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South Korea urged to include coal phase-out in 2035 NDC

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 19:03
South Korea should take into consideration the phase-out of coal-fired power plants when drafting climate policies for the country's 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), a think tank has suggested.
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Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested on a Japanese warrant from 2012 – what next?

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-02 17:05
Two legal experts explore the arrest and potential extradition of Sea Shepherd Founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on a Japanese warrant from 2010. Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University Danielle Ireland-Piper, Associate Professor, ANU National Security College, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: a feisty sea lion, a retiring elephant and a fleeing fox

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-02 17:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Global trading house, Korean securities firm eye Paris-aligned charcoal project in Ghana

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 16:57
A global trading house and a South Korean securities firm have partnered with a project developer on a Ghana-based emissions reduction project that will create carbon credits aligned with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
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Oil-rich Nigerian state teams up with UK firm for blue carbon projects

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 16:06
A state in Southern Nigeria has signed a 30-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a UK-based firm for the conservation of coastal ecosystems within the state.
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Environmentalist becomes first juror to swear oath on river water

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-02 16:00

Paul Powlesland, the co-founder of Lawyers for Nature, says he considers the River Roding to be sacred

When jurors are called to court, they are required to swear on a holy book or make a secular promise to tell the truth.

So court officials were perplexed when the environmental activist and barrister Paul Powlesland was called for jury service and produced a vial of river water and asked to swear on the River Roding.

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Zoo hails birth of 'one of world's rarest animals'

BBC - Fri, 2024-08-02 15:25
The onager foal has been running off energy while enjoying his new habitat, zookeepers said.
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WCI Markets: CCA prices gain momentum on wide intraday range

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 14:11
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices plunged to year-to-date lows before rebounding on Wednesday, with a surge in volatility that brought intraday spreads up to more than $2 in the absence of a catalyst to signal market direction.
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Save our waves: surfing pumps $2.71 billion into the Australian economy and boosts wellbeing

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-02 13:34
A new study quantifies the benefits of surfing, to the Australian economy as well as health and wellbeing, as Aussie surfers rule the waves in the 2024 Olympic Games. Let’s protect our surf breaks. Ana Manero, Research Fellow, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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New Zealand to see minor increase in free NZU allocation after govt revises input factor

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 11:14
The New Zealand government on Friday announced a 3.2% increase for 2024 of the Electricity Allocation Factor (EAF), a key figure to determine the amount of CO2 permits that will be handed out to emissions-intensive, trade-exposed (EITEs) industries in the ETS.
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US-based startup raises $6 mln to produce sustainable aviation fuel from CO2

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 10:44
A US-based startup has raised a $6 million seed round to scale its direct air capture-to-sustainable aviation fuel (DAC-to-SAF) technology, it announced Thursday.
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RGGI emissions rise over 7% in Q2, continue 2024 ascent

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-02 10:19
Emissions under the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic power sector cap-and-trade scheme increased more than 7% year-on-year (YoY) during Q2, programme data showed Thursday, as regional power demand continued its 2024 growth.
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Hope or hype? NZ needs to be realistic about the clean energy potential of green hydrogen

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-02 10:00
Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in New Zealand’s energy strategy. But the government and industry need to focus on its best uses for decarbonisation. Ian Mason, Adjunct Senior Fellow in Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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