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Biden brings back rules for wildlife protection cancelled by Trump

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 21:20
The Biden-Harris administration has restored a series of rules for protecting threatened and endangered species and their habitats in the US under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), rolled back by the previous Trump administration.
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UK remote sensing firm enters Japanese carbon market with local partner

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 21:09
A UK-based remote sending firm has partnered with a Japanese project developer with an eye to generating carbon units under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) and voluntary schemes, starting with a large rice project in Japan.
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The case for paying ranchers to raise trees instead of cattle | Patrick Brown and Michael Eisen

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-02 20:08

Reducing cattle populations and restoring native ecoystems is our best chance to tackle global heating. Here’s one way to do it

There is a simple, cost-effective and scientifically sound way to turn back the clock on global warming and reverse the catastrophic collapse of biodiversity: pay ranchers to raise trees instead of cattle.

By mass, the world’s 1.7 billion cows are the dominant animal species on Earth, far outweighing the human population, and outweighing all the wild terrestrial mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians left on Earth by more than 15-fold. More than a third of Earth’s land is used to feed livestock.

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Australia’s new Net Zero Authority has a long road ahead but targets achievable, chair says

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 20:02
The road to net zero and clean energy will be long, but the chief of Australia's newly created Net Zero Authority believes the target is entirely achievable despite such a large chunk of the nation’s GDP made up of exports of fossil fuels, he said Tuesday.
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Energy major begins ammonia co-firing trial at coal plant in Japan

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 19:04
One of the world’s first trials of a large amount of ammonia to be used in a coal-fired power plant began this week, and if successful could help pave the way to further decarbonisation.
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China to see big CO2 cuts from first industrial-use nuclear steam supply project

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 18:58
China has given the green light to the country's first industrial-use nuclear energy steam supply project, which could significantly reduce the coal consumption and carbon emissions of a major Chinese economic hub.
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Safeguard facilities offer up reasons for heavy ACCU reliance for first time

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 17:04
Facilities covered under the Safeguard Mechanism have for the first time been asked to provide explanations for heavy reliance on Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to meet their obligations, giving reasons ranging from unexpected production increases to limited carbon abatement technologies being available.
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The EU’s great green retreat benefits the far right. For the rest of us, it’s a looming disaster | Arthur Neslen

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-02 16:00

Environmental pledges are being shredded to please agribusiness and appease extremists. It’s a terrible mistake

The EU’s great green deal cave-in has been nothing less than spectacular. As aggressive lobbying and violent farmers protests ramped up in the last year, Brussels has killed plans to cut pesticide use by half, to green farming practices, to ban toxic “forever” chemicals, to rein in livestock emissions and, last week, to restore nature to 20% of Europe’s land and seas.

The aim may have been to create breathing space. Predictably, that hasn’t worked. The bloc’s anti-deforestation regulation seems likely to be the next green reform for the chop, with 20 agriculture ministers reportedly calling for it to be pared back and suspended on Monday, citing “administrative burdens”.

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NZ Market: Q1 auction drives new secondary market volume record

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 15:30
The New Zealand ETS saw a new volume record in the secondary market thanks to the surge in trading activity in the lead up to and aftermath of last month’s NZU auction, a broker told Carbon Pulse Tuesday.
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Japanese developer to set up biochar project in the Philippines

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 15:24
A Japanese project developer has teamed up with a listed real estate company in the Philippines to promote a carbon removal project featuring rice husk biochar, as it seeks to continue expanding its presence in Asia's voluntary market.
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Ethical shopping on the rise in UK despite cost of living crisis

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-02 15:00

Increase in fairtrade sales to £13m shows shoppers still prioritising environment and workers’ wellbeing

British consumers might have faced the sharpest increase in living costs for four decades, but despite the cost of living crisis, concerns over the environment and the treatment of farmers in poorer countries has fuelled a steady increase in ethical shopping.

As households across the country rein in their spending to deal with rising bills, Michael Gadney, the chief executive of the Fairtrade Foundation trade body, said consumers were still prioritising ethical products.

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Japanese IT firm, financial strike nature positive partnership

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 13:28
A large tech company in Japan has partnered with a major financial group to drive nature positive actions aimed at conserving natural capital and biodiversity, they announced this week.
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Hundreds of animals were rescued after the Black Summer bushfires – but how many actually survived?

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-04-02 11:16
Marsupial rescue, rehabilitation and release statistics from New South Wales and Kangaroo Island during Black Summer fires reveal poor survival rates, despite the courageous efforts of volunteers. Catherine Herbert, Associate professor, University of Sydney Chris Dickman, Professor Emeritus in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney Holly Cope, Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney Rachael Gray, Associate Professor in Veterinary Pathology, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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