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Trafigura to buy European road fuels and biofuel supplier
Economists pitch CBAM update only focused on carbon leakage
No 10 berates Chris Packham for ‘irresponsible’ Just Stop Oil comments
BBC presenter defends climate activists’ right to target MPs’ homes amid debate over politicians’ safety
Downing Street has accused the BBC presenter Chris Packham of being “irresponsible” after he said Just Stop Oil had a right to protest outside the homes of MPs despite fears over politicians’ safety.
Rishi Sunak’s official spokesperson said the police would consider such demonstrations “intimidatory” and use their powers to move on protesters under a policing protocol agreed last week.
Continue reading...KraneShares to liquidate, terminate voluntary carbon market ETF
Nigerian govt takes over disputed land with plans to generate voluntary carbon credits -media
Mix of CCS, nuclear, geothermal, and wind power needed to decarbonise Poland -analysis
Australian program to eradicate red fire ants is a ‘shambles’, Senate inquiry told
Invasive species could be worse than rabbits, cane toads, foxes, camels, wild dogs and feral cats combined, committee hears
A Senate inquiry into the spread of fire ants in Australia has heard that the government program tasked with their elimination is an “absolute shambles” and that an independent eradication body is urgently needed.
The highly invasive insect is believed to have entered Australia in the 1990s and was discovered at Brisbane port in 2001. A program spanning state, territory and federal governments was created to eradicate red imported fire ants and it has received more than $1.2bn of federal and state funding. Of that, $593m covers 2023 to 2027.
Continue reading...Satellite to ‘name and shame’ worst oil and gas methane polluters
Leaks are driving 30% of the climate crisis and MethaneSat will provide the first first near-comprehensive global view
A washing-machine-sized satellite is to “name and shame” the worst methane polluters in the oil and gas industry.
MethaneSat is scheduled to launch from California onboard a SpaceX rocket on Monday at 2pm local time (22:00 GMT). It will provide the first near-comprehensive global view of leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil and gas sector, and all of the data will be made public. It will provide high-resolution data over wider areas than existing satellites.
Continue reading...Campaigners get go-ahead to challenge plans for oilfield in Lincolnshire Wolds
Permission granted for judicial review after Planning Inspectorate overturned local council’s decision to reject plan
Campaigners have been given permission to challenge plans for a new oilfield in an area of outstanding natural beauty – which they say threatens one of England’s “hidden rural treasures”.
The proposed oil-drilling operation is in Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an important habitat for nature and wildlife that has been officially designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
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Australian carbon industry body introduces mandatory transition plan requirements for eligible members, sponsors
FEATURE: EU’s carbon market diplomacy task force shrouded in mystery
Freshwater wetland restoration helps create carbon sinks, but far too slowly for our purposes, study finds
Ukrainian startup secures EU backing to implement DAC carbon removal technology
Zimbabwe expects voluntary carbon trading to take off this year as project applications flood in -media
Global land affected by water flow deviations nearly doubled from pre-industrial times, study finds
Korean investor eyes forest carbon project in Mongolia
Energy and EV software company Gridcog raises $6.4m for Euro trip
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Life at Norway’s remote arctic fox breeding station – in pictures
As part of the state-sponsored programme to restore arctic fox populations, Norway has been feeding the animals for nearly 20 years, helping boost numbers from as few as 40 in Norway, Finland, and Sweden, to about 550 across Scandinavia today. ‘Without these conservation measures, the arctic fox would surely have become extinct in Norway,’ said Bjørn Rangbru, a senior adviser on threatened species with the country’s environment agency
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