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Voluntary registry releases draft North American biochar project protocol

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-11 10:11
A voluntary carbon market registry has released a North American biochar protocol for board consideration following a draft proposal accompanied by a public comment period.
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ANALYSIS: Washington carbon allowance holdings in limbo as fate of cap-and-invest scheme heads to November ballot

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-11 10:01
With voters set to decide the fate of Washington state's cap-and-invest programme this November, market participants are highlighting the uncertainty surrounding hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon allowance holdings that could be rendered worthless is the scheme is scrapped.
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Europe unprepared to face climate risks -report

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-11 09:01
Europe is not prepared for all the climate risks it will face in the coming years, despite being the fastest-warming continent in the world, according to the first-ever EU Climate Risk Assessment Report published on Monday by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Europe unprepared for rapidly growing climate risks, report finds

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-11 09:01

Dangers of wildfires, extreme weather and other factors outgrowing preparedness, European Environment Agency says

Europe is not prepared for the rapidly growing climate risks it faces, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has said in its first risk assessment.

From wildfires burning down homes to violent weather straining public finances, the report says more action is needed to address half of the 36 significant climate risks with potentially severe consequences that it identifies for Europe. Five more risks need urgent action, the report says.

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High shower pressure can help people save water, study suggests

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-11 00:33

Researchers in Surrey say visible timers can also reduce water usage after installing sensors in 290 showers

Swapping a feeble dribble for a powerful blast might seem like an environmental indulgence when it comes to taking a shower, but researchers say it might actually save water.

Water consumption has become a key area of environmental concern given shortages of the resource, as well as the carbon footprint associated with its collection, treatment, supply and – in the case of most showers – heating.

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The Great Barrier Reef’s latest bout of bleaching is the fifth in eight summers – the corals now have almost no reprieve

The Conversation - Sat, 2024-03-09 18:43
The Great Barrier Reef is facing its worst summer of sustained heat stress since the mass bleaching event of 1998, but now with less time to recover amid repeated brutal conditions. Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Row over possible River Cam bathing spot frequented by Darwin and Lord Byron

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-03-09 18:00

Proponents of ‘bathing waters’ designation say it would force action on sewage but others worry about impact of more visitors

The waters of the River Cam are an unsettling lurid green on a dull day. The river that flows through Cambridge and has been enjoyed by swimmers including Lord Byron, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf and Roger Deakin is increasingly polluted from sewage discharges and phosphates and nitrates from farmland.

Now swimmers hope that the government designating a short stretch of the river at Sheep’s Green as “bathing waters” will provide the impetus to clean it up.

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France’s appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia, say campaigners

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-03-09 15:00

Scientists and vets are urging the president to afford the world’s most traded species better protections

France’s hunger for frogs’ legs is “destructive to nature” and endangering amphibians in Asia and south-east Europe, a group of scientists and vets have warned.

More than 500 experts from research, veterinary and conservation groups have called on Emmanuel Macron, the French president, to “end the overexploitation of frogs” and afford the most traded species better protections.

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New life springs from rescued Sycamore Gap tree

BBC - Sat, 2024-03-09 11:57
BBC News is shown the secret site protecting the remains of the Sycamore Gap tree felled last year.
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Speculators gear down North American carbon holdings, compliance builds length in CCAs, RGGI

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 10:24
Speculators reduced length across North American carbon markets while emitters added to California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and RGGI Allowance (RGA) net holdings, weekly data from the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed on Friday.
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Alberta should support federal carbon contracts for difference, says former minister

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 09:33
Fossil fuel-producing Alberta cannot meet its net zero goals without carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS), but project proponents face uncertainty that can be remedied if the province helped cement a price for CO2, said the former Alberta minister of energy in a webinar Thursday.
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US DOE should streamline funding, permitting, and structures -report

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 08:40
The US Department of Energy (DOE) should simplify its funding opportunities to focus on innovation, facilitate interagency cooperation on permitting, and adjust its structures to better achieve agency goals, according to a report published Thursday.
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Washington seeks feedback on CFS update looking to spur in-state SAF production

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 08:39
The Washington state Department of Ecology (ECY) is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) that look to incentivise sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and improve the scheme’s reporting framework.
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EU aircraft operators emitted 105 mln tonnes during CORSIA-eligible flights in 2022, data shows

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 08:26
EU aircraft operators covered by the UN's CORSIA offsetting scheme emitted 105 million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, according to European Commission data released late Friday, figures that will shed some light on carriers' demand for carbon credits.
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Energy industry concerned about Connecticut climate bill electrification shift

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 07:38
Heating fuel distributors and power generators have voiced concerns about the shift to electrification under a Connecticut bill proposing statewide carbon neutrality by 2050, while some stakeholders support the proposal's economic benefits in cross-border trade.
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Oil-producing Nigerian state grants British firm right to generate millions of voluntary carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 04:30
An oil-rich state in Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a UK investor, granting it permission to restore thousands of mangroves to generate an estimated 5 million voluntary carbon credits per year.
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ANALYSIS: Role of VCM, legislative snags delay Brazil ETS passage

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 04:02
Questions around the role of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) and legislative complications continue to delay a landmark law establishing a national cap-and-trade system in Brazil, potentially endangering President Lula’s push for passage in the first half of 2024.
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Offset project developer to acquire London-based carbon trading platform

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-09 03:46
A Canada-based offset project developer it buying a London-based carbon trading platform.
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