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‘I fear when we stop, no one will replace us’: Madagascar’s forest guardians – in pictures

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-06-21 16:00

Community conservation groups are fighting to protect woodlands from illegal logging, farming and fires, but limited resources are a constant challenge and the task is getting ever more difficult

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South Australia releases green iron and steel strategy, calls for industry collaboration

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 13:38
The South Australian state government has published a green iron and steel strategy and put a call out to global industry to help it figure out how it can underpin investment in the nascent sector.
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Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy will do nothing to ease Australians’ hip-pocket pain, now or in the future

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-06-21 13:19
The Coalition’s nuclear plan is an unwelcome proposal which will slow the energy transition and increase our dependence on gas – a surefire way to drive up energy bills. Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Carbon registry launches biodiversity programme, gears up for listing credits

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 12:57
Iceland-based International Carbon Registry (ICR) announced on Thursday the launch of its pilot biodiversity programme in an effort to develop a framework for project developers planning to issue voluntary biodiversity credits.
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Letters come out for and against SBTi’s Scope 3 emissions proposal

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 11:05
A US forest foundation has joined a group of environmental NGOs and carbon project developers urging the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to support the use of carbon credits in Scope 3 emissions abatement, while a group of French NGOs have demanded the organisation abandon the proposal.
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Plucking numbers from the air: Victoria’s big build for housing relies on impossible targets

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-06-21 10:52
Victoria’s government wants local governments to speed up development and get more homes built. But there are many questions around this goal. David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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IRA clean energy incentives could be ‘on the chopping block’ with Trump’s re-election -report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 10:22
If US President Joe Biden is re-elected in November, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is “likely to remain intact”, while a return of former President Donald Trump to the White House “could put some, if not all, of the tax incentives for clean energy on the chopping block,” found a Bloomberg Intelligence report released Tuesday. 
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Alarm bells in Central Africa as Congo Basin forests face 27% reduction by 2050

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 10:02
The Congo Basin, central to global carbon sequestration efforts, is under severe threat from deforestation and unsustainable exploitation, with projections indicating a potential 27% reduction in forest cover by 2050 unless immediate action is taken, experts have warned.
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Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants

BBC - Fri, 2024-06-21 09:59
Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says.
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US Forest Service advances plan to protect old-growth forests

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 09:21
The US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is set to publish a draft environmental impact statement for a new national old-growth forest plan amendment on Friday, advancing the Biden administration’s commitment to forest conservation.
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California March gasoline sale lags 2023 levels, diesel picks up once again

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 09:17
California gasoline consumption in March continued to trail levels during the same time last year despite reaching year-to-date (YTD) highs, while diesel surpassed 2023 figures for the month amid the ongoing rise in monthly sales, state data published this week showed.
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Global solar to surge to 20% of power generation on north’s longest day of year

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-06-21 09:01
Solar power is expected to generate a fifth of global electricity across midday peaks on Friday's summer solstice and 8% across the month of June, making it the fastest-growing source of power in the world, according to new research.
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