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UK authorities could open developers up to “commercial ransom” under biodiversity rules

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-07-24 18:43
Local authorities could expose developers to exploitation from landowners, with worse outcomes for nature and housing, if they force the purchase of nature offsets nearby rather than sourcing them from more distant areas under England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) legislation, an expert has said.
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Brazilian organisations propose new mechanism to protect tropical forests

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-07-24 17:27
Three Brazilian organisations have unveiled a concept note on a Tropical Forests Mechanism (TFM) designed to help fund efforts to protect and grow tropical forests globally.
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India expands list of eligible activities under Article 6.2, adds list for 6.4

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-07-24 16:30
India has updated the list of activities that will be eligible to generate carbon credits for export under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, while also finalising a list of activities for Art. 6.4.
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The CFFMEU unequivocally condemns koala habitat destruction! | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-07-24 16:14

There is power in a (nonhuman) union

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Hydrothermal eruption in Yellowstone National Park sends sightseers fleeing

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-07-24 15:43

Video posted online shows people running away to escape the explosion at Biscuit Basin, which is now closed to visitors

A surprise hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone national park has sent sightseers running for safety, after steam and dark-coloured rock and dirt shot up high into the sky.

The eruption happened around 10am local time on Tuesday in Biscuit Basin, a collection of hot springs a couple miles north of the famous Old Faithful Geyser.

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Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all | George Monbiot

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-07-24 15:00

In a kayak off the Devon coast I witnessed the kind of entitled mindlessness that has ravaged society, and our planet

On a calm and beautiful morning off the coast of south Devon last week, I was watching a small pod of dolphins from my kayak. I had spotted them from half a mile away, feeding and playing on the surface. They were heading my way, so I sat on the water and waited.

But from round the headland, at top speed, came a giant twin-engined maritime wankpanzer. Though the dolphins were highly visible and it had plenty of time either to stop or avoid them, it ploughed towards them at full throttle. As it passed, missing them by a few metres, the driver turned and glanced at them, but never checked his speed. The dolphins dived. They briefly reappeared much farther from the coast, after which I didn’t see them again. I could hear the boat long after it disappeared: it sounded like a jetliner. God knows what distress it might have caused the dolphins, which are highly sensitive to sound.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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Australia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDP, experts say

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-07-24 13:30

Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists estimates $7.3bn a year for 30 years could avoid most extinctions, repair soils and restore rivers

Saving Australia’s threatened wildlife, repairing degraded land and restoring ailing river systems is possible and would cost just 0.3% of Australia’s GDP, according to a new blueprint produced by more than 60 experts.

For the first time scientists, governance and business leaders have produced a dollar estimate of what it would take to fix Australia’s environment.

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Yes, Australia’s environment is on a depressing path – but $7 billion a year would transform it

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-07-24 13:01
A new report challenges the notion that repairing our continent is a task too big and expensive to tackle. Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Bradley J. Moggridge, Professor of Science and Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement), University of Technology Sydney Martine Maron, Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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US EPA faces pushback against Martha’s Vineyard ocean geoengineering experiment plans

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-07-24 11:43
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has faced a flood of public and academic opposition to a proposed ocean alkalinity research project south of Martha’s Vineyard, while even supporters acknowledge the risks and unintended consequences involved given it is impossible to fully replicate the natural environment in a lab.
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Alberta decarbonisation deterred by oversupply in TIER carbon market -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-07-24 10:40
Canada’s largest emissions reductions system – Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) programme – will face oversupply of carbon credits if the province does not intervene, ultimately discouraging investment in industrial decarbonisation, a Canadian think-tank said Tuesday.
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Canada releases new provisions against greenwashing, environmental claims

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-07-24 10:30
The Competition Bureau of Canada on Monday released a new volume of provisions tackling environmental claims and greenwashing, with guidance for companies to comply with laws that prohibit misleading advertising and deceptive marketing practices.
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The US may not meet its 2030 climate target despite an uptick in federal efforts, says research group

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-07-24 10:23
The US may fail to meet its 2030 climate pledges despite support from recently enacted policies that have accelerated the country’s decarbonisation pace, a New York-based research group said Tuesday.
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Small modular reactors have promise. But we found they’re unlikely to help Australia hit net zero by 2050

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-07-24 06:19
Small modular reactors promise to make nuclear power cheaper and safer. But our new report shows they’re still a long way off. Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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