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Carbon ratings agency finds ARB-eligible US forest project over-credited by more than double
British Columbia weakens stringency in output-based pricing system for large emitters
US power plants cut CO2 emissions by 7% in 2023 amid coal-to-gas generation shift
Speculators continue profit-taking run across North American carbon markets, emitters build RGGI length
Maryland announces $90 mln to advance transportation and buildings electrification
Canada waters down its draft Clean Electricity Regulations following criticism
Pregnant women in Indiana show fourfold increase in toxic weedkiller in urine – study
Seventy perc ent of pregnant women in state had herbicide dicamba in their urine, up from 28% in an earlier study
Pregnant women in a key US farm state are showing increasing amounts of a toxic weedkiller in their urine, a rise that comes alongside climbing use of the chemicals in agriculture, according to a study published on Friday.
The study, led by the Indiana University school of medicine, showed that 70% of pregnant women tested in Indiana between 2020 and 2022 had a herbicide called dicamba in their urine, up from 28% from a similar analysis for the period 2010-12. The earlier study included women in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.
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Elephant forest activity correlates with high carbon storage, though causal relationship unclear -study
Web3 company plots recovery in tokenised carbon credits amid ICVCM integrity drive
Electrification will outweigh hydrogen in EU net zero energy use -report
Pollination plans blended regenerative agriculture fund worth billions
First lockdown, then the voice, now renewables? Anti-government groups find new energy in environment battles
Protests against Australia’s transition to renewable power have attracted a wide coalition of interests, from mainstream parties to the wild shores of conspiracy
The protest signs at last week’s rally against renewables in Canberra spoke of hyperlocal concerns – but also cabals and plots of global proportion.
Some spoke of immediate worries linked to environmental policies: “Oberon betrayed by state forestry”; and “Say no to Twin Creek wind farm”.
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