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Australian government ‘deeply disappointed’ by Japan’s decision to expand commercial whaling target list

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-08-01 12:57

Japanese government confirms it will allow whalers to catch and kill up to 59 fin whales, a species conservationists consider vulnerable

The Australian government is “deeply disappointed” by Japan’s decision to add the world’s second-largest whale species to the list of species its commercial whale hunters will target.

Tanya Plibersek, the environment minister, attacked Japan’s decision to hunt fin whales – the world’s second-longest whale and considered vulnerable.

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China environment ministry approves 2023-24 permit allocation plan

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 11:50
China's environment ministry on Wednesday evening announced it had approved, in principle, a draft allocation plan that will determine the supply-demand dynamics in the national emissions market over the 2023-24 period.
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Signs of life on Sycamore Gap stump

BBC - Thu, 2024-08-01 11:10
Eight new shoots have been discovered emerging from the base of the felled tree on Hadrian's Wall.
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Restoring logged forests doesn’t mean locking them up as ‘wilderness’ – it means actively managing them

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-08-01 11:00
Efforts by First Nations groups to thin dense forest regrowth have come under fire in Victoria. The solution isn’t to restore “wilderness” – it’s to manage Country. Jack Pascoe, Research fellow in ecology and land management, The University of Melbourne Patrick Baker, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, The University of Melbourne Tom Fairman, Future Fire Risk Analyst, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Royal count finds swans hit by air guns

BBC - Thu, 2024-08-01 10:49
Air-gun and catapult attacks have been blamed for another decline in swans on the River Thames.
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US senators call for restriction on upcoming biofuels tax credit eligibility

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 10:31
A bipartisan group of US senators on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden’s administration to limit an upcoming biofuels tax credit to those produced from domestic feedstocks.
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RD credit generation to push the swell of Canada clean fuels bank to 10.4 mln credits by 2030, analysts say

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 10:27
Renewable diesel (RD) will comprise a majority of credit generation in Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulation (CFR) market by 2030, analysts told a webinar Wednesday, as an industry association speaker pointed to factors that could impact the actualisation of that trajectory.
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US Democratic lawmaker introduces bill for national GHG pollution allowance trading system

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 10:16
A Democratic member of the US House of Representatives introduced Tuesday legislation that would set an enforceable, economy-wide cap on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, requiring emitters to purchase allowances under a declining cap from auctions conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Dutton sings O Canada to sell nuclear plan. But does Ontario really have cheaper power? | Temperature Check

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-08-01 10:00

Opposition leader’s argument is puzzling given Canadian provinces dominated by renewables pay less for electricity

There’s a community in Ontario called Dutton which, right now, seems appropriate given the number of times Peter Dutton has name-checked the Canadian province over the last 12 months.

In dozens of media interviews and speeches, Dutton (the opposition leader, not the township) has said Ontarians are getting cheap electricity because of their 20 nuclear reactors.

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Witness to Titan sub tragedy tells of fear and false hope

BBC - Thu, 2024-08-01 09:41
Rory Golden, who was on the Titan sub's support ship when it went missing, recounts the experience.
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Witness to Titan sub tragedy tells of fear and false hope

BBC - Thu, 2024-08-01 09:41
Rory Golden, who was on the Titan sub's support ship when it went missing, recounts the experience.
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From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-08-01 06:16
From the Arctic to the Himalayas, New Zealand and even Mexico, glaciers worldwide are retreating. But what happens when the ice is gone? Levan Tielidze, Research Fellow in glacial geomorphology, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Snug but unsafe: your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices?

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-08-01 06:13
Any heater that burns fuel without adequate ventilation is dangerous in a home – and none are as safe or efficient as a reverse-cycle air conditioner. Christine Cowie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Air Quality and Health Research and Evaluation, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney; Senior Research Fellow, South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney Bill Dodd, Knowledge Broker, Centre for Safe Air (NHMRC CRE), and Adjunct Researcher, Media School, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Environmental groups join legal effort to overturn Pennsylvania’s RGGI exit

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-01 05:34
An environmental nonprofit announced Monday it has joined appeal efforts of Pennsylvania's exit from RGGI, after a decision by the state Supreme Court earlier this month allowed a group of similar organisations to intervene in favour of reinstating the state's participation in the US regional market-based program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Colombian guerrillas withdraw threat to disrupt UN biodiversity summit

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-08-01 04:04

Central General Staff militant group previously said Cop16 event scheduled for October in Cali ‘would fail’

A dissident rebel group has backed down from its threat to disrupt the UN biodiversity summit in Colombia later this year.

The Central General Staff (EMC), a guerrilla faction that rejected the country’s 2016 peace agreement, said on Wednesday it would order its militants not to target the Cop16 negotiations that are due to begin in Cali in October.

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