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South Korea releases 2024 carbon auction schedule

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 20:04
South Korea on Wednesday released its annual KAU schedule, with plans to spontaneously adjust the number of carbon permits offered at government-held auctions for the rest of this year, as the domestic emissions market remains oversupplied.
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Australia Market Roundup: Opposition Coalition sketches nuclear energy policy, ACCU projects revoked

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 19:54
The sites of Australia’s retiring coal-fired power stations would be the home to the country’s nuclear energy industry, according to Coalition Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, as the regulator has revoked four ACCU projects.
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More than 400,000 songbirds killed by organised crime in Cyprus

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-03-06 19:00

Report links rise in birds trapped for human consumption to cuts in anti-poaching resources in area of British military base

More than 400,000 songbirds were trapped and killed in Cyprus last autumn as part of a recent increase in wildlife crime, according to a new report.

Organised crime networks use decoys and speakers playing birdsong to lure these small birds – including garden favourites such as robins and sparrows – to nest in bushes or orchards, where they catch them with “mist” nets or branches covered in glue. They are then sold via the hidden market to restaurants to be eaten as a local dish called “ambelopoulia”, which consists of pickled or boiled songbirds.

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Cabinet minister pays damages over Hamas claim

BBC - Wed, 2024-03-06 15:19
Science Secretary Michelle Donelan had claimed a university professor sympathised with Hamas.
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Huge housing costs make us slaves to our jobs and unsustainable growth. But there’s another way

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-03-06 13:09
This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong. Alex Baumann, Sessional Lecturer, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Colorado legislators propose cap-and-trade, ban on new oil and gas wells

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 12:40
In Colorado, a House bill lays the groundwork for a cap-and-trade programme to be implemented as early as this year, while two Senate bills target emissions reductions from the oil and gas industry.
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Taiwan carbon exchange signs MoU to source carbon credits from Eswatini

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 11:39
Taiwan’s stock and carbon exchanges signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with their market counterparts in the African kingdom of Eswatini, aiming to link the two nation’s carbon markets, they announced Tuesday.
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PREVIEW: Washington’s Q1 carbon allowance auction mired in uncertainty, discouraging speculator bidders

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 11:10
Washington’s first carbon permit auction for 2024 holds little incentive for participation from speculators, they said, given the uncertainty from a voter initiative that seeks to unravel the state's cap-and-invest programme.
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Environmental products trading head departs European utility for Canadian power and gas firm

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 10:10
The head of North American environmental products at a European utility has left to join a Canadian power and gas trading firm.
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Connecticut legislators propose wide-ranging climate bill

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 09:21
A group of Connecticut legislators have introduced a bill designed to address climate change across multiple sectors, calling for the raising of emissions reductions targets, the inclusion of carbon sequestration in state mitigation strategies, and the promotion of nature-based solutions, amongst other measures.
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New Hampshire legislators target nature-based voluntary carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 09:10
A suite of New Hampshire bills are targetting lost tax revenues in the generation of voluntary carbon credits on forest lands in-state.
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Growing amount of research shows EU can reach its heat pump targets with right policy -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 09:01
The outlook for heat pumps in the EU has received a boost in the past week, with new studies finding that high-temperature heat pumps can be used in un-renovated buildings, and that the bloc could hit and exceed its target to install 30 million heat pumps by 2030 with the right policy and support.
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South Dakota carbon pipeline bills inch closer to law

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 08:54
Three South Dakota carbon pipeline bills face reconciliation between House and Senate amendments before they may become law.
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EVs are still too expensive for most Australians – so why are some carmakers and the Coalition standing in the way | Adam Morton

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-03-06 07:34

We are buying more electric and plug-in hybrid cars – 8.5% of all new sales last year – and no one’s weekend has ended. But that’s barely half of the global sales proportion

The number of electric vehicles sold in Australia is increasing, but let’s be blunt: battery power cars are still unattainable for most people. Most models are expensive, and there are often long waiting lists.

Nearly 100,000 EVs and plug-in hybrid cars were sold across the country last year – 8.5% of all new sales. The good news is it was more than double the figure the previous year, and no one’s weekend ended as a result. But it was still barely half of the global sales proportion of 15.8%. In climate terms, we’re not pulling our weight.

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Executives concerned by impending ESG regulations, investors remain undeterred -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 06:41
Executives are being pressed by an impending wave of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations, while institutional investors remain resolute on the importance of ESG data in the face of recent controversy, with both embracing integrated reporting, according to a report published Tuesday.
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