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US carbon removals firm launches sales platform

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-07 18:34
A US-based startup has this week launched an online platform that enables individuals, households, and small businesses to buy carbon removals credits.
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Japanese trio to develop integrated decarbonisation solution

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-07 16:53
One of Japan's largest trading houses has formed a partnership with two domestic companies to develop a combined decarbonisation solution for corporate clients.
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Sea lions wearing cameras and trackers map new habitats

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-08-07 15:05
Using cameras and trackers attached to Australian sea lions, we explored previously unmapped ocean habitats off the South Australian coast. The data also fed into predictive computer models. Nathan Angelakis, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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‘I turned into a solar nerd’: money and fun were the unexpected benefits of installing panels

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-07 15:00

Our former environment correspondent had solar panels installed in 2010 and later added a heat pump. He’s totted up the energy generated and cash saved over the years

An abiding memory of a day in August 2010, the first time my solar panels were connected to the grid, was of the builders downing tools and watching the electricity meter whiz round backwards.

It was a sunny day and they were supposed to be finishing the plastering and insulation, but the novel sight of the old-style electricity meter in reverse was too entertaining.

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Take a tour of the South Australian seabed on the back of a sea lion - video

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-07 14:15

Eight Australian sea lions were enlisted to map the ocean floor by sticking cameras with satellite tracking to their backs. Almost 90 hours of footage and 500km later, conservationists hope to have much clearer ideas on how to protect the sea lions.  “I can watch this stuff for hours,” says Prof Simon Goldsworthy. “It’s like the best slow TV ever. You just don’t know what you’re going to see next.”

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‘Best slow TV ever’: scientists mount cameras on endangered sea lions to map Australia’s ocean floor

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-07 14:14

Eight females from two seal colonies have filmed almost 90 hours across more than 500km, helping scientists map 5,000 sq km of habitat

The Australian sea lions glide and dart through underwater tunnels, over seagrass beds and rocky reefs, searching for a meal and dancing with dolphins around a giant bait ball of fish – all the action captured by a camera stuck on their back.

“I can watch this stuff for hours,” says Prof Simon Goldsworthy. “It’s like the best slow TV ever. You just don’t know what you’re going to see next.”

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UK failing to monitor apparently falling wasp populations, expert warns

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-08-07 14:00

Gardeners and pest controllers say wasps, important predators and pollinators, appear to be in sharp decline

The UK is not doing enough to track wasp populations as numbers appear to plummet, a leading expert has warned.

While there were national monitoring schemes for some invertebrates, including bees and butterflies, there was no such programme in place for wasps, said Dr Gavin Broad, principal curator of wasps at the Natural History Museum.

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I’ve researched crocodile attacks for years. Videos of people feeding crocodiles at site of latest attack are deeply concerning

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-08-07 12:28
Videos have surfaced appearing to show people feeding a crocodile in the same area where a crocodile killed a man who slipped from the river bank into the water. Brandon Michael Sideleau, PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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BRIEFING: Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-07 10:36
US Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, on Tuesday selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) as her vice presidential candidate, garnering support from green groups that have commended the state leader’s climate efforts since he took office in 2019.
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California regulator recommends strategies to avoid price spikes as clean fuel policies shrink gasoline supply and demand

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-07 10:30
California’s energy regulator has laid out policy options to ensure an affordable supply of gasoline as the state transitions away from fossil fuels under its low carbon fuel standard (LCFS), cap-and-trade compliance, and expanding zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandates.
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Bill Gates-founded climate investment firm pulls in $839 mln for new fund

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-08-07 10:18
A sustainable investments firm founded by Bill Gates has raised $839.4 million, according to recent US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, which will go to a new fund focused on climate.
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Royal Mint starts turning e-waste into gold

BBC - Wed, 2024-08-07 09:35
The UK’s coin-maker opens a new industrial plant to extract gold from old circuit boards.
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