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Money alone can’t buy social licence for wind and solar projects
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Two major Sunshine State airports make switch to 100 pct renewables
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Mexican state to debut REDD+ strategy, publishes ART TREES concept note
The state of Yucatan in Mexico will soon decree a jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD) strategy and has published a concept note on the ART TREES registry for J-REDD projects, anticipating 2.4 million credits over a five-year crediting period.
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BNDES, Conservation International issue $3.8 mln call for forest restoration
Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and the NGO Conservation International Brazil have launched the Forest for Well-Being call for proposals, featuring funding of up to R$23 million ($3.8 mln).
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California county board blocks proposed ethanol-to-hydrogen plant
Local officials in a California county unanimously voted to withdraw an environmental review exemption for a hydrogen plant in the Central Valley on Tuesday after the developer abandoned the project in the face of local pushback and a legal challenge.
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Coal mine SMCs could put brake on ACCU price, but few will make it onto the secondary market, report says
Supply of Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs) from coal mines might prove an obstacle for the expected price hike in Australia's main carbon units, analysts said Thursday.
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Swiss CBAM compliance startup raises €1.5 mln in seed funding
A Swiss-based startup has secured €1.5 million in seed funding to advance its integrated hardware-software platform designed to facilitate compliance with the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
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Canadian biochar startup advances second production facility in Arkansas
A Canadian biochar developer is advancing plans to build its second commercial facility in Northwest Arkansas after signing a non-binding offtake agreement with a biochar buyer, the startup said Wednesday.
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Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals
A new DNA analysis has shown that the arrival of modern humans from Africa was far from smooth.
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Decorating your Christmas tree? Try these crafts inspired by Aussie plants and animals
Let’s cast the holly, snowmen and reindeer aside to decorate our homes with Aussie Christmas crafts instead. How about Christmas beetle baubles, paper parrots and ornamental echidnas?
Caitlyn Forster, Associate Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral researcher in radio astronomy, University of Sydney
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Canada sets 2035 emissions target, prioritises international mitigation
Canada’s 2035 emissions target motions for reductions of 45-50% below its 2005 baseline, naming international mitigation efforts, such as the trade of credits under Article 6, as priority areas of climate policy in the next decade.
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Rare dinosaur trio fetches £12.4m at auction
The skeletons - two Allosaurus and one Stegosaurus - date back approximately 150 million years.
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Google-backed rock weathering startup raises $60 mln to scale carbon removal
An enhanced rock weathering startup has raised nearly $60 million and secured around 300,000 tonnes in advanced purchase agreements to scale its carbon removal solution.
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Stronger carbon price with complementary measures needed for decarbonisation -think tank
The current EU ETS price signal will take too long to fully decarbonise the economy unless elements that soften the mechanism are phased out and liquidity is increased, a report by a Brussels-based think tank said on Thursday.
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Brazil ETS gets final presidential approval
Brazil’s long-awaited emissions trading system (SBCE) legislation has been sanctioned by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, appearing in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) on Thursday.
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Non-profit lodges complaint against Verra over REDD+ carbon project
International carbon standard Verra has fallen foul of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) rules in investigating human rights abuse claims levelled at a REDD+ project, a non-profit has claimed Thursday, lodging a formal complaint.
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Biodiversity credit resource product launches
A set of pay-to-access resources on biodiversity credit metrics was launched on Thursday by analysis website Bloom Labs and consultancy the Biodiversity Footprint Intelligence Company (BioInt).
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Ambiguous carbon regulations, modest domestic demand keep Indonesia from realising carbon market potential -report
Indonesia has significant opportunities to generate millions of carbon credits each year, but unclear regulations around international carbon trading and low domestic demand are among the major issues preventing the country from having a vibrant market, according to a report released Thursday.
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Life extension for Australian plant paves way for “carbon bomb” gas field
Australia’s largest oil and gas company has been granted approval by state government to extend the life of one of its gas plants by 50 years, paving the way for the development of a vast gas field described by activists as a “carbon bomb”.
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US consulting group makes big splash in CDR market with 50k purchase
A US-based consulting group has bought more than 50,000 carbon removal (CDR) credits for delivery over the next two years, it announced Thursday.
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