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Australia promises $1.3 bln fund to boost clean energy investment in Southeast Asia

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 17:49
The Australian government will establish an A$2 billion ($1.3 bln) financing facility to drive clean energy and infrastructure investments in Southeast Asia, it announced Tuesday. 
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US-Russian crew successfully enter space station

BBC - Tue, 2024-03-05 16:50
A SpaceX capsule carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has arrived at the International Space Station.
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US-Russian crew successfully enter space station

BBC - Tue, 2024-03-05 16:50
A SpaceX capsule carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has arrived at the International Space Station.
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Malaysia to open for airline carbon levy from April

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 16:34
Malaysia will from April make it possible for airlines to impose a carbon levy on passengers, with revenue raised set to offset aviation emissions through the purchase of carbon credits or sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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UK spends least among major European economies on low-carbon energy policy, study shows

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-03-05 15:01

Britain spent about £26bn in three years on low-carbon measures, less than Italy, Germany, France and Spain, Greenpeace finds

The UK spends less on low-carbon energy policy than any other major European economy, analysis has shown, despite evidence that such spending could lower household bills and increase economic growth more than the tax cuts the government has planned.

Spending on low-carbon measures for the three years from April 2020 to the end of April 2023 was about $33.3bn (£26.2bn) in total for the UK, the lowest out of the top five European economies, according to an analysis by Greenpeace of data from the International Energy Agency.

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Lumpy skin disease is a threat to Australia and could decimate our cattle industries – we need to know how it could enter and spread

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-03-05 13:00
A disfiguring disease of cattle and buffalo has arrived on our doorstep. We need to keep lumpy skin disease out of Australia, while preparing for the almost inevitable outbreak. Kei Owada, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Ben Hayes, Director, Centre of Animal Science, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Professor, The University of Queensland Timothy J. Mahony, Professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Global project developer to expand carbon portfolio in Malaysia

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 12:53
An international carbon project developer has teamed up with a domestic partner to expand its project portfolio and support Paris-aligned policies in Malaysia.
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Irish tech firm targets 1 bln tonnes CO2 sequestration with hemp housing by 2030

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 10:56
Irish software developers have pledged to sequester 1 billion tonnes of CO2 by building housing for 300 million people by 2030 using hemp-based concrete.
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RFS market: RINs hover around lowest values in three years as market looks to renewable diesel

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 09:55
Biofuel credit (RIN) values under the US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) slightly retraced to begin the month of March but remained in line with lowest values since 2020 as the market continues to monitor D4 credit generation from renewable diesel.
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Italy to map all coastal habitats in marine ecosystem restoration push

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 09:06
Italy has begun the "unprecedented" process of mapping its entire 7,500-km coast through remote and acoustic technologies in an attempt to better inform public conservation and restoration policies.
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Mexican government circulates draft regulation for national voluntary carbon registry, price index with Article 6 provisions

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 08:40
The Mexican government distributed a draft regulation for the national voluntary carbon market (VCM) at a stakeholder workshop last week that would create a centralised record of VCM data, a national price index, and authorisation procedures for international carbon trading under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, according to a leaked draft seen by Carbon Pulse.
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UPDATE – WCAs sell off after Washington attempts to clarify ballot initiative implications ahead of Q1 auction

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 08:16
Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices sold off on Monday afternoon after the state's Department of Ecology (ECY) issued a statement attempting to clarify its position on a legislative initiative that could repeal the nascent cap-and-trade scheme.
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