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The Quebec government this week released draft regulations to amend one of its compliance offset protocols, after finding that evolving processes have rendered some of the activities non-additional and ineligible for credit generation.

The California Senate on Thursday approved legislation to clarify the eligibility of state-funded projects to generate carbon offsets, while a large business lobby ramped up its opposition to a bill that would mandate Scope 1-3 GHG reporting requirements within the state.

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The US government in general is unaware of the UK’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy, the executive director of a policy-focused company has claimed.

Open letter warns that ascribing aggression to rammings puts animals at risk of human violence

Orcas are not “attacking” boats, leading scientists have said, warning that the false narrative is putting the animals at risk of retribution from humans.

Iberian orcas started ramming vessels along the Spanish and Portuguese coast in July 2020, with at least 11 juveniles and four adult females believed to be involved. Some boats had toothmarks on them, while others appeared to have been rammed with the head or body multiple times, leading them to being towed into port. Since spring 2021, at least five boats have sunk as a result of damage.

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Simone Weil’s life illustrates the capacity to give up the things we feel we’re owed – such as a carbon-intensive consumer-driven lifestyle

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The saying takes on new meaning after the hottest July ever, devastating wildfires in Greece and Canada, and the declaration by the UN secretary general, António Guterres, that we’ve left behind “global warming” for “global boiling”.

But this time our Neros – AKA governments – aren’t the only ones shirking their responsibilities. What are the rest of us doing while the world burns?

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Publisher Springer Nature says 2022 article ‘not supported by available evidence’ as editors launch investigation

One of the world’s biggest scientific publishers has retracted a journal article that claimed to have found no evidence of a climate crisis.

Springer Nature said it had retracted the article, by four Italian physicists, after an internal investigation found the conclusions were “not supported by available evidence or data provided by the authors”.

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Governments spent a record $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidies in 2022, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has calculated, more than governments spent annually on education and about two thirds of what they spent on healthcare.

Philanthropic funding has a “potentially vital” role in driving investment towards tackling biodiversity loss, the sustainability research arm of Swiss bank UBS has said.

A carbon markets integrity body has issued a call for analysis to better understand how voluntary carbon markets (VCM) can boost investment in resilient water systems.

European carbon prices reversed direction after reaching a two-week low on Friday morning, halting a two-day drop as levels bounced back along with energy, while one of the strongest auction results this year encouraged short-positioned traders to take some profit.

France’s two remaining coal power plants have been allowed to operate for longer in case of winter blackouts thanks to a temporary relief of emissions reduction standards through 2024, announced the energy transition ministry.

Latest blow to sustainable farming incentive for nature recovery prompts warnings of ‘tough autumn’

Farmers in England are being left without crucial nature recovery payments and unsure of what to plant after delays to a post-Brexit scheme.

The sustainable farming incentive (SFI) is part of a package of payments that is replacing the EU’s common agricultural policy, which paid land managers for the amount of land in their care. The aim of the SFI is to pay farmers to look after nature, soil and other public goods, rather than simply for farming and owning land.

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Weekly trading volume in China's emissions market almost doubled from the previous week with a new high in carbon prices, even as traders remain keen to know how the government will solve the surplus problem.

UK has not reciprocated after EU banned import of pot plant soil, in which some species can travel undetected

Invasive species are increasingly likely to come to Britain because of lax post-Brexit trade rules, experts have warned.

The EU has banned the import of soil in pot plants from the UK since Brexit, partly because invasive species such as the Asian hornet can travel undetected in soil. The UK has not put reciprocal bans in place, however, meaning damaging species from the continent could be transported in soil.

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Two weeks after she was in space with her mum, Ana Mayers is going back to university in Scotland.

In 2023, the effects of the climate crisis have come into sharp focus. Much of the northern hemisphere endured a blistering heatwave, while other countries were inundated with torrential rain and catastrophic flooding. A number of climate records – some unofficial – tumbled in recent weeks. The Guardian spoke to four people from Hawaii, India, China and the Middle East directly affected by extreme weather events

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Australia’s Biodiversity Council is asking the Queensland state government to halt new gas developments in the Lake Eyre Basin given the potential damage to the floodplains by drilling and its related infrastructure.