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Dear ministers, I’m a climate crisis campaigner: nationalise me right now | George Monbiot

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-28 15:00

Why have politicians outsourced the most important issue of our time to private agencies and individuals? We can’t do it all - this way lies disaster

There are several services and assets I would like to see nationalised. But at the top of my list is neither water, nor trains, nor development land, much as I’d like to see them brought under national or local public ownership. Above all, I want to see the nationalisation of my own business: environmental persuasion. I love my job. But I’m not very good at it. None of us is.

We face the greatest predicament humankind has confronted: the erosion and possible collapse of our life-support systems. Its speed and scale have taken even scientists by surprise. The potential impacts are greater than any recent pandemic, or any war we have suffered. Yet the effort to persuade people of the need for action has been left almost entirely to either the private or voluntary sectors. And it simply does not work.

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Citizen scientists can help save Australia’s threatened species if we give them more direction

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-08-28 14:50
New research examines how citizen science data contributes to decisions by governments and conservation organisations about which species are at risk of extinction, and how they can be conserved. Erin Roger, Sector Lead, Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO Jasmin G Packer, Research Fellow in Wildlife Conservation, University of Adelaide Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW Sydney Rachael Gallagher, Associate Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Thomas Mesaglio, PhD candidate, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Let’s be like Paris and ban pesticides in cities, say UK campaigners

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-28 14:00

More than 150 councillors join 15,000 members of the public calling for urban areas to be free of the chemicals

The UK should copy Paris and ban pesticides in urban areas, campaigners and local councils have said.

Drawing attention to how the capital city of France still looked pristine while hosting the Olympics, the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) has said the same can be true of UK towns and cities.

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Poorer people bear brunt of extreme heat in Europe, say Spanish researchers

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-28 14:00

Madrid study finds people from below-average income groups more likely to die in heatwaves

Scorching temperatures across Europe have killed tens of thousands of people in recent years. But as fatalities rise, researchers are finding that one group is disproportionately bearing the brunt of extreme heat: those living in poverty.

“It’s common sense,” said Julio Díaz Jiménez, an investigative professor at Madrid’s Carlos III health institute. “A heatwave is not the same when you’re in a shared room with three other people and no air conditioning, as when you’re in a villa with access to a pool and air conditioning.”

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ACCU Scheme reforms well underway, but needed legislative changes still in the works, govt says

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 12:27
The Australian government has said its work to strengthen the integrity of the country’s carbon crediting scheme is well in hand in its response to both the 2023 and 2020 review of the market by the Climate Change Authority (CCA).
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New peregrine falcon takes a meal and nurses egg atop Melbourne skyscraper – video

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-28 11:18

The cameras that made the falcons a social media phenomenon are rolling again for a new breeding season, capturing a new female falcon incubating an egg atop Melbourne's Collins Street skyscraper. There are high hopes for this season after last year’s eggs were unable to hatch after the female stopped incubating, likely due to a territorial dispute

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Colombia to present resolution on ETS public consultation this week -media

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 10:39
The Colombian Ministry of Environment will present a resolution this week for a public consultation aimed at establishing its long-awaited emissions trading system (ETS), according to local media.
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Colorado considers new methane reduction requirements

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 10:35
Colorado commenced a series of workshops on Tuesday to inform forthcoming rulemaking to reduce methane pollution from municipal solid waste landfills.
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New York Republicans propose postponing state emission reduction targets by a decade

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 10:05
The New York GOP unveiled a proposal Friday to delay emissions reduction targets under the state's climate law, arguing more time is needed for clean energy projects to develop at affordable rates.
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New York state pension fund negotiates climate agreements, invests $2 bln in climate index fund

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 09:47
A New York state retirement fund announced Tuesday that it had reached climate-related agreements with several companies within its portfolio, while also boosting its investments in a climate index fund by another $2 billion.
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Brazil opens over $1 bln in funding for sustainable aviation, maritime fuel projects

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 09:36
Two public authorities in Brazil launched last week a R$6 billion ($1.1 bln) joint call providing R$6.6 billion ($1.1 bln) in funding for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and maritime biofuel projects.
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Consulting firm inks deal with DAC developer to inform project design

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 09:29
A global consulting firm has partnered with a direct air capture (DAC) project developer to help inform the design of large-scale CO2 removal plants, the companies announced Tuesday.
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Canadian laboratory receives nearly C$5 mln to develop low-carbon fuels

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 09:24
A Canadian nuclear science and technology laboratory won federal funding to develop two low-carbon transportation fuel projects, the firm announced last week.
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Global land analytics firm launches AI forest mapping technology

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 09:20
A property and land surveyor with global operations released a satellite and AI-driven tool to map landscapes for forest carbon projects.
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SBTi unveils framework for buildings sector to align with net zero

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-28 09:01
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) on Wednesday launched sector-specific guidance for companies and financial institutions in the buildings value chain to set emissions reduction targets in line with a 1.5C future.
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The people working to help Scotland's bats bounce back

BBC - Wed, 2024-08-28 07:58
Beth Bridge is working to create the conditions which will let these endangered mammals thrive again.
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