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Carbon market veteran debuts app for individual investors

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 20:29
A carbon market veteran on Tuesday launched a new mobile app that will allow retail investors to participate in what has historically been a corporate-dominated market.
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Japan releases NDC, energy policy to 2040

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 20:12
Japan has approved three sets of policies that will shape the trajectory of the country's emissions trends and energy development through 2040, including finalising its next Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.
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Europe’s LNG imports drop as gas demand falls to 11-year low -data

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 18:57
European imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) decreased by 19% in 2024 as gas demand reached an 11-year low, according to fresh data published on Tuesday, suggesting the EU’s gas demand reduction measures adopted in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war are working.
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EU consults on Finland’s request to expand ETS2 to new sectors

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 18:40
The European Commission on Tuesday put forward a draft decision allowing Finland to unilaterally expand the scope of its Emissions Trading Scheme for road transport and heating fuels (ETS2) to new sectors.
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EU lagging behind on carbon removal policies and funding, research shows

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 18:00
The EU and its member states are still lagging behind in establishing the policies and funding mechanisms needed to scale up carbon removals in line with reaching net zero emissions by 2050, according to new research.
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Sunscreen’s impact on marine life needs urgent investigation, study finds

The Guardian - Tue, 2025-02-18 18:00

The chemical compounds that block UV rays may lead to bleaching of coral and a decrease in fish fertility

Urgent investigation is needed into the potential impact sunscreen is having on marine environments, according to a new report.

Sunscreens contain chemical compounds, known as pseudo persistent pollutants, which block the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays and can lead to bleaching and deformity in coral or a decrease in fish fertility.

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There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot

The Guardian - Tue, 2025-02-18 18:00

It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves

Though we might find it hard to imagine, we cannot now rule it out: the possibility of systemic collapse in the United States. The degradation of federal government by Donald Trump and Elon Musk could trigger a series of converging and compounding crises, leading to social, financial and industrial failure.

There are several possible mechanisms. Let’s start with an obvious one: their assault on financial regulation. Trump’s appointee to the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Russell Vought, has suspended all the agency’s activity, slashed its budget and could be pursuing Musk’s ambition to “delete” the bureau. The CFPB was established by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis, to protect people from the predatory activity that helped trigger the crash. The signal to the financial sector could not be clearer: “Fill your boots, boys.” A financial crisis in the US would immediately become a global crisis.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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Fossil fuel industry accused of seeking special treatment over oilfield emissions

The Guardian - Tue, 2025-02-18 16:00

Lobbyists argued it was unfair for their industry to be treated the same as others as end product – oil and gas – inevitably produced emissions

Experts have accused the fossil fuel industry of seeking special treatment after lobbyists argued greenhouse gas emissions from oilfields should be treated differently to those from other industries.

The government is embroiled in a row over whether to allow a massive new oilfield, Rosebank, to go ahead, with some cabinet members arguing it could boost growth and others concerned it could make the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 impossible to reach. Labour made a manifesto commitment to halt new North Sea licensing, but Rosebank and some other projects had already been licensed and were awaiting final approval when the party won the general election.

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New Zealand’s Fonterra announces cash payments to farmers that cut emissions

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 15:31
New Zealand dairy co-op Fonterra will introduce payments for farms that achieve emissions reductions below certain thresholds, it announced Tuesday.
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Fish and chips shouldn’t come with a catch: how Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates

The Conversation - Tue, 2025-02-18 10:03
Most of the seafood Australians consume comes from overseas. This includes products from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing operations. We can fix this. Leslie Roberson, Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Carissa Klein, Associate professor in Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland Rosa Mar Dominguez-Martinez, PhD Candidate, Ocean Conservation Team, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Lignite demise looms large over Polish coal region, think tank warns

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 10:01
Failure to plan for a major lignite plant phaseout in Poland will cause the country to miss out on valuable EU funding, since lignite is on course to become unprofitable as early as 2030, a think tank warned in a report published on Tuesday.
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North Dakota legislature rejects six bills on CO2 restrictions

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 09:56
The state House of Representatives voted down six bills on Friday that sought to put guard rails on carbon capture development in North Dakota.
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Brazilian state advances agroforestry carbon credit programme

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 09:21
The first trees have been planted as part of a Brazilian state-run agroforestry carbon credit programme geared towards family farmers, it announced Friday.
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Arkansas starts CO2 well, pipeline primacy process with new bills

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2025-02-18 07:09
A pair of Arkansas bills passed out of a legislative committee last week seek to facilitate the transfer of permitting authority for CO2 pipelines and injection wells from federal agencies to the state.
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