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Former EU environment chief hits out at plans to delay anti-deforestation law

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-10-03 14:00

Credibility ‘damaged’ by proposed 12-month delay, which followed lobbying from governments and firms around the world

A former top environment official has said the EU’s credibility on its climate commitments has been damaged by plans for a one-year delay to a law to combat deforestation that followed intense lobbying from companies and governments around the world.

Virginijus Sinkevičius, a Lithuanian MEP who was the environment commissioner until mid-July, said postponing the deforestation regulation would be “a step backward in the fight against climate change”.

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Nature in England at risk as amount of protected land falls to 2.93%, data shows

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-10-03 14:00

Experts are calling for ‘rapid rescue package’ for nature to improve condition of protected sites

The amount of land that is protected for nature in England has fallen to just 2.93%, despite government promises to conserve 30% of it by 2030, new data reveals.

Campaigners are calling for a “rapid rescue package for UK nature”, as government delegates head to Cop16, the international nature summit, which will take place from 21 October in Colombia. They intend to ask other countries to stick to ambitious nature targets.

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The secret life of greater gliders: sneezes, squabbles and a brand-new baby – video

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-10-03 12:14

A camera installed inside a tree hollow in a New South Wales is capturing the lives of a family of greater gliders, eastern Australia’s largest gliding possums. Australian National University ecologist Dr Ana Gracanin installed the camera – which is now streaming live – to raise awareness about the plight of the endangered animal. Habitat destruction, including land clearing, logging and climate-fuelled bushfires, have led to greater glider populations declining by 80% in some areas

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Long-time European utility carbon trader joins Dutch bank

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 11:22
A European carbon trader that spent the past 20+ years in various roles at energy companies has joined a Dutch bank.
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US regulators charge former CQC boss Newcombe, ex-COO with fraud in landmark VCM case

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 08:55
US regulators have charged Ken Newcombe, the former CEO of project developer CQC Impact Investors LLC (CQC), and the company's ex-COO with fraud, accusing them of submitting false, misleading, or inaccurate reports relating to the generation of voluntary carbon credits.
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CAR adopts Argentina livestock methane protocol

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 08:21
The Climate Action Reserve (CAR) adopted Wednesday its Argentina Livestock Protocol Version 1.0, which intends to provide guidance to account for and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions via the capture and destruction of methane from livestock farms.
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Large-scale Illinois CO2 injection well pauses operations following EPA violation

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 06:50
A large-scale CO2 well in Illinois has paused injection for two weeks as operators diagnose an underground leak that resulted in a permit violation notice from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August, according to documents shared with Carbon Pulse.
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Irish climate tech firm joins European Space Agency incubation programme

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 06:30
An Irish company specialising in carbon removal (CDR) via industrial hemp has joined the European Space Agency's (ESA) national business incubation programme, it announced Wednesday.
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More consumption, more demand for resources, more waste: why urban mining’s time has come

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-10-03 05:45
Urban mining recovers valuable resources from the vast amounts of waste cities produce. Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Lecturer in Sustainability| Business and Accounting Discipline, Charles Darwin University Matthew Abunyewah, Research Fellow, The Australasian Centre for Resilience Implementation for Sustainable Communities, Charles Darwin University Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Australian shipping tech developer to design CO2 tanks for bulk marine transport

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 05:00
Two shipping companies from Asia Pacific announced on Tuesday a collaboration to further marine transport of CO2 for long distances and large cargo volumes.
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Brazil miner teams with European hydrogen company for green steel manufacturing

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 04:31
A global mining company is partnering with a European hydrogen outfit to develop a green hydrogen production facility in Brazil to be used in the manufacturing of European green steel, the companies announced Tuesday.
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Current voluntary carbon credit pricing ‘misleading’, says BP exec

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 04:29
Carbon credit price dynamics in the voluntary market are currently "misleading", with a few big tech buyers paying a lot for small volumes, while everything else is going for low prices, a senior figure at BP said on Wednesday.
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Portugal publishes voluntary carbon market regulations

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 03:42
Portugal's government has published regulations that will establish an electronic platform for its voluntary carbon market (VCM), which paves the way for registering projects and issuing credits.
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Peru’s national carbon registry looks to launch by COP29 -official

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 03:37
Peru's environmental ministry aims to launch the country's carbon registry by November's COP29 UN climate summit in Baku, a senior official told the Peru Carbon Forum on Wednesday.
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