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Accounting for Nature, University of Oxford partner to enhance biodiversity measurement

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 19:52
Accounting for Nature (AFN) and the University of Oxford have launched a research collaboration to expand nature monitoring globally, with a particular focus on the UK and European contexts.
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Physicist MV Ramana on why nuclear power is not the solution to world’s energy needs

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-04 19:50

In his new book, the professor says nuclear is costly, risky and takes too long to scale up. Can he win over converts?

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the debate on nuclear power is pretty much settled. Sure, there are still some naysayers, but most reasonable people have come to realise that in an age of climate crisis, we need low-carbon nuclear energy – alongside wind and solar power – to help us transition away from fossil fuels. In 2016, 400 reactors were operating across 31 countries, with one estimate suggesting roughly the same number in operation in mid-2023, accounting for 9.2% of global commercial gross electricity generation. But what if this optimism were in fact wrong, and nuclear power can never live up to its promise? That is the argument MV Ramana, a physicist, makes in his new book. He says nuclear is costly, dangerous and takes too long to scale up. Nuclear, the work’s title reads, is not the solution.

This wasn’t the book Ramana, a professor at the University of British Columbia, planned to write. The problems with nuclear are so “obvious”, he wagered, they don’t need to be spelled out. But with the guidance of his editor, he realised his mistake. Even in the contemporary environmental movement, which emerged alongside the anti-war and anti-nuclear movements, there are converts. Prominent environmentalists, understandably desperate about the climate crisis, believe it is rational and reasonable to support nuclear power as part of our energy mix.

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Korean city to build first commercial-scale green methanol plant in the country

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 19:49
A group of Korean companies have teamed up to develop a green methanol project that can turn a city known for abandoned coal mines into a new clean energy hub.
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Greta Thunberg arrested at Gaza war protest in Copenhagen

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-09-04 19:25

Climate activist one of six detained by police after students block university building in Danish capital

Danish police have arrested the environmental activist Greta Thunberg in Copenhagen at a protest against the war in Gaza, a spokesperson for the student group organising the demonstration has said.

Six people had been detained on Wednesday at the University of Copenhagen after 20 people blocked the entrance to a building and three entered, a police spokesperson said.

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First biochar project to launch on voluntary carbon registry’s new North American protocol  

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 19:17
A carbon removals developer has partnered with a digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (digital MRV) provider to implement the first project using a US-based standard's recently released biochar protocol.
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ID Market: Trade drops after July spike

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 18:01
Trade on Indonesia’s carbon exchange dropped in August over July with only 176 tonnes of CO2e traded compared to the prior month’s 4,801.
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NZ govt commissioned report calls for national blue carbon strategy

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 18:01
A study looking at the barriers and opportunities for coastal blue carbon projects in New Zealand has called on the government to create a national strategy for the sector, as well as foster an environment where voluntary carbon markets can operate.
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Work on Vietnam’s first flue gas CCS project announced

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 18:01
An engineering company is looking to develop Vietnam’s first carbon capture storage and utilisation (CCUS) project for the country's coal-fired power plants.
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Korean securities firm secures partnership for international mitigation projects

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 17:15
One of the largest securities firms in South Korea has decided to pursue international emissions reduction projects through a newly established partnership, it announced Wednesday.
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US business group gives advice to EU on CCUS, hydrogen deployment

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 16:00
Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen technologies have a critical role to play in achieving the EU’s decarbonisation targets, particularly for hard-to-abate sectors, said the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union in recommendations to the bloc's policymakers on how to accelerate deployment.
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Biochar doesn’t just store carbon – it stores water and boosts farmers’ drought resilience

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-09-04 14:05
Adding biochar to degraded soils boosts how much water soils can hold and help farmers survive droughts. Sirjana Adhikari, Associate Research Fellow in Mineral Processing, Deakin University Ellen Moon, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, Deakin University Wendy Timms, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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PREVIEW: Washington’s Q3 auction forecasts clouded by programme uncertainty

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 14:03
Market participants maintained modest expectations for the upcoming Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) auction on Wednesday in light of the ongoing anxiety surrounding the fate of the state's cap-and-trade scheme.
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PREVIEW: Traders expect discounted RGGI Q3 auction clear, compliance participation key

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 12:52
Traders favour the Q3 RGGI permit sale to clear at a discount to secondary market prices, with compliance demand a key factor determining the settlement.
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Washington CFS overhauls validation, verification in draft regulation

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-09-04 10:30
Washington’s draft Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) language includes updates to its third-party verification programme and changes to credit generation, according to information published by the Department of Ecology (ECY) on Friday.
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