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CORSIA-linked voluntary carbon trade to remain stunted due to low supply, lack of clarity

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-04-06 00:02
The trade of voluntary carbon credits and financial products linked to the current phase of the CORSIA international aviation offsetting scheme is expected to remain low in volume due to perceptions that the market is not yet ready to scale, according to a panel of industry experts.
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When is the solar eclipse and how can I watch it?

BBC - Fri, 2024-04-05 23:21
Millions of North Americans will be treated to the view of a lifetime on Monday when the Moon blocks the Sun.
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MPs accuse Charity Commission of legal breach over climate sceptic thinktank

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-05 23:00

Regulator faces accusation of acting unlawfully in its investigation of Global Warming Policy Foundation

The Charity Commission is facing a legal challenge by MPs over its failure to investigate campaigning by a thinktank that questions climate science.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, Labour’s Clive Lewis and Green MP Caroline Lucas, supported by the Good Law Project, have sent a legal letter to the regulator over an unresolved complaint they made in October 2022.

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Band-Aid, Walmart and CVS among bandage brands containing toxic PFAS

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-05 23:00

Testing of 40 types of bandages found 65% had alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in adhesive flaps and pads that touch wounds

Many popular US bandage brands contain alarming levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, new research suggests, raising questions about the products’ safety.

Testing of 40 types of bandages made by companies such as Band-Aid, Curad, Walmart and CVS found 26 products, or 65%, contain alarming levels of a marker of PFAS. The chemicals were detected in the adhesive flaps and in absorbent pads that press against wounds.

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Can a Waitrose shopper’s gaze boost loose produce and cut plastic waste?

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-05 23:00

A supermarket is using eye-tracking technology to find what messaging encourages take-up of unpackaged fruit and veg

With thick black frames and hidden cameras, the glasses look designed for espionage or the metaverse but instead the eye-tracking headgear is being deployed to get inside shoppers’ heads as part of the drive to cut plastic packaging from the weekly food shop.

It is an unlikely scene. Hooked up with the glasses a shopper is being tailed around a Waitrose produce department by a researcher carrying a large tablet that displays live footage of them picking up banal things such as potatoes, apples and bananas.

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Indigenous participation in biodiversity markets might exclude credits -specialist

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 22:12
The effective participation of Indigenous Peoples in nature markets could mean introducing initiatives other than biodiversity credits for boosting finance, a specialist on the topic said Thursday.
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France and Germany launch associations to boost CDR technologies as EU grapples with climate targets

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 21:20
French and German companies are gearing up for the possible inclusion of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) units within the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS).
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 21:13
European carbon allowances traded in a very narrow range with modest volume on Friday as the market continued to digest inconclusive Commitment of Traders data that showed a marginal decline in speculative short positions, as well as the Commission's announcement this week of a larger-than-expected drop in emissions in 2023, while energy prices were little changed.
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EU “trailing behind” UK on CCS policy, industry group says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 21:03
The European Commission “really needs to step up its game” when it comes to putting together a supportive policy framework for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, according to an industry association.
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States work to ban period products containing toxic PFAS after 2023 report

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-05 21:00

California, Vermont and Colorado push for ban after slow federal response to research finding forever chemicals in period products

State lawmakers in California, Vermont and Colorado are working to ban the sale of period products containing highly toxic “forever chemicals”, or PFAS, nearly a year after a report revealed the chemicals were found in everything from tampon applicators to period underwear.

Despite a growing awareness of the dangers and ubiquity of PFAS, federal regulators have been slow to respond to the bombshell 2023 report from the University of Notre Dame, in which researchers found forever chemicals in various menstrual products including those mentioned above and more. Federal bills designed to address PFAS in everyday consumer items – including period products – stalled last year in large part due to chemical industry lobbyists.

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Laos suspends REDD+ carbon project approvals

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 20:07
The forestry department of the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao has put a temporary halt on all current and upcoming applications for REDD+ carbon projects, according to documents seen by Carbon Pulse.
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Path of darkness - scroll every mile of total eclipse

BBC - Fri, 2024-04-05 19:45
If you are not lucky enough to live along the route in North America, you can still follow its journey here.
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Climate Impact X launches standardised ARR contracts

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 18:48
Singapore-based carbon exchange Climate Impact X (CIX) has launched two standardised contracts for nature-based removal credits in the afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) market, it announced Friday.
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Weather tracker: flood warnings after heavy rain in south-eastern Australia

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-05 18:24

Sydney expected to be badly affected as further downpours and strong winds forecast to lash New South Wales coast

South-eastern Australia has been experiencing heavy rain since Thursday night, which will continue until Saturday morning local time. New South Wales will be particularly badly affected, with cumulative rainfall totals of 150-200m along coastal stretches.

Hourly totals are expected to reach 10-20mm at times, with the worst-affected areas potentially receiving 50mm within three hours. Strong winds are expected to accompany the heaviest downpours, with gusts of about 45mph (72km/h) at times.

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Here's how you can safely watch solar eclipse

BBC - Fri, 2024-04-05 18:23
From wearing eclipse glasses to using your hands as a projector, here are ways to avoid an eye injury.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: nosy polar bears, a waving seal and blue-footed boobies

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-05 17:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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LNG partners team with fertiliser player for CO2 storage in Western Australia

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 16:26
A CCS joint venture has partnered with a fertiliser producer to consider CO2 capture in a major industrial region in Australia, using a depleted gas field for storage.
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Australian low-emissions wood pellet producer secures 30-year lease for NZ facility

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-05 15:22
An Australian company has secured a 30-year lease agreement in New Zealand where it intends to build a NZ$300 mln ($180 mln) plant producing wood pellets that when burned emits 95% less carbon than coal.
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The Southern Ocean has the cleanest air on Earth. We have just discovered why

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-04-05 12:04
A lack of human activity in the Southern Ocean is just one reason why the air is so clean. Clouds and rain play a vital role in scrubbing the atmosphere, removing natural airborne particles too. Tahereh Alinejadtabrizi, PhD student, Monash University Steven Siems, Professor in Cloud Microphysics, Monash University Yi Huang, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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