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Almost 1 in 6 of the world’s banknotes feature wildlife – and they’re not always the creatures you’d expect

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-07-25 15:10
What do you know about your national currency? How about the cash used overseas? We studied wildlife imagery on banknotes around the world. Here’s what we found. Guy Castley, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Clare Morrison, Lecturer in Ecology, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Water temperatures near UK last year were hottest on record, say scientists

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-07-25 15:00

State of the UK Climate report shows sea surface temperatures 0.9C higher than the 1961 to 1990 average

The water near the UK’s coasts was hotter in 2023 than scientists have ever before recorded, a report has found, with children today experiencing a hotter and wetter climate than that in which their parents and grandparents grew up.

The sea surface temperature near coasts was 0.9C hotter and winter rainfall across the country was 24% greater over the last decade than the average from 1961 to 1990, according to the State of the UK Climate 2023 report. It found the number of “hot” (28C) days has more than doubled over that period, and the number of “very hot” (30C) and “extremely hot” (32C) days has more than tripled.

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Offshore wind to power 20m homes within five years, Starmer to pledge

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-07-25 14:00

Scheme will use taxpayer money to develop parts of seabed owned by the royal family

Keir Starmer will promise to build enough offshore wind over the next five years to power 20m homes, by using taxpayer money to develop parts of the seabed owned by the royal family.

The prime minister will announce details of the government’s energy generation company, known as Great British Energy, during a visit to the north-west designed to highlight the government’s promises on green energy.

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Ulez expansion led to significant drop in air pollutants in London, report finds

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-07-25 14:00

Change equivalent to removing 200,000 cars for a year, with capital’s air quality improving at faster rate than rest of England

Levels of harmful air pollutants have dropped significantly since the ultra-low emission zone was enlarged to cover Greater London last year, according to a report from city hall.

Analysis covering the first six months since the Ulez expansion found that total emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from cars across London were 13% lower than projected had the scheme remained confined to inner London, while NOx from vans was 7% lower.

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Singapore-based investor announces biodiversity accelerator cohort

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-25 13:00
A Singapore-based investment firm has announced a cohort of eight companies that will take part in an initiative aimed at scaling nature-positive businesses.
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West Virginia, Indiana lead SCOTUS emergency appeal to stay US EPA’s power plant rules

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-25 11:58
The attorneys general (AG) of West Virginia and Indiana headlined on Tuesday a consolidated emergency application to the US Supreme Court for an immediate stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) power plant emissions rules after lower courts denied motions to pause the regulations.
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DEBs-tagged G-CCOs trade at brief premium to CCAs, ARB offset issuance slows

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-25 10:33
Golden California Carbon Offsets (G-CCOs) with direct environmental benefits to the state (DEBs) sold at a premium to California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) over several days this month when the California-Quebec futures market fell to year-to-date lows, while regulator ARB slowed the pace of offset issuance.
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Survey of Canadian corporations reveals two streams of potential CDR buyers -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-25 10:26
A scan of Canadian corporations demonstrated that while a large majority was unengaged with carbon dioxide removal (CDR), the remaining minority either had limited knowledge with high enthusiasm to learn more or already had active plans to purchase CDR credits, according to a report published by a Canadian think-tank Thursday.
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Brazilian BECCS plans inch forward amid regulatory uncertainty

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-25 10:22
An ethanol producer’s plans for a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plant in Brazil are proceeding, but critical investments are held up by a bill that failed to clear the national legislature before it adjourned last week.
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Permitting, legal framework of US states key criteria for developers in siting carbon storage projects

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-25 10:18
US states that have primacy to approve carbon storage projects, assume post-injection liability, and codify a legal framework are favoured when considering citing of projects in the nascent technology, attendees of a conference heard this week.
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UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office

BBC - Thu, 2024-07-25 10:10
The increase in the number of 'very hot days' of 30C or more has also been dramatic.
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UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office

BBC - Thu, 2024-07-25 10:10
The increase in the number of 'very hot days' of 30C or more has also been dramatic.
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The greater stick-nest rat almost went extinct. Now it’s found an unlikely ally: one of Australia’s worst weeds

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-07-25 09:10
An endangered rodent and a thorny, impenetrable weed doesn’t sound like a good match. But stick-nest rats have made homes out of African boxthorn Annie Grace Kraehe, PhD candidate, Australian National University Kathryn Hill, Research associate, plant ecophysiology, Adelaide University Robert S. Hill, Executive Dean, Faulty of Sciences, Adelaide University Vera Weisbecker, Associate Professor, Flinders University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Great British Energy is becoming a reality – bringing with it cheap, clean and secure energy | Ed Miliband

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-07-25 09:01

We’re making the case for 21st-century, modern public ownership that serves our communities

  • Ed Miliband is the energy secretary

The public voted for change at the general election. Perhaps nowhere more than when it comes to energy. Every person and business has paid the price of our country’s energy insecurity. As Vladimir Putin sought to use energy as a weapon in his illegal invasion of Ukraine, bills went through the roof in a cost of living crisis unprecedented in modern times.

As the Climate Change Committee (CCC) recently made clear, there is one obvious answer to preventing us being so exposed again – a sprint for homegrown clean energy. As it said in its progress report to parliament last week: “British-based renewable energy is the cheapest and fastest way to reduce vulnerability to volatile global fossil-fuel markets. The faster we get off fossil fuels, the more secure we become.”

Ed Miliband is the Labour MP for Doncaster North and secretary of state for energy security and net zero

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