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Canadian partnership to test robotic tree planting for carbon offsets

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 10:46
Two Canadian companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Thursday to test and validate an autonomous tree planting technology for the generation of voluntary carbon offsets.
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Canadian offset project financier rakes in $11.2 mln from Rwandan, Vietnamese projects

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 10:42
A Toronto-headquartered carbon project financier announced Thursday that it has received $11.2 million from the sale of carbon credits from its Vietnamese household device and Rwandan cookstove projects.
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US DOE gives out $44 mln towards geologic CO2 storage

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 10:35
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday it is allocating $44.5 million in funding towards nine university- and industry-led projects to advance knowledge of the potential of geologic basins to permanently store CO2 emissions.
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WCI Markets: CCAs rebound from YTD lows, but continue to trail WCA prices

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 10:27
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices reversed course from year-to-date lows this week, but remained below Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) figures amid the ongoing WCI market bearishness due to programme reform implementation delay.
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Liked to death? The social media race for nature photos can trash ecosystems – or trigger rapid extinction

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-09 10:01
It feels harmless to share a photo of a rare species. But social media can drive great damage to nature, from poaching to baiting to trampling. Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University Bill Bateman, Associate Professor, Behavioural Ecology, Curtin University Claire Greenwell, Adjunct Associate in Ornithology and Marine Ecology, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Drax is the UK’s biggest source of carbon despite receiving half a billion in green subsidies -report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 09:01
Drax - the UK’s largest generator of power from biomass - is by far the country’s largest source of carbon emissions, despite receiving more than half a billion pounds in green subsidies, according to a new report published on Friday.
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Clive Hamilton says dreams of a safe climate are ‘wishful thinking’ – but the young and the vulnerable will keep fighting

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-09 06:20
In the book Living Hot, Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld argue humanity should stop trying so hard to reduce emissions, and adapt instead. But we must do both. Blanche Verlie, Horizon Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Peel those apples: washing produce doesn’t remove pesticides, study finds

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-09 05:06

Another report found pesticide levels posing ‘significant risks’ in 20% of tested fruits and vegetables

A new scientific report lends weight to consumer concerns about pesticide residues on food, presenting fresh evidence that washing fruit before eating does not remove various toxic chemicals commonly used in agriculture.

The paper, published on Wednesday in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters, comes amid ongoing debate over the extent of pesticide contamination of food, and the potential health risks associated with a steady diet that includes pesticide residues.

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July ends 13-month streak of global heat records, but experts warn against relief

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-09 04:38

Climate scientists say that the world is continuing to warm, despite brief respite in record breaking temperatures

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Niño climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced on Wednesday.

But July 2024’s average heat just missed surpassing last year’s July, and scientists said the end of the record-breaking streak changes nothing about the threat posed by the climate crisis.

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The Guardian view on wind energy and the UK: Labour plays catch-up | Editorial

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-09 03:40

The new government has made a fast start in mobilising Britain’s most obvious natural asset, but big challenges remain

In its pomp during the 1970s, Ardersier port near Inverness was a behemoth of Scottish industry. During the North Sea oil and gas boom, thousands worked on one of the largest rig construction sites in the world. Disused since 2001, the port is making a triumphant comeback, to be reconfigured as a giant hub for the turbines that will harness wind power off the Scottish coast. If Sir Keir Starmer’s government is to achieve its goal of fully decarbonising electricity by 2030, this huge investment project in the Highlands will need to be matched by similar ambition elsewhere.

Wind energy is fundamental to meeting Britain’s net zero commitments, generating growth and reducing energy costs. But under Rishi Sunak, the sector suffered a lost year in 2023, when the government failed to award a single offshore wind contract. In July, the Climate Change Committee estimated that by 2030, the number of annual offshore and onshore wind installations needed to at least triple and double, respectively.

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INTERVIEW: Argentine carbon markets diversify as they expand, embrace J-REDD

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 03:10
Argentina’s carbon markets are growing rapidly and poised to shift away from reliance on waste management and renewables projects to embrace a broader array of credits, a jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) developer told Carbon Pulse.
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Wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetland fuelled ‘by climate disruption’

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-09 01:27

Devastation in Brazil wetlands was made at least four times more likely by fossil fuel use and deforestation, scientists say

The devastating wildfires that tore through the world’s biggest tropical wetland, Brazil’s Pantanal, in June were made at least four times more likely and 40% more intense by human-caused climate disruption, a study has found.

Charred corpses of monkeys, caimans and snakes have been left in the aftermath of the blaze, which burned 440,000 hectares (1.1m acres) and is thought to have killed millions of animals and countless more plants, insects and fungi.

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INTERVIEW: Cement plants could make considerable profit from selling waste heat for direct air capture

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 01:23
A German direct air capture startup is offering cement plants the opportunity to make extra revenue from their waste heat, which it can use to improve the efficiency of its CO2 capture process and generate carbon removal credits.
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Climate solutions provider announces new product for Scope 3 emissions within agricultural supply chains 

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 01:21
A global climate solutions provider announced on Thursday the launch of its supply chain emissions reduction product.
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Australian kestrels may hold the key to helping drones hover

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-09 01:00

The wind hovering behaviour of the bird of prey is the ‘closest representation in the avian world to fixed wing aircraft’, researcher says

When researchers were hunting for a way to make drones fly more smoothly as they delivered food and packages, they turned to an unusual source for inspiration: the common kestrel.

RMIT and the University of Bristol researchers began tracking the flight motions of two Australian kestrels. They attached reflective markers to the birds and analysed their motion using a motion tracking system – the same technology used to create CGI effects.

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Only 4% of major companies target water pollution, nature benchmark shows

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 00:16
Just 4% of major companies globally have set targets to reduce their water pollution, the World Benchmarking Alliance said in a survey published on Wednesday.
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BRIEFING: As ICVCM rejects key voluntary carbon methodologies, Dominican Republic pushes crediting renewables as sustainable development

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-09 00:13
While the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) rejected this week multiple renewable energy carbon crediting methodologies from its Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label, citing additionality concerns, the Dominican Republic (DR) is pushing forward on expansion plans for these projects in the frame of sustainable development.
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