the delicacy guilt-free.
The eel meat was produced by Forsea Foods in Israel from embryonic cells of the Japanese unagi eel. The company collaborated with a Japanese chef to create unagi kabayaki, marinated grilled eel over rice, and unagi nigiri, a type of sushi.
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