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Aerial footage shows 10,000-acre wildfire in northern California – video

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-06-19 07:22

Aerial footage has revealed the scale of a wildfire in Colusa County, northern California. Video released by California forest protection department showed the blaze covers 10,000 acres. Firefighters in California have been struggling with several wildfires, which have led to evacuation orders and warnings in affected areas

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Peter Dutton’s plan to cut the 2030 climate target would be an own goal for Australia’s Pacific ambitions

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-06-19 06:09
Weakening climate ambition as China strengthens its climate targets would undercut Australia’s strategy in our Pacific region. Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Fema petitioned to make extreme heat and wildfire smoke major disasters

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-06-19 05:31

Center for Biological Diversity signed a joined petition to recognize the increasing number of heat-related crises

A coalition of environmental non-profit organizations have called on the the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) to add extreme heat and wildfire smoke to its list of major disasters that could qualify for emergency funding.

The Center for Biological Diversity signed a joint petition on Monday urging Fema, the federal government’s lead agency in responding to natural disasters, to officially recognize the increasing number of heat-related crises.

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Carbon markets intelligence firm teams up with ICE

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-06-19 03:57
A carbon markets intelligence firm and data provider has partnered with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), they announced Tuesday, facilitating information sharing between the two.
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Carbon removals buyers’ group signs $49 mln offtake deal with Swedish energy firm

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-06-19 03:45
A corporate CO2 removals (CDR) buyers' club and a Stockholm-based energy firm announced Tuesday a $48.6 million offtake agreement for 800,000 tonnes worth of credits from a commercial-scale CDR retrofit on a biomass-fueled district heating facility.
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What is a heat dome and how is it contributing to the heatwave in the US

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-06-19 02:57

Approximately 80% of country’s population is experiencing temperatures at or above 90F for long periods of time

More than 270 million Americans – about 80% of the country’s population – are experiencing a kind of heatwave not seen in decades, smashing records with temperatures at or above 90F (32.2C) for long periods of time under a weather phenomenon known as a heat dome.

New York governor Kathy Hochul has announced that she activated the National Guard to assist in any heat emergencies that may develop over the next several days.

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INTERVIEW: ‘I don’t mind going first,’ says co-author of Vermont’s landmark ‘Climate Superfund’ law

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-06-19 02:53
Vermont is prepared to implement and defend in court its first-in-the-nation “Climate Superfund” law, even if it must go it alone, one of the lead sponsors of the legislation told Carbon Pulse.
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GEF Council agrees $170-mln spending on biodiversity

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-06-19 02:22
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Council approved Tuesday a $500 million spending package on environment, including nearly $170 mln on efforts to tackle biodiversity loss.
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UK researchers make case for national carbon regulator

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-06-19 01:09
An independent UK carbon regulator with economy-wide oversight of the voluntary carbon market could ensure a level playing field for innovators, cut investment risks, and build business and consumer confidence, according to a report published on Tuesday.
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Queensland could be nuclear hub under Coalition’s new energy plan

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-06-19 01:00

State’s existing coal-fired power plant sites being considered, along with NSW’s Hunter Valley, South Australia’s Port Augusta

Queensland is emerging as the nuclear capital under the Coalition’s proposed energy plan, with speculation it could be home to up to two reactors in the opposition’s energy plan.

Coalition MPs will learn of their party’s nuclear plans almost at the same time as voters, as Peter Dutton tried to contain leaks of one of his signature election policies.

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EU biochar carbon removal methodology to generate first units in 2026 -official

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-06-19 00:40
The European Commission is aiming to complete a draft methodology for biochar carbon removal methodology by early 2025 and certify the first units in 2026, a senior EU official said during an expert group meeting on Tuesday, during which the Danish climate ministry also announced they are preparing a national biochar strategy.
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Calls grow louder for ‘new industrial deal’ to drive EU climate agenda

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-06-19 00:36
Industry associations in the cement, steel, chemicals and wind energy sector have joined forces to call for “a new industrial deal” to drive Europe’s transition to climate neutrality while securing jobs in the manufacturing sector.
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Voluntary carbon insurance product launches to protect against buffer pool depletion

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-18 23:53
A carbon insurer active in the voluntary market (VCM) has launched what it says is world's first insurance against depletion events for a buffer pool, in partnership with a standard, it announced on Tuesday.
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‘We have to be all things to our children’: how a school made sure pupils had time to play

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-06-18 23:46

Brighton primary has worked with organisation to provide better quality time outside

Every Friday morning Damien Jordan can be seen walking back and forth in the local park, staring at the grass. He’s checking for dog mess and drug paraphernalia; in the next 10 minutes 30 or so of the pupils of Fairlight primary in Brighton will hit the park for their weekly football practice.

With a playground that measures just 800m2 and more than 400 children, there is no room for sports on the school grounds, so about a decade ago Jordan, headteacher at Fairlight, started practice at the park. It is just one of the ways that he, like other heads, is finding to cope with the issues many state schools are fighting; shortages of green space, shortages of staff and time, and shortages of cash.

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Alarming lack of access to green space fuelling UK child obesity crisis, doctors warn

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-06-18 23:45

Exclusive: Medics say children with poor access to outdoor play at school at higher risk of developing lifelong health problems

Doctors have warned that a “truly alarming” lack of access to outdoor space at schools is exacerbating Britain’s child obesity crisis.

Child obesity is already a significant public health problem. In England, one in three children are leaving primary school overweight or obese and face a higher risk of serious health conditions, mental health problems and dying prematurely.

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Cote d’Ivoire receives $35 mln for forest carbon emissions reductions under World Bank programme

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-18 22:57
Cote d’Ivoire has received $35 million from the World Bank for successfully reducing 7 mln tonnes of carbon emissions, according to a release Tuesday.
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Social acceptance of carbon pricing hinges largely on revenue spending, study finds

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-18 22:32
The political success of carbon pricing policies – such as the upcoming EU ETS2 for road transport and heating fuels – will depend on whether they help people to switch away from fossil fuels, as inflation and higher interest rates have made it harder for consumers to access cleaner alternatives, according to new research.
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Microsoft buys 8 mln nature-based carbon credits in world’s largest removals offtake deal

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-18 22:19
Tech giant Microsoft has inked another large voluntary carbon deal worth 8 million nature-based credits through 2043, it announced Tuesday, considered the largest offtake transaction for removals to date.
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