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Starmer pledges to avoid rerun of 1980s deindustrialisation with clean energy plans
Prime minister suggests there will be more public money made available for new technologies
Keir Starmer has signalled his government will drastically increase its green investment plans in an attempt to avoid a rerun of 1980s-style industrial decline by safeguarding jobs in heartland manufacturing communities.
On a visit to a Merseyside glass factory on Friday to unveil billions of pounds in funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, the prime minister suggested there would be more public money made available for new technologies.
Continue reading...Outraged that some plastic you send for recycling ends up being burned? Don’t be | James Piper
Recycling is, by its nature, complicated. The imperfections in the process don’t mean the whole system is a con
The process of recycling is, by its nature, complicated. We put our mix of rubbish in the right bins, and from that point onwards hope that those we entrust it to – be it local councils picking up rubbish or supermarket recycling schemes – will do the rest. If this is you, then you may be dismayed to learn that a recent Everyday Plastics report found that most soft plastics collected by two of Britain’s biggest supermarkets are not being recycled and are, instead, incinerated.
Soft plastics are anything flimsy that you can scrunch in your hand: think bread bags, pouches, clingfilm, chocolate wrappers and crisp packets. But as this latest report shows, they aren’t as easily recyclable as you might think. Here’s why.
James Piper is the co-host of the Talking Rubbish podcast and author of The Rubbish Book
Continue reading...Integrating gender into carbon credit projects key to market credibility and outcomes -report
INTERVIEW: Demand for Article 6 units won’t suddenly boom in case of agreement
Northern Lights possible as solar storms gather
Euro Markets: Midday Update
Western Australian govt announces first nature tech accelerator cohort
Hurricane Helene is a humanitarian crisis – and a climate disaster | Rebecca Solnit
Behind the violence of extreme weather is that of the fossil fuel industry, and Americans are suffering for it
The weather we used to have shaped the behavior of the water we used to have – how much and when it rained, how dry it got, when and how slowly the snow in the heights melted, what fell as rain and fell as snow. Climate chaos is changing all that, breaking the patterns, delivering water in torrents unprecedented in recorded history or withholding it to create epic droughts, while heat-and-drought-parched soil, grasslands and forests create ideal conditions for mega-wildfires.
Water in the right time and quantity is a blessing; in the wrong ones it’s a scourge and a destroying force, as we’ve seen recently with floods around the world. In the vice-presidential debate, Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor, noted that his state’s farmers “know climate change is real. They’ve seen 500-year droughts, 500-year floods, back to back.” Farmers around the world are dealing with flood, drought and unseasonable weather that impacts their ability to produce food and protect soil.
Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. She is the author of Orwell’s Roses and co-editor with Thelma Young Lutunatabua of the climate anthology Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility
Continue reading...Civil society organisations worldwide urge not to be ‘fooled’ by biodiversity credits
Companies increasingly shift to internal carbon pricing to drive decarbonisation strategies
Politicians flying less or cutting out meat is ‘missing link’ in climate action
Exclusive: Study suggests people more willing to reduce own carbon footprint if they see leaders doing the same
Political leaders “walking the talk” on climate action by flying less or eating less meat could be a “crucial missing link” in fighting global heating, according to a study.
Researchers found that people are significantly more willing to reduce their own carbon footprint if they see leaders doing the same. The finding, by psychologists in the UK, was not a given, as green action by high-profile people can sometimes be dismissed as virtue-signalling.
Continue reading...Nature-positive insurance practices gain traction, but faster integration needed, report says
Japanese companies team up to cut emissions from LNG value chain
Sharks found to eat sea urchins as large as their heads in accidental discovery by Australian researchers
Researchers tethered 50 long-spined and 50 short-spined urchins outside lobster den and sharks were observed ‘smashing the whole thing’
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An experiment designed to investigate lobster predation on sea urchins unexpectedly found that Port Jackson and crested horn sharks ate the spiky animals instead.
The research, led by University of Newcastle marine ecologist Jeremy Day, involved tethering sea urchins at the entrance to a lobster den – home to at least 20 large eastern rock lobsters – near Wollongong on the south coast of New South Wales.
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Continue reading...Researchers wanted to study lobsters eating sea urchins. But sharks ate their lunch — video
An experiment designed to investigate the role lobsters play in regulating sea urchin numbers unexpectedly found sharks were eating them instead. The research, led by the University of Newcastle marine ecologist Jeremy Day, involved 50 long-spined and 50 short-spined sea urchins tethered to the entrance of a lobster den on the south coast of NSW. Over the course of 25 nights, sharks ate 45 of the urchins, while lobsters ate only four. Sea urchins are native to NSW but have become are a pest in Tasmania, where they are threatening local ecosystems
Continue reading...Week in wildlife in pictures: bears caught in the act, a glamorous seal and a fugitive emu
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Continue reading...Collins Street falcons: two chicks have hatched on skyscraper and are taking meals – video
The stars of 367 Collins Street have welcomed baby birds to the nest. Two hungry chicks are taking meals after entering the world on a Melbourne skyscraper. Last year’s eggs were unable to hatch after the mother stopped incubating – likely due to a territorial dispute – making the stakes all the higher this year
Continue reading...Snowy plays down diesel allowance for Kurri Kurri, but gas pipeline problems persist
The post Snowy plays down diesel allowance for Kurri Kurri, but gas pipeline problems persist appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Ex-carbon offsetting boss charged in New York with multimillion-dollar fraud
Kenneth Newcombe, formerly CEO of C-Quest Capital, indicted over allegations of carbon credit manipulation
A former carbon offsetting executive has been charged with fraud by US federal authorities, who allege that he helped to manipulate data from projects in rural Africa and Asia to fraudulently obtain carbon credits worth tens of millions of dollars.
Kenneth Newcombe, former CEO of C-Quest Capital LLC and a leading figure in the offsetting industry, was indicted on Wednesday in New York with commodities and wire fraud.
Continue reading...Australia’s largest operating wind farm sends first power to Sunshine State grid
The post Australia’s largest operating wind farm sends first power to Sunshine State grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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