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Slugs and snails to get 'image makeover'

BBC - Thu, 2024-03-14 11:31
The Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust says the scourge of gardeners are "nature's clean-up crew".
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Climate framework laws having positive impact on policy focus, say researchers

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 11:01
A report has highlighted the positive influence of climate framework laws on progress towards green goals, focusing on examples in Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand.
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California ARB offset issuance picks up in March, hovers below 2023 levels

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 10:25
California regulator ARB has issued the highest number of compliance-grade offsets thus far this year, yet year-to-date totals continue to lag 2023 issuance, data published by the agency showed.
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New Zealand suspends requirements for councils to consider Significant Natural Areas in planning

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 10:19
The right-wing coalition government has announced local councils will no longer have to comply with Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) for three years, as it aims overhaul the country’s Resource Management Act to ramp up project approvals.
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Banks to deepen climate commitments, extending efforts to capital markets activities

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 09:38
Members of a bank-led initiative convened by the UN have overwhelmingly voted to adopt an updated version of guidelines for the setting of climate targets by the sector, extending the scope to include capital markets activities.
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Washington state’s first carbon permit auction of 2024 settles close to floor price

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 07:08
Washington state’s Q1 auction settled less than $2 from the scheme’s floor price and about 50% below where the prior sale had cleared, results published Wednesday showed, as growing uncertainty surrounding the future of the state’s nascent cap-and-invest programme deterred buyers.
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Verra revises improved forest management protocol to include carbon credit label

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 06:26
The update, announced by standards body Verra on Wednesday, would make the improved forest management (IFM) methodology the first to allow generation of both emissions reductions and carbon dioxide removals-labelled voluntary carbon credits.
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Switzerland-based direct air capture firm opens US headquarters

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 05:45
A world-renowned direct air capture (DAC) developer based in Switzerland announced the opening of its US headquarters in Texas, eying a tripling of its American team by the end of 2024.
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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro proposes state cap-and-trade programme, RGGI exit

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 05:39
Governor Josh Shapiro (D) looks to establish a standalone cap-and-trade programme for the state of Pennsylvania and formally leave the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), according to Shapiro’s energy strategy released Wednesday.
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FEATURE: Next wave of orphaned oil and gas wells in the US offers vast methane abatement potential

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 05:20
The next wave of orphaned oil and gas wells is about to crop up in the US, offering significant potential to generate methane abatement credits.
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Tennis anyone? Bad news for skiers as snow season could shrink by 78% this century

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-03-14 05:15
The two alpine regions projected to suffer the greatest loss of snow cover in the world are in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Adrian McCallum, Discipline Lead - Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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UK government accused of trying to ‘stoke culture war on climate issues’

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-03-14 05:04

Green MP Caroline Lucas says call for investment in gas-fired power plants is election ploy that will jeopardise UK’s net zero target

Green MP Caroline Lucas has accused the government of stoking a culture war on climate issues by calling for more investment in new gas-fired power plants before a general election.

Lucas used an urgent question in the House of Commons to challenge the energy minister, Graham Stuart, on the plans set out on Wednesday, which could see a string of new plants built in the coming years despite the government’s commitment to phase out fossil fuels.

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WCI Markets: CCAs plummet early in the day as stops triggered

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 04:59
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices plunged early in the day Wednesday, with traders reporting lower stops being triggered and heavy selling ahead of options expiring on Friday.
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Hungary and Poland extend coal mining and power generation

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-14 03:58
A coal-fired power station in Hungary and a mine in Poland have been granted more time to operate as part of separate decisions, reported in local media on Wednesday, drawing threats of legal action from environmental groups that say the moves contradict national climate targets.
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