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EU Commission’s chief opens up dialogue with clean industry

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-02-23 02:31
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is committed to discussing the bloc's climate objectives with its clean technology companies, she said on Thursday, as the bloc's industry struggles with high energy costs and rising inflation. 
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Frozen antimatter may reveal origins of Universe

BBC - Fri, 2024-02-23 02:01
Positronium has the potential to revolutionise physics but the elusive substance had been too hot to handle.
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Frozen antimatter may reveal origins of Universe

BBC - Fri, 2024-02-23 02:01
Positronium has the potential to revolutionise physics but the elusive substance had been too hot to handle.
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Key requirements for EU carbon removal methodologies will be outlined this year -Commission

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-02-23 01:51
The European Commission aims to outline the key aspects of the carbon removal methodologies for project developers that want to attain the EU’s certification framework approval by the end of this year, a Commission official said on the sidelines of a forum in Brussels on Thursday.
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INTERVIEW: Mapping software key to attracting investments in biodiversity

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-02-23 01:36
Mapping technology can be a key contributor to scaling up investments in conservation, while recognising the role of Indigenous Peoples in landscapes, an executive of a California-based software company told Carbon Pulse.
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American company aims for historic Moon landing

BBC - Fri, 2024-02-23 01:10
Texan company Intuitive Machines will try to put Nasa instruments on the lunar surface.
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Indian govt likely to adopt Verra standard for carbon offset projects in agriculture

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-02-23 00:59
The Indian government is currently reviewing Verra’s existing agriculture methodologies and will likely adopt the standard for voluntary projects offsetting emissions from its agriculture sector, a Verra official said Thursday.
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US enhanced rock weathering company makes further inroads into CDR market

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-02-23 00:42
A fast growing start-up enhanced rock weathering (ERW) company has made further ground to crack the US farmers market.
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INTERVIEW: Renewable developer expects to generate surplus biodiversity net gain units

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-02-23 00:36
A developer of solar and wind projects would like to sell its surplus biodiversity net gain (BNG) units to a large developer in need of off-site units under England’s new legislation.
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Bleaching fears along 1,000km stretch of the Great Barrier Reef

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-02-23 00:00

Scientists are investigating reports of dying coral from Lizard Island in the north to Heron Island in the south

Scientists are reporting corals are bleaching white and dying from rising ocean temperatures across a more than 1,000km stretch of the Great Barrier Reef.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Australian Institute of Marine Science were preparing on Thursday to carry out surveys from a helicopter across the southern section of the reef.

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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 23:24
EU carbon allowance prices fell back on Thursday morning, giving back most of the gains seen over the previous two trading sessions and approaching long-term lows, as earlier short-covering gave way to renewed selling and traders continued to speculate over where the bottom of the market may be found.
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UK quits treaty that lets oil firms sue government

BBC - Thu, 2024-02-22 22:34
The ECT allowed fossil-fuel companies to sue governments for billions in compensation for lost profits.
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UK quits treaty that lets oil firms sue government

BBC - Thu, 2024-02-22 22:34
The ECT allowed fossil-fuel companies to sue governments for billions in compensation for lost profits.
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UK quits treaty that lets oil firms sue government

BBC - Thu, 2024-02-22 22:34
The ECT allowed fossil-fuel companies to sue governments for billions in compensation for lost profits.
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Improving returns from nature a key reason for investing -survey

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 22:01
Improving profits from assets related to nature and climate are attracting investors to the market, while biodiversity credits are tipped to mature this year, a survey has suggested.
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Asian fleet forecasted to face 20 Mt/year EU carbon allowance bill once shipping is phased into ETS

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 21:50
The 4,000-strong Asian-flagged shipping fleet that keeps goods flowing from east to west will need to surrender around 20 million EU Allowances (EUAs) a year to cover its emissions once the maritime sector is fully included in the trading bloc’s Emission Trading System (ETS), research finds.
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Switzerland calls on UN to explore possibility of solar geoengineering

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-02-22 21:15

Proposal focuses on technique that fills atmosphere with particles, reflecting part of sun’s heat and light back into space

Switzerland has initiated a global debate on whether the “risks, benefits and uncertainties” of dimming the sun should be studied by a United Nations expert group.

It is proposing that the world body should gather information about ongoing research into solar geoengineering, and set up an advisory panel that could suggest future options for the untested and controversial approach to reduce global heating, which would have implications for food supply, biodiversity, global inequality and security.

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Japan considers J-Credit scheme expansion to include carbon storage, removals

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-02-22 20:29
The committee overseeing Japan’s J-Credit programme is considering expanding the scope of the domestic voluntary scheme to encourage the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon removal projects.
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Queensland to invest hundreds of millions in battery export industry that could employ thousands

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-02-22 19:05

Investment comes after research showing Australia is at risk of missing out on global renewables manufacturing boom

Thousands of Queenslanders could soon be employed in a globally competitive grid-scale battery export industry, with the state committing hundreds of millions in backing for the sector.

Centre for Future Work director, Jim Stanford, said the state’s shift towards long-unfashionable “industry policy” was “absolutely the right direction” for the entire country, not just Queensland.

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$275m to support industry to innovate and commercialise battery technologies, including a new Australian battery industrialisation centre.

$92.2m to drive battery investment and supply chain growth, including grants.

$202.5m to promote the local industry, including a new state government clearing house.

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UK quits treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over climate policies

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-02-22 19:03

Britain joins France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands in withdrawing from charter it says ‘penalises’ shift to net zero

The UK is pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over their climate policies.

The UK will quit the controversial energy charter treaty (ECT) after efforts to align it with net zero emissions plans failed, the government announced late on Wednesday.

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