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A rat: ‘We can no longer live as rats: we know too much’

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-07-02 01:00

Most rats, like most people, try to distinguish themselves

“You must go to the rats,” the Great Owl tells Mrs Frisby in the Rats of Nimh.

Mrs Frisby, a mouse, needs help: her son is sick and she has to move out of her house at the edge of a field, because the field will soon be ploughed.

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ACCU price forecast to hit A$42 by next year’s compliance deadline, as demand to structurally increase over time, outlook says

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-07-02 00:01
An outlook on Australia’s carbon market has forecast credit prices to rise above A$40 ($26.71) by the time the first surrender period under the reformed Safeguard Mechanism rolls around next year and that the scheme means demand will structurally increase as time goes on.
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ANALYSIS: CBAM impact could cut into EU power imports from UK, Western Balkans

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 23:50
Britain's electricity flows may be the most impacted by the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as imports sent to the EU are set to become more expensive, with the Western Balkans also poised to be hit hard.
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Environment Agency refuses to reveal directors’ possible conflicts of interest

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-07-01 23:25

Agency rejected FOI request about potential conflicts of financial and business interests held by regional directors

The Environment Agency is refusing to provide campaigners with details of potential conflicts of interests with water companies held by its directors across England.

The refusal to provide the information comes after the head of the agency, Philip Duffy, admitted that freedom of information requests have been buried by the regulator because the truth about the environment in England is “embarrassing”.

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Brussels frets as far-right arrives at gates of power in France

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 23:15
The European Union could end up being “paralysed” if the far-right Rassemblement National party is able to form a government in France, with potentially significant consequences also for energy and climate policy across the region, according to policymakers and analysts.
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Number of companies with science-based targets increased by 102% in 2023, led by Asia -report

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 23:07
Companies with validated science-based targets increased by 102% during 2023 alone compared to all previous years, with Asia leading as the region with the highest number of such companies, a report released Monday has found.
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Scientists ignored 'gay' animals for years. When will we get over our human hang-ups about the natural world? | Elle Hunt

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-07-01 23:00

Our selective engagement with nature stops humans from seeing animals clearly – and that’s not good for them or for us

One of my most annoying traits, I have been told, is my tendency to puncture others’ casual enjoyment of nature with brutal and unsolicited pieces of trivia. Chalk it up to the influence of my hobbyist herpetologist father, who instilled in me not only a passion for less cuddly animals but also a rigorous attention to the facts.

If your favourite animals are sea otters, which mate for life and hold hands so they don’t drift apart? I will inform you that they also sometimes rape baby seals to death. Oh, you prefer chimps? Have you seen that David Attenborough footage of a group of them hunting a monkey that was apparently too disturbing to broadcast with close-up detail?

Elle Hunt is a freelance journalist

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Biodiversity credit metric can enhance investment in species conservation, study says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 22:44
A recently developed metric for tradable biodiversity credits has the potential to optimise resource allocation to species conservation efforts, a paper has said.
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Oxford researchers urge UK-EU ETS linkage to scale cross-border CO2 projects

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 21:54
The EU and UK must rejoin their carbon markets in order to scale cross-border CO2 transport and storage projects, according to researchers from the University of Oxford, who also underlined the political challenges of relinking the two systems.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 21:24
EU carbon allowances started the week brightly as Europe's energy and equity markets rallied in relief at the outcome of the first round of France's parliamentary elections, before tailing off slightly later in the morning as the recent daily pattern appeared to be repeating.
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British scientists verify feasability of new ocean carbon removal technology

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 20:49
Scientists from a UK research centre have verified the feasibility and potential scalability of a new ocean carbon removal technique, they said Monday.
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UN proposes global fund for sharing benefits derived from plant, animal DNA sequencing

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 20:46
The UN drafted on Monday a proposal to establish a global fund for sharing some of the multi-trillion dollar revenues derived from products that leverage the use of the DNA sequences of plants, animals, and microbes, known as digital sequence information on genetic resources (DSI).
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Is climate change making hurricanes worse?

BBC - Mon, 2024-07-01 20:10
The number of hurricanes is not increasing, but they are becoming more intense as the world warms.
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Australian cookstove project developer raises $3.75 mln from investors

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 18:47
A project developer that seeks to decarbonise cooking with the use of smart stoves has raised $3.75 million in its Series-A round.
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Korean securities firm secures Paris-aligned water purification project in Ghana

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 16:34
A South Korean securities firm is aiming to expand its carbon finance business through participation in a government-backed international greenhouse gas reduction project, which can generate Paris-aligned carbon credits.
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Safeguard Mechanism lays the foundation for Australia’s decarbonisation, but policy misalignment underlines uncertainty, panel hears

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 16:30
Australia’s reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism have been the lynchpin in driving “overwhelming” interest and activity in the country’s carbon market and has spurred some participants to begin to plan their decarbonisation journey, but key questions hang over other parts of the government’s climate agenda.
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Plastic Free July is a waste of time if the onus is only on consumers

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-07-01 16:10
Millions of people are being urged to take part in Plastic Free July. Yet we know consumer choice is only one part of the picture. Eliminating plastic waste requires broader structural change. Bhavna Middha, ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Ralph Horne, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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World Bank approves $1.5 bln in funding for Indian green hydrogen, carbon markets

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-01 15:23
The World Bank has approved $1.5 billion in additional financing to help India accelerate the development of its national carbon market, boost green hydrogen production, and scale up renewable energy capacity.
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