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Malaysian state govt body signs multiple MoUs for developing carbon, biodiversity projects

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 20:37
A provincial government body in Sarawak state in Malaysia has entered into several partnerships for the exploration and development of carbon offset projects based on nature-based solutions (NbS), renewable energy, and biodiversity conservation.
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Regen announces blockchain storytelling update for carbon, ecocredits

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 20:32
US-based environmental credit platform Regen Network Development is trialling a feature to enable the publishing of project data, connected to blockchain, in a bid to improve the storytelling around their environmental credits.
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Buyers’ alliance shares CDR offtake agreement template

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 20:04
An advanced market commitment for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) has released a standardised offtake agreement template for deals in the nascent technology sector.
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Verra updates jurisdictional and nested REDD+ framework to align with CCP voluntary carbon label

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 18:35
Voluntary carbon standard Verra has updated its Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework in order to align with the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label, the standard announced Tuesday.
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Japan to support biochar, SAF projects in Southeast Asia

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 18:19
Japan has selected around a dozen climate and environment projects across Southeast Asia that will receive government funding, including programmes promoting the development of biochar, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), and methane emissions reductions from rice production.
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BRIEFING: NZ market participants welcome slash in auction volumes, but fundamental questions remain

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 18:10
The coalition government’s decision to follow the Climate Change Commission’s advice on emissions trading scheme price settings and auction volumes has been broadly welcomed, participants told a conference Tuesday, but key issues relating to the scheme have yet to be resolved.
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Malaysia weighs carbon tax on big-emitting industries

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 15:53
The Malaysian government is looking into implementing a carbon tax, particularly on big-emitting industries, and plans to attract green investments into the country, an official told a media conference Tuesday.
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Rare moth found in Cambridgeshire orchard threatened by busway plan

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-08-20 15:00

Appearance of dark crimson underwing causes excitement on land that would be bisected by road scheme

Beneath oak canopies, in an orchard full of hundred-year-old apple trees, excited exclamations rose from a group of moth enthusiasts last week.

The Cambridgeshire Moth Group had just trapped a dark crimson underwing, a species so rare that none of them had ever seen it before. Indeed, the colourful invertebrate is only usually ever found in the New Forest and is considered nationally scarce.

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Humans can work with nature to solve big environmental problems – but there’s no quick fix

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-08-20 14:34
Nature can provide solutions to problems such as biodiversity loss and climate change. But the best nature-based solutions are resilient to disturbance such as fire or drought and future change. Rachel Standish, Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University Tina Parkhurst, Research Fellow, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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South Korea national oil company to set up CCS business

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 14:13
South Korea's national oil and gas company has decided to set up a carbon capture and storage (CCS) business, with plans to promote projects both at home and abroad, local media reported.
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RGGI Market: Few sellers, weather keep RGGI prices bid

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 12:50
Lack of liquidity and near-term weather were some of the main drivers of RGGI Allowances (RGA) in the secondary market this week that traders deliberated as prices held north of $27.
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The Coalition has turned its renewable energy denial into a nuclear roadmap to nowhere. It’s exhausting | Adam Morton

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-08-20 12:09

The opposition has still produced nothing to back up its widely disputed claim that Australia could have an operational nuclear industry before the 2040s

Journalists are obsessed with the new. We cast around every day to tell audiences something they don’t know. That’s the job.

Sometimes, when we get it right, we reveal information that’s substantial and deserves exposure and scrutiny. Sometimes we aim for a different type of revelation – one that comes from picking apart and giving context to claims that are demonstrably not true, but have been repeated so often they have become a regurgitated part of public debate. This fact-checking role can feel repetitive and, frankly, exhausting. But it’s also part of the job.

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US party platforms outline potential Harris, Trump presidencies’ environment, energy plans

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-08-20 11:24
With the release of the official Democratic platform on Sunday, both major US political parties have now made public they priorities regarding climate, energy, and the environment if they emerge victorious in the November presidential election, although both documents largely aligned with established party policy preferences.
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