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Eco homes near the sea for sale in Great Britain – in pictures

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-07-19 16:00

From a Grand Designs-style property nestled underground to a remote timber-framed home on a hillside

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Six million people at risk from extreme heat in England, campaign group warns

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-07-19 15:00

Friends of the Earth says older people and young children are most at risk in heat-vulnerable neighbourhoods

Inadequate climate protections mean at least 6 million lives are at risk from extreme heat in England, an analysis has found.

A report by the campaign group Friends of the Earth found older people and young children were the most high-risk groups for heatwaves, with 1.7 million under-5s and 4.3 million people over 65 living in the most heat-vulnerable neighbourhoods in England.

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Protest is the wellspring of democracy – that’s why Labour must repeal the Tories’ draconian laws | George Monbiot

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-07-19 15:00

The pernicious, oppressive era of arresting people for holding signs or merely walking down the street must come to an end

How do you know when protest tactics are working? When governments ban them. The oppressive laws introduced by the previous government – the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023 – are a tick list of effective political engagement. Everything from locking on and digging tunnels to actions on roads, at airports, oil refineries or newspapers, even marching down a street, has been criminalised. Why? Because these methods work. If they didn’t, the government wouldn’t have bothered.

The Conservatives justified their draconian measures with the claim that they prevented “disruption to the public”. But had they cared about disruption, they would have done all they could to prevent climate breakdown. Nothing is more disruptive than the flickering and eventual collapse of Earth systems. If you believe a few people sitting in the street is a major impediment to traffic, take a look at what a sea surge, a flash flood, a windstorm or a rail-buckling, road-melting, bridge-jamming heat event can do to transport infrastructure.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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Stepping stones for wildlife: how linking up isolated habitats can help nature thrive in our cities

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-07-19 14:26
Our cities are full of obstacles and hazards for native wildlife but also contain many valuable patches of habitat. Creating green spaces to connect these patches improves their lives and ours. Thami Croeser, Research Officer, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Holly Kirk, Research Fellow, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Marubeni takes stake in Danish biochar tech firm

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-19 12:58
Japanese trading house Marubeni has taken a stake in a Danish company whose biochar technology can reduce carbon emissions from sewage sludge treatment by 80%.
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WCI Markets: CCAs churn post workshop fallout, trade below WCAs

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-19 11:01
With a high turnover in futures and options trade, California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices have slipped below Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) in the aftermath of ARB's ETS workshop fallout.
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US CO2 utilisation firm raises $18 mln in Series A funding

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-19 10:49
A California-based biotech firm that utilises captured CO2 for protein production announced this week it has raised $18 million in Series A financing.
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Major Canadian bank to retrofit retail branches with heat pumps, cutting emissions 70%

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-19 10:45
A large Canadian bank unveiled plans on Thursday to install heat pumps through its retail branch network across the country, which it estimates would reduce emissions by 70% from these locations.
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Improved planning needed for New York to reach clean energy goals -state audit

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-19 10:40
State agencies need to improve their planning practices if New York is to reach its statutory clean energy goals, according to an audit released Wednesday by the state comptroller that provides a series of recommendations to do so.
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Bahamas’ carbon, digital asset laws launch hopes for lucrative voluntary market

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-19 10:25
Flagship carbon markets legislation may soon be joined by a bill to weigh in on digital assets, with experts interviewed Thursday expecting liftoff for a market in Bahamian credits owned and managed by the state.
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Canadian companies join forces to reduce methanol emissions via CCUS

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-19 10:17
A Vancouver-based global methanol producer and a Calgary-headquartered carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) project developer have announced a partnership to study reducing as much as 400 tonnes of CO2 per day from industrial production.
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