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Brewer to cut emissions by making beer using a heat pump in UK first

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-10-04 02:06

Hepworth in West Sussex replaces boiler with prototype generating 130C steam that could cut fuel costs by 40%

An independent brewery in West Sussex is poised to become the first in Britain to make its beer using an ultra-high-temperature heat pump in place of an oil boiler.

Hepworth Brewery expects to cut the emissions from wort boiling – an essential step in beer-making to extract flavour – by using a heat pump that can produce steam at a temperature of up to 130C.

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Indonesia’s decision to reopen sea sand export will lead to blue carbon crisis, destroy marine ecosystems -think tank

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 01:09
The Indonesian government’s decision to reopen sea sand export is likely to plunge the Southeast Asian nation into a blue carbon crisis, and harm its marine biodiversity, a report released this week has warned.
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US market infrastructure provider acquires LCFS, REC businesses

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 00:44
A US environmental commodities platform provider announced Thursday the acquisition of a revenue management company’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) services.
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Spider lovers scurry to Colorado as tarantula mating season gets under way

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-10-04 00:29

Hundreds of arachnophiles flock to La Junta to watch the creatures emerge in droves and look for love on the plains

Love is in the air on the Colorado plains – the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

It’s tarantula mating season, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate, and hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small farming town of La Junta to watch them emerge in droves.

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‘We are in deep shit’: EU steelmakers turn to Brazil for green iron, hoping to safeguard European jobs

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 00:26
Importing Brazilian iron briquettes made with green hydrogen could reduce carbon emissions by 80% and help the EU’s industry meet its climate target for 2030 while avoiding a social bloodbath, according to the European steel industry association.
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ANALYSIS: Article 6 can supplement finance goals at COP29

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 00:22
Article 6 is meant to create a UN carbon crediting and trading system, but it can also support adaptation and the overarching New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) financing target at COP29, experts have told Carbon Pulse.
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UK waste-to-energy operator rolls out carbon measurement technology

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 23:48
A UK waste-to-energy operator is set to launch a new carbon measurement technology across its operational facilities by the end of the year, it announced on Thursday.
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INTERVIEW: African REDD project fights for survival after credit prices crashed

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 23:10
A huge REDD project in Kenya is fighting for survival after credit prices crashed in the wake of an investigation by the standard body Verra into allegations of sexual impropriety and improper employment practices.
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Brazilian fertiliser, ERW producer renegotiates loans amid extreme weather crisis

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 23:05
A Brazilian fertiliser producer that utilises enhanced rock weathering (ERW) to sequester CO2 has renegotiated loans with its two largest creditors, according to a press release.
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Van Gogh is turning in his grave at the harsh Just Stop Oil sentence. I know, because I spoke to him | Nadya Tolokonnikova

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-10-03 22:23

Nature was the painter’s ultimate muse, and he would have admired those seeking to protect it

  • Nadya Tolokonnikova is the creator of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot and former political prisoner

I woke up to a call from Vincent van Gogh today. He told me he wants the Just Stop Oil protesters who threw soup on his Sunflowers to be released immediately. I nodded and promised to do everything I could to ensure Phoebe and Anna would be freed soon. Our conversation continued. “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” Van Gogh remarked. “We must try and keep courage alive.”

He sounded upset about the sentence given the other day to Just Stop Oil activists – two years in jail for Phoebe Plummer, 23; 20 months for Anna Holland, 22. I sympathise with him. He seemed crestfallen that two young women were being thrown behind bars because a judge deified him and his painting, which, in Van Gogh’s mind, was not meant to be venerated, but instead inspire young artists and activists to do exactly what Phoebe and Anna had done – to push the boundaries of life and art even further, and raise uncomfortable questions.

Nadya Tolokonnikova is the creator of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot and former political prisoner

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AI model predicts marine biodiversity hotspots in Mozambique’s unmapped areas

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 22:02
Researchers have identified previously-unmapped high marine biodiversity areas off the coast of Mozambique, paving the way for expanding the national network of marine protected areas (MPAs) and key biodiversity areas (KBAs).
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EU biodiversity negotiator shares concerns on nature credits in meeting ahead of COP16

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 21:48
Nature markets took centre stage on Tuesday at the European Parliament's environment (ENVI) committee meeting, with an EU biodiversity negotiator sharing concerns raised by some MEPs about the role of biodiversity credits in plugging the nature finance gap.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 21:18
European carbon prices extended their recent lows on Thursday morning in choppy trading but were little changed at midday as traders nervously waited for directional signals, while energy prices were also flat.
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Employers’ group urges EU to ‘reconsider’ phase out of free ETS allowances

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 20:33
BusinessEurope, an umbrella group representing national employer’s organisations, has called on policymakers to “reconsider” the planned phase out of free allowances under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), saying Europe should “be prepared” in case its new carbon border tariff scheme fails to deliver.
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Nature is of major interest for sovereign investment, report finds

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 20:10
Nature is a significant topic for stakeholders in government-related investments, with its risks often overlooked by bond markets, consultants AXA Climate said in a report this week.
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Saving Europe’s industry requires greater electrification -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 20:01
Europe’s industry needs greater electrification to compete with the likes of China and the US, according to research published on Thursday.
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UK startup pioneers technology to advance plastic recycling

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 19:21
A UK-based startup has developed a method to break down waste plastics at the atomic level, which it said could support global efforts in advancing chemical recycling.
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone

BBC - Thu, 2024-10-03 19:15
A second asteroid hit Earth around the same time causing a "catastrophic" event.
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Europe’s exhausted oyster reefs ‘once covered area size of Northern Ireland’

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-10-03 19:00

Study uncovers vivid and poignant accounts of reefs as high as houses off countries including UK, France and Ireland

Only a handful of natural oyster reefs measuring at most a few square metres cling on precariously along European coasts after being wiped out by overfishing, dredging and pollution.

A study led by British scientists has discovered how extensive they once were, with reefs as high as a house covering at least 1.7m hectares (4.2m acres) from Norway to the Mediterranean, an area larger than Northern Ireland.

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Japanese trading house launches digital system to scale forest carbon projects

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 17:57
A major trading house in Japan has launched a system that can standardise and digitalise the work needed for creating domestically issued carbon offsets from forestry projects. 
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