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Indonesia environment minister lashes REDD+ project developer for spreading carbon regulation “misinformation”

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-08 16:24
Indonesia’s minister for environment and forestry has defended the country’s much-criticised carbon trading regulations, whilst reprimanding comments made by the head of one of the country’s largest REDD+ project developers.
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Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-08 16:00

Scientists reclassify Humboldt glacier, also known as La Corona, after it melted faster than expected

Venezuela has lost its last remaining glacier after it shrunk so much that scientists reclassified it as an ice field.

It is thought Venezuela is the first country to have lost all its glaciers in modern times.

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Birdwatch: the invincible swift, effortless master of the air

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-08 15:00

Also known as ‘devil birds’ for their haunting scream, they are just starting to arrive from sub-Saharan Africa

May Day dawns cold and breezy, with sullen grey clouds promising rain. Hope seems very far away. But then, a distant dark streak scythes through the skies over the Avalon Marshes, stiff-winged, direct and determined. A single swift, my first of the year.

As I do every spring, I silently recite the words of the poet Ted Hughes: “They’ve made it again, which means the globe’s still working … ”

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Saving the Mary River turtle: how the people of Tiaro rallied behind an iconic species

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-05-08 12:08
Once sold as ‘penny turtles’ around Australia, the Mary River turtle’s plight galvanised local community efforts to save it from extinction. Mariana Campbell, Research Lecturer, Conservation, Charles Darwin University Hamish Campbell, Professor - Spatial Science, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat

BBC - Wed, 2024-05-08 12:00
Every single day of the past 12 months has seen a new global sea temperature high for the time of year.
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INTERVIEW: Papua New Guinea Article 6 trade hinges on carbon regulations being finalised

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-08 11:37
Papua New Guinea’s participation in the Article 6 carbon market depends upon regulation that governs the scheme being finalised, though there is still no time table for when that will happen, according to the head of its Climate Change Development Authority (CCDA).
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US Policy Roundup: Colorado cap-and-trade legislation runs out of time, some Western US states adopt CCS policy

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-08 09:45
Lawmakers in Colorado failed to implement a cap-and-trade programme as this year’s legislative session approaches its end on Wednesday, although the state joined its Western US neighbours in advancing several carbon capture and storage (CCS) bills.
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Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-05-08 09:24
Building ecological grief literacy in workplaces can help environmental professionals manage constant exposure to the many causes of their grieving. Anna Cooke, Honorary Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Claudia Benham, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Julie Dean, Health Services Researcher, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Nathalie Butt, Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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2023 hailed as a possible turning point for clean power, as renewables surpass 30% of global generation

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-08 09:01
Solar and wind growth has propelled the world past 30% renewable electricity for the first time in 2023, marking a turning point in the shift away from fossil fuel power, according to a review of country-level data published on Wednesday.
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Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-08 09:01

Report says humans may be on brink of cutting fossil fuel generation, even as demand for electricity rises

Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures.

A report on the global power system has found that the world may be on the brink of driving down fossil fuel generation, even as overall demand for electricity continues to rise.

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UK set to miss target for electric cars after government delayed ban on new fossil fuel sales

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-08 01:54
The UK car industry is on course to miss its legal net zero target after sales of electric vehicles to private buyers tumbled, warns the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the UK car manufacturing association.
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