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US landfill emissions are 40% higher than what’s being reported to regulators, study finds

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-03-30 07:17
Methane emissions from US landfills are on average 40% higher than what has been reported to the EPA, according to a study released Thursday.
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BRIEFING: Canada set to increase federal carbon tax again, to the dismay of conservative leaders

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 23:49
A scheduled increase to Canada's revenue-neutral 'backstop' carbon tax on fossil fuels will go ahead on Apr. 1, despite pleas to abort the rise from several conservative provincial premiers and other populist politicians.
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Digested week: Germany has the right idea on dachshunds. Dogs should be cuddly | Lucy Mangan

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-29 21:50

Germans want to ban ‘torture breeding’ for extreme characteristics. Plus: don’t even think about swimming in British waters this Easter

I’ll say this for the Germans: when they’re right, they’re so right. Word reaches us that dachshunds are to be banned in Germany.

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Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-29 19:30

Descendants of enslaved miners who dug up gold, silver and emeralds worth billions call on Colombia to halt plan to lift cargo

Indigenous communities in Bolivia have objected to Colombia’s plans to recover the remains of an 18th-century galleon believed to be carrying gold, silver and emeralds worth billions, calling on Spain and Unesco to step in and halt the project.

Colombia hopes to begin recovering artefacts from the wreck of the San José in the coming months but the Caranga, Chicha and Killaka peoples in Bolivia argue that the excavation would rob them of their “common and shared” heritage.

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‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-29 19:00

Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s trees razed. Alongside mounting air and water pollution, experts says Israel’s onslaught on Gaza’s ecosystems has made the area unlivable

In a dilapidated warehouse in Rafah, Soha Abu Diab is living with her three young daughters and more than 20 other family members. They have no running water, no fuel and are surrounded by running sewage and waste piling up.

Like the rest of Gaza’s residents, they fear the air they breathe is heavy with pollutants and that the water carries disease. Beyond the city streets lie razed orchards and olive groves, and farmland destroyed by bombs and bulldozers.

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Week in wildlife – in pictures: pedalo hijinks and a raccoon doing a handstand

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-29 18:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Extortionate Easter eggs and shrinking sweets: fears grow of a ‘chocolate meltdown’

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-29 15:00

Poor harvests in extreme weather conditions have led to a tripling of cocoa prices – but farmers have seen no benefit

Around the world this holiday weekend, people will consume hundreds of millions of Easter eggs and bunnies, as part of an annual chocolate intake that can exceed 8kg (18lb) for every person in the UK, or 5kg in the US and Europe. But a global shortage of cacao – the seed from which chocolate is made – has brought warnings of a “chocolate meltdown” that could see prices increase and bars shrink further.

This week, cocoa prices rose to all-time highs on commodity exchanges in London and New York, reaching more than $10,000 a tonne for the first time, after the third consecutive poor harvest in west Africa. Ghana and Ivory Coast, which together produce more than half of the global cacao crop, have been hit by extreme weather supercharged by the climate crisis and the El Niño weather phenomenon. This has been exacerbated by disease and underinvestment in ageing plantations.

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US National Park Service sued over plan to trap Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-29 11:20

Activists say plan to remove 200 felines near Old San Juan fortress within six months is not enough time and worry cats will be killed

A non-profit organization said Thursday that it sued the US National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the US territory.

The lawsuit filed by Maryland-based Alley Cat Allies comes four months after the federal agency announced it would contract an animal welfare organization to remove an estimated 200 cats that live in an area surrounding a historic seaside fortress in Old San Juan.

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Mammals battle for life in new Attenborough series

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-29 10:48
The six-part series 'Mammals' will air this Sunday at 19:00 GMT.
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WCI Markets: Continued CCA volatility as WCAs see rally

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 10:21
California Carbon Allowances (CCA) declined while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) rallied during the Mar. 21-27 period, as market participants remarked on the unexpected volatility following North American Carbon World (NACW) in San Francisco.
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BC takes steps to maintain Ottawa’s oil and gas emissions cap policy beyond next federal election

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 09:39
British Columbia will introduce legislation to “backstop” federal plans to impose an emissions cap on Canada’s oil and gas sector, the province announced Friday, in an effort to defend the measure against the risk of cancellation by a new administration in Ottawa.
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Canadian carbon offset investor reports big net loss amid falling credit prices

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 08:19
A Canada-headquartered voluntary carbon offset originator on Thursday reported an annual net loss of $35.5 million (C$48.1 mln) in 2023 amid halved credit sale prices, despite ongoing restructuring efforts to reduce operating costs.
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Last coal plant in New England to close by 2028 amid pressure by green groups, regulators

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 07:37
The last coal-fired power plant in New England will close by 2028, its owner announced this week, handing environmental activists a victory.
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Tight cookstove emissions methodology wipes out cheap abatement under $10, finds report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 03:48
Tightening the calculation of emissions from voluntary cookstove credits will almost wipe out abatement for under $10 per tonne, finds a report.
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Carbon insurer closes $10 mln investor raise

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 03:15
A US-based carbon credit insurance company has closed a $10 million investor raise, bringing several new firms on board and attracting the support of multiple angel investors.
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Demand ramping up in voluntary cookstove sector after pre-issuance credits snapped up, says financier

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 02:50
Nearly half of around 590,000 African voluntary credits from biomass improved projects were recently sold ahead of issuance, and above secondary market prices, a carbon financier told Carbon Pulse Thurdsay, after last week announcing a hefty investment into electric cookstoves.
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Chile approves first offsetting projects eligible for paying national carbon tax

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 02:50
Chile officially approved the first eight carbon projects eligible for payment of its $5/tonne national carbon tax Wednesday, operationalising a new offsetting mechanism announced last year.
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Canadian project developer buys 25,000 tonnes of BECCS removals credits from UK energy firm

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 02:43
A UK energy firm announced Thursday that it has reached a five-year agreement for the sale of 25,000 tonnes of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) credits to a Calgary-headquartered project developer at $350/tonne, according to a Thursday press release.
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German court bans airline from using REDD voluntary credits to offset emissions

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-29 02:27
A German court has ruled an airline should not have advertised flights as 'carbon neutral' because they were offset with voluntary credits from forestry conservation projects that could not ensure the promised compensation.
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