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Pennsylvania House GOP unveils energy counterproposal to Shapiro’s cap-and-trade

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 05:37
Republican members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives unveiled last week a series of bills they say are intended to promote energy affordability and serve as a counterproposal to Governor Josh Shapiro's (D) energy transition plans that include the implementation of a cap-and-trade system to replace the state's participation in RGGI.
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Myrtle rust is lethal to Australian plants. Could citizen scientists help track its spread?

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-04-02 05:13
Bushwalkers with smartphones could help scientists track a fungus lethal to many of Australia’s most loved trees. Erin Roger, Sector Lead, CSIRO Alyssa Martino, PhD Candidate , University of Sydney Rebecca Paxton, Doctoral student, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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INTERVIEW: New global finance goal must drill down on who pays, where it goes, and how it’s tracked

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 02:29
The new global climate finance goal will have to drill down on details such as where the money comes from, where it is allocated, how it is monitored and verified, and, ideally, how to bolster integrity of carbon markets, according to a senior international climate finance official. 
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EU pumps four times more money into farming animals than growing plants

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-02 01:00

CAP scheme, which pays more to farms that occupy more land, drives ‘perverse outcomes for a food transition’, says study

The EU has made polluting diets “artificially cheap” by pumping four times more money into farming animals than growing plants, research has found.

More than 80% of the public money given to farmers through the EU’s common agriculture policy (CAP) went to animal products in 2013 despite the damage they do to society, according to a study in Nature Food. Factoring in animal feed doubled the subsidies that were embodied in a kilogram of beef, the meat with the biggest environmental footprint, from €0.71 to €1.42 (61p to £1.22).

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VCM Report: CORSIA voluntary carbon futures spike looks overblown

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-02 00:50
Voluntary carbon futures eligible for Phase 1 CORSIA soared past $20 on the ICE bourse last week in the wake of a UN decision to block the approval of new supply into the international aviation emissions offsetting scheme, although S&P Global kept its related spot price assessment at $11.50.
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Qantas and Virgin Australia put on notice over offsets following landmark decision on greenwashing

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-02 00:00

Dutch court ruling that KLM misled customers ‘wakeup call’ that decarbonisation plans should be credible, climate advocacy group says

Australian airlines could be found to have misled consumers in the way they present their net zero goals and market offset options during flight bookings, climate advocates have claimed, following a landmark legal decision on aviation “greenwashing”.

The warning from Climate Integrity, a new Australia-based advocacy group, follows a Dutch court late last month ruling that airline KLM misled customers with vague environmental claims, and that its affirmation to the goals of the Paris Agreement was “misleading and therefore unlawful”.

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ETS poses a “conundrum” to southern EU ports competing with North Africa, shippers council says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 21:01
The European Shippers Council has hit back at an NGO's claim that shipping companies are profiting from the ETS, countering that companies operating in southern EU countries will struggle to meet compliance obligations.
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UK at risk of summer water shortages and hosepipe bans, scientists warn

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-04-01 20:59

Hot and dry conditions could force measures despite country experiencing wettest 18 months since records began

The UK could face water shortages and hosepipe bans if this summer is hot and dry, despite having experienced the wettest 18 months since records began.

Leading scientists have said that because the UK is not storing its water properly, the country is vulnerable to the “all or nothing” rain patterns being experienced more frequently due to climate breakdown.

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FEATURE: EU governments scrambling to hire and train staff to deal with CBAM

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 20:55
EU governments are scrambling to hire and train staff to deal with the bloc's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), with some — such as Germany — yet to bring on anyone new, and others — such as Slovenia and Latvia — hoping Brussels will provide more guidance, representatives from the national competent authorities have told Carbon Pulse.
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Pakistan mulls taxing fossil fuels to limit demand, proposes carbon tax in upcoming federal budget

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 20:25
The federal government of Pakistan is considering imposing a carbon tax on fossil fuels to bring down their demand and is contemplating ways to include such a tax in its upcoming budget, officials have told a local media.
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South Korea should optimise carbon pricing for power sector transition -study

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 19:23
South Korea should take into account the factor of carbon pricing when assessing the implementation cost for a net zero electricity system, according to a recent study.
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Existing estimates of biodiversity loss can be unreliable, study finds

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 17:57
Ten of the most widely used datasets to measure biodiversity changes and inform conservation policies significantly underestimate the level of uncertainty, and could thus lead to unreliable extimations.
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Taiwanese trade group calls for local CBAM

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 14:02
One of the largest trade groups in Taiwan has urged the government to establish an emissions pricing framework for imported goods to prevent carbon leakage and sustain domestic companies' business competitiveness amid the emergence of international carbon taxes.
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Regenerative agriculture “not a silver bullet”, researchers say

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 10:55
Investors need to better understand the impact of regenerative agriculture practices without expecting them to solve all their nature and climate ambitions, according to executives at a non-profit investor network.
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Watching the watchdogs: Voluntary carbon market consortium launches oversight body to police regulators, raters

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-04-01 09:01
A consortium of project developers, trading firms, and other stakeholders has announced the launch of a new watchdog organisation aimed at policing efforts by regulators and rating agencies, with the aim of bringing even more integrity and transparency to the voluntary carbon market (VCM).
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Three-quarters of children want more time in nature, says National Trust

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-04-01 09:01

Charity publishes survey findings as it calls for youngsters to be no more than a 15-minute walk from green spaces

More than three-quarters of children want to spend more time in nature, the National Trust has found, as the conservation charity pushes ministers to ensure youngsters are no more than a 15-minute walk from green spaces.

Nearly two-thirds – 63% – of parents are able to take their children to nature spaces only once a week or less, citing accessibility as the main barrier, the survey of 1,000 children aged seven to 14 and 1,000 parents by the trust and the children’s newspaper First News found.

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Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-04-01 06:40
There’s so much we still don’t know about whales. Here’s 3 amazing new things we’ve learnt about whales lately: how humpback whales have sex and give birth – and how baleen whales sing underwater. Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Nile crocodiles and Burmese python among rare species seized in Spain

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-03-31 22:39

Other endangered animals rescued in 2023 included a burrowing parrot, an African spurred tortoise and a blood-eared parakeet

Specialist wildlife police in eastern Spain have rescued an exotic list of endangered animals over the past year, including a pair of Nile crocodiles, an African spurred tortoise weighing 25kg and a two-metre Burmese python.

The Seprona division of the Guardia Civil said in a statement on Sunday that its officers had recovered “numerous examples” of species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora during 2023.

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