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Budget fell far short on UK green investment, experts say

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-03-07 16:00

Green economists dismayed by failure to recognise one of the fastest-expanding areas of business

Opportunities to revive the UK’s flagging economy by boosting green industry were missed in one of the least green budgets of recent years, experts have said.

Several said this failure to recognise one of the fastest-expanding areas of business – the net zero economy grew by 9% in key areas last year, while the rest of the economy was stagnant, according to CBI estimates – would drag down the UK in the short and long term.

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PNG REDD+ carbon project hits another road block

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-07 13:47
Australian resources company Mayur Resources is facing further trouble getting its REDD+ project in Papua New Guinea off the ground, as the country’s National Forestry Authority (NFA) continues to attempt to cancel its permits, the company announced Thursday.
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Big businesses will this year have to report their environmental impacts – but this alone won’t drive change

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-03-07 13:34
Will it make a difference when companies have to track and report emissions and environmental impact? Only if policies with teeth follow. Martina Linnenluecke, Professor of Environmental Finance at UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Hottest February marks ninth new monthly record

BBC - Thu, 2024-03-07 13:06
It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.
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Hottest February marks ninth new monthly record in a row

BBC - Thu, 2024-03-07 13:06
It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.
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Hottest February marks ninth new monthly record in a row

BBC - Thu, 2024-03-07 13:06
It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.
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February was warmest on record globally, say scientists

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-03-07 13:00

Global average temperature for past 12 months highest on record at 1.56C above pre-industrial levels, data shows

Last month was the warmest February on record globally, making it the ninth month in a row with record temperatures for the time of year, scientists have said.

Global sea surface temperatures are also at their highest ever recorded, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows.

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The world's largest robots are setting sail

BBC - Thu, 2024-03-07 10:04
Ocean-going vessels with no-one on board - a vision of the future that's coming faster you think.
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South Dakota carbon pipeline bills head to governor as amendments cement landowner rights

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-07 09:38
South Dakota legislators secured landowner rights in a number of final amendments made Wednesday to three carbon pipeline bills, which now proceed to be signed by Governor Kristi Noem (R).
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US grasslands soil carbon developer pays ranchers $3 mln for sequestration efforts in 2023

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-07 09:21
A US-based grasslands soil carbon project developer last year paid ranchers $3 million for their sequestration efforts, it said Wednesday.
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Carbon neutral LNG to make comeback as gas prices stabilise, conference hears

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-07 09:19
The carbon neutral LNG cargoes that had a brief and very public moment through 2020 and 2021 before mostly disappearing may make a resurgence, according to one expert speaking at a Singapore conference Wednesday.
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Ten EU countries commit to end fossil power by 2035 -campaign group

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-07 09:01
Ten EU nations representing two-thirds of the bloc’s electricity generation capacity have committed to eliminate all fossil fuels from their power sectors by 2035, according to analysis by a campaign group.
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Microscopic plastics could raise risk of stroke and heart attack, study says

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-03-07 08:00

Scientists link tiny particles in blood vessels with substantially higher risk of death

Doctors have warned of potentially life-threatening effects from plastic pollution after finding a substantially raised risk of stroke, heart attack and earlier death in people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics.

Researchers in Naples examined fatty plaques removed from the blood vessels of patients with arterial disease and found that more than half had deposits contaminated with tiny particles of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

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