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Australian farm grows world's biggest blueberry

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-15 12:17
The monster fruit is the size of a ping-pong ball and weighs 20.4g, about 10 times the average blueberry.
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Ultra-fast fashion is a disturbing trend undermining efforts to make the whole industry more sustainable

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-03-15 11:53
We know fast fashion is bad for the environment. Ultra-fast fashion makes matters worse. This disturbing trend towards disposable clothing is the opposite of sustainable. Here’s what must be done. Taylor Brydges, Research Principal, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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US investor liquidates biodiversity fund

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 11:49
US-headquartered Karner Blue Capital (KBC) has liquidated its biodiversity fund after five years following difficulties in attracting sufficient capital, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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Water voles to benefit from £25m landscapes scheme

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-15 11:07
England's fastest-declining mammal is to be protected as part of a new habitats restoration fund.
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WCI Markets: CCAs rebound from Wednesday price rout, WCAs converge toward Q1 auction low

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 09:38
California Carbon Allowance (CCAs) prices start to recover from an unprecedented wave of selling mid-week ahead of options expiring Friday, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) lurched another leg lower after the first auction for 2024 settled near the floor price.
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International tribunal dismisses Koch lawsuit over $30 mln loss from cancelled Ontario carbon market

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 08:55
An international tribunal has dismissed Koch Industries' lawsuit challenging the 2018 cancellation of Ontario’s cap-and-trade programme, according to media reports, absolving Canada of the US$30 million loss claimed by the company.
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US DOE calls on private sector to purchase carbon dioxide removal credits

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 08:01
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent Thursday to foster further private spending on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits by connecting suppliers and buyers, alongside creation of a leaderboard of purchases.
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US SEC climate disclosure rule deluged with lawsuits from industry and climate groups

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 06:57
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is already facing legal challenges from all sides less than a week after approving the highly anticipated climate disclosure rules, alleging that the regulations are both inadequate and excessively restrictive.
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US DOE eyes Q2 2025 completion of natural gas supply chain emissions reporting framework

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 06:42
The US Department of Energy (DOE) detailed its timeline for the development of a globally-recognised Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) framework for the natural gas supply chain at a webinar Thursday.
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Meet the kowari: a pint-sized predator on the fast track to extinction

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-03-15 05:25
Blink and you’ll miss it. The kowari is a charismatic marsupial carnivore that needs our help. Katherine Moseby, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Katherine Tuft, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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UK scheme to spur take-up of heat pumps delayed after gas lobby pressure

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-15 03:28

Mechanism is vital to boost the ‘only viable option’ to decarbonise emissions from heating homes, says green charity

The government has delayed by a year its scheme for spurring the take-up of heat pumps, under pressure from the gas boiler industry.

The clean heat market mechanism is intended to force heating installers to fit more low-carbon heat pumps, to meet the UK’s net zero greenhouse gas emissions target and save energy.

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Carbon insurer, biochar producer insure voluntary credits against invalidation

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 02:56
A carbon insurance company offering credits “pre-wrapped” with insurance through several partnerships has teamed up with a biochar producer to offer the world’s first invalidation-insured biochar credits.
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EU bank to invest millions in climate resilience of Rwanda’s farming sector

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 02:50
The international arm of the European Investment Bank, EIB Global, will help farmers in Rwanda face climate change under a financing agreement announced on Thursday as part of the EU Global Gateway initiative.
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