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Nigerian govt takes over disputed land with plans to generate voluntary carbon credits -media

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 00:10
The governor of an oil producing state in Nigeria has announced the takeover of disputed forest land where the authority now wants to produce carbon credits, according to local media reporting.
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Mix of CCS, nuclear, geothermal, and wind power needed to decarbonise Poland -analysis

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-03-05 00:05
The EU’s third-biggest carbon emitter, Poland, will need to almost double the amount of wind capacity it is currently installing annually, as well as use CCS, nuclear, and geothermal energy in order to reach net zero emissions by 2050, according to new research.
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Australian program to eradicate red fire ants is a ‘shambles’, Senate inquiry told

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-03-05 00:00

Invasive species could be worse than rabbits, cane toads, foxes, camels, wild dogs and feral cats combined, committee hears

A Senate inquiry into the spread of fire ants in Australia has heard that the government program tasked with their elimination is an “absolute shambles” and that an independent eradication body is urgently needed.

The highly invasive insect is believed to have entered Australia in the 1990s and was discovered at Brisbane port in 2001. A program spanning state, territory and federal governments was created to eradicate red imported fire ants and it has received more than $1.2bn of federal and state funding. Of that, $593m covers 2023 to 2027.

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Satellite to ‘name and shame’ worst oil and gas methane polluters

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-04 23:54

Leaks are driving 30% of the climate crisis and MethaneSat will provide the first first near-comprehensive global view

A washing-machine-sized satellite is to “name and shame” the worst methane polluters in the oil and gas industry.

MethaneSat is scheduled to launch from California onboard a SpaceX rocket on Monday at 2pm local time (22:00 GMT). It will provide the first near-comprehensive global view of leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil and gas sector, and all of the data will be made public. It will provide high-resolution data over wider areas than existing satellites.

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Campaigners get go-ahead to challenge plans for oilfield in Lincolnshire Wolds

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-04 23:39

Permission granted for judicial review after Planning Inspectorate overturned local council’s decision to reject plan

Campaigners have been given permission to challenge plans for a new oilfield in an area of outstanding natural beauty – which they say threatens one of England’s “hidden rural treasures”.

The proposed oil-drilling operation is in Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an important habitat for nature and wildlife that has been officially designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).

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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 23:05
European carbon allowances shrugged off a recovery in natural gas in Monday morning trading, falling by the most in two weeks early in the session as speculators resumed aggressive selling, while wider energy markets eased lower on continued bearish fundamentals.
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Australian carbon industry body introduces mandatory transition plan requirements for eligible members, sponsors

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 23:00
Large polluters will be required to have decarbonisation plans published by the middle of next year to be eligible for full Carbon Market Institute (CMI) membership or to be a lead sponsor at its events, the Australian industry body announced Tuesday as part of a policy shake-up.
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FEATURE: EU’s carbon market diplomacy task force shrouded in mystery

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 22:58
When the European Commission presented its recommendations for a 2040 climate target last month, it also raised expectations – and a few eyebrows – by announcing the creation of a dedicated task force on “carbon market diplomacy”.
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Freshwater wetland restoration helps create carbon sinks, but far too slowly for our purposes, study finds

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 21:03
Freshwater wetland restoration can turn degraded wetlands from net carbon sources into carbon sinks, though it takes far too long for Paris Agreement purposes, meaning climate projects should prioritise conserving existing ones, a study has found.
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Ukrainian startup secures EU backing to implement DAC carbon removal technology

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 20:53
The EU will provide grant funding to a Ukrainian startup looking to scale up its direct air capture (DAC) technology, with the CO2 intended to be used in agricultural applications.
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Zimbabwe expects voluntary carbon trading to take off this year as project applications flood in -media

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 20:50
Zimbabwe's government plans to launch a regulatory framework for the trading of voluntary carbon credits in the next year, hoping to generate around $400 million in annual revenues as project investments accelerate, a senior government official told local media.
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Global land affected by water flow deviations nearly doubled from pre-industrial times, study finds

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 20:10
Human activity in the past century has dramatically altered freshwater flows, jeopardising their capacity to regulate vital ecological and climatic processes, a study has found.
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Korean investor eyes forest carbon project in Mongolia

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 19:41
A South Korean offset project developer and investor has deepened its partnership with a provincial government in Mongolia in the hope of generating international carbon credits from forestry projects.
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Life at Norway’s remote arctic fox breeding station – in pictures

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-04 17:10

As part of the state-sponsored programme to restore arctic fox populations, Norway has been feeding the animals for nearly 20 years, helping boost numbers from as few as 40 in Norway, Finland, and Sweden, to about 550 across Scandinavia today. ‘Without these conservation measures, the arctic fox would surely have become extinct in Norway,’ said Bjørn Rangbru, a senior adviser on threatened species with the country’s environment agency

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Korean shipbuilding giant eyes onboard carbon capture systems

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 17:08
One of the world's largest shipbuilders has built an alliance to develop onboard carbon capture systems (OCCS) as part of its decarbonisation plan, with a pilot project set to be launched next year.
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Sovereign wealth fund drops Indonesian conglomerate over threatened species risk

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 16:50
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund will sell off ownership stakes in a major Indonesian conglomerate after concerns that its gold mining ambitions in Sumatra represents an unacceptable threat to a critically endangered species of orangutan.
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Dozens of koalas allegedly killed or injured during plantation logging on Kangaroo Island

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-04 16:33

Exclusive: Ex-employees of Australian Agribusiness Group allege dozens of injuries occurred as blue gums cleared for agricultural use, claims which the company rejects

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Dozens of koalas have been killed or injured and left for dead during logging of blue gum plantations in South Australia, according to former employees of the harvesting company and a conservation organisation that tried to save the marsupials.

Ex-employees of the company managing the plantation estate Australian Agribusiness Group said they tried to save at least 40 injured koalas and saw about 20 that had been killed as plantations on Kangaroo Island were cleared for agricultural use.

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Clover Moore attacks NSW government and EPA over ‘regulatory failure’ before asbestos crisis

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-04 16:27

City of Sydney lord mayor reveals testing of potentially contaminated mulch has cost $200,000 with remediation costs likely to be ‘substantial’

Sydney’s lord mayor, Clover Moore, has accused the New South Wales government and the state’s environment watchdog of a “massive” and “costly” regulatory failure over the ongoing asbestos contamination crisis.

City of Sydney councillors gathered at an extraordinary general meeting on Monday to discuss how contaminated mulch came to be used across numerous city parks. Moore revealed testing alone had already cost the council more than $200,000.

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‘Haven’t seen anything like it’: shock as great white shark washes up on NSW beach

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-04 16:08

Four-metre shark euthanised after becoming beached on shore at Kingscliff on Tweed Coast

A great white shark washed up on to a beach on the New South Wales north coast, shocking locals and attracting a crowd of beachgoers.

The 4m shark was seen swimming close to shore near Kingscliff beach on the Tweed Coast on Monday morning, with lifeguards tracking its progress until it was beached.

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