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Titan sub disaster: Five key questions that remain

BBC - Sun, 2024-09-15 11:08
A public hearing is set to examine the events surrounding the catastrophic failure of Oceangate’s submersible.
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Magpie-swooping season is here. But you can avoid attack – if you play by their rules

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-09-15 06:00

From donning ‘pie-proof’ bike helmets to conversing with the songbirds, the key to avoiding avian conflict might be learning to speak their language, experts say

Down a gravel track in the backblocks west of Ipswich ride six middle-aged women. Their bikes are black, their shorts and exercise tops nondescript – but strapped atop their helmets are party hats.

“You know those little cone hats you used to wear as a kid?” Christina Slik says. “With the streamers on top and the reflective colouring?”

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CFTC: Financials stick with V25 CCA thesis, RGGI slides into shoulder season

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 10:58
Financial entities continued to bolster V25 California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings, reducing exposure to V24s over the week, while traders tempered RGGI net length as shoulder season weakness set in, according to data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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US appeals court gives EPA go-ahead to justify interstate air pollution regulation

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 09:55
A US federal appeals court on Thursday instructed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to respond to the concerns of the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and petitioners who effectively halted the regulator’s scheme to reduce interstate air pollution.
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EPA issues violation notice to Illinois CO2 injection operation due to leak

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 09:23
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has notified a large-scale carbon injection project in Illinois it has violated its operating permit following a CO2 leak that occurred in 2023, according to documents shared with Carbon Pulse.
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California state Republicans propose bills to reform LCFS, cap-and-trade

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 09:20
California Republicans have introduced legislation to exempt gas from the state's cap-and-trade scheme, as well as freeze impending amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with the overall aim to reduce retail gasoline prices.
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US Democrats introduce legislation for carbon scoring, penalties for fossil fuel firms

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 08:34
Democrats in the US Congress introduced separate bills on Thursday that would require analysis of the effects on emissions from legislative proposals and charge fossil fuel companies for their historic CO2 output.
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ANALYSIS: Voluntary, regulated carbon markets need each another, but solving the supply bottleneck will take years

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 04:12
Voluntary and regulated carbon markets need one another, international stakeholders told a World Bank-convened event this week, but creating the right investment conditions to scale supply and blur the lines between the two forms of pricing mechanisms will take years.
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European utilities push back on “disruptive” electricity market reforms

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 03:20
Measures to lower electricity prices for European industry to drive their global competitiveness, could severely dampen the business case for investments in clean power, warned European electricity trade association Eurelectric this week.
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EU identifies ‘ambition gap’ in national climate action plans

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 02:01
The European Commission has identified an “ambition gap” in the National Energy and Climate Action Plans (NECPs) adopted by EU countries, saying better planning and a tighter governance framework is needed to ensure the bloc delivers on its climate goals.
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PREVIEW: EU Parliament to debate new Commission, climate-agri nexus, amid Orban stress next week

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 01:59
The 720 members of the European Parliament are gearing up for holding confirmation hearings with the new commissioners-designate, and for holding a series of debates on climate and the bloc's agricultural sector, as they gather in Strasbourg next week for the first time after the summer break.
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Japan launches trial of nature coexistence support certificates

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 01:14
Japan’s environment ministry on Friday announced it is now accepting applications from companies seeking so-called nature coexistence support certificates, after the originally intended pilot late last year got delayed.
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‘Not on my watch’: how windfarms became a key issue in NSW local elections

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-09-14 01:00

From Port Stephens to Illawarra, candidates are running against renewable schemes because of ‘lack of consultation’

Part of what’s driving Mark Watson’s pitch for mayor is his opposition to a project he says is the talk of the town and the “biggest issue” in his coastal home’s history.

The former One Nation candidate for the state government is now running as an independent for mayor of Port Stephens. The coastal town just north of Newcastle overlooks the middle of the 1,800-square kilometre offshore windfarm zone off the Hunter, where the Albanese government plans a renewable energy hub to be operating by 2030.

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Plans scrapped for UK’s first ‘net zero’ coal mine that would have relied on carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 00:28
Planning approval for the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years has been quashed by a court because of unlawful claims the mine would be ‘net zero’ and have no impact on the emissions cuts required under the country’s Climate Change Act.
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Swiss group awards letter of support to biogas carbon project in Ghana under Article 6

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-09-14 00:10
The Swiss industry agency entrusted by its government with arranging Article 6.2 bilateral agreements has provided written and financial support to a biogas project in Ghana, a global forerunner in Paris Agreement carbon trading deals.
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Indonesia targets $65 bln in earnings from carbon trade by 2028

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-13 23:35
Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto, who comes to power next month after a February win at the polls, plans to generate and sell rain forest carbon credits worth a total of $65 billion by 2028, Reuters reported Friday, citing a government advisor.
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Biodiversity markets need ‘trust factor’ to scale, tech expert says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-13 22:21
Tech firms can give emerging biodiversity markets the 'trust factor' companies need to buy nature credits without fear of backlash, a data specialist told a webinar this week.
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How national parks failed nature – and how to fix them

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-13 22:20

The image of huge, glorious landscapes, where wildlife runs free under the protection of the state, is far from reality

What do you think of when you think of a national park? Is it a wide area of glorious natural beauty, where wildlife runs free under the protection of the state? Or is it a wide area mostly farmed by private landowners, in which nature is faring worse than outside its boundaries, and largely off-limits to the public?

In England, the reality is the latter, and this matters. The country is one of the most nature-depleted nations in the world, in the bottom 10% of nations for biodiversity. “Nature is in freefall in our national parks,” says Dr Rose O’Neill, the chief executive of the Campaign for National Parks (CNP).

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Australia’s new hydrogen paper confirms plans for all-green future

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-13 22:12
Australia has debuted a new national hydrogen strategy as part of its wider Future Made in Australia (FMIA) strategy which it says will cut CO2e emissions by between 93-186 million tonnes per year by 2050, with up to 15 Mt/year of green hydrogen produced at the same time and the Safeguard Mechanism driving hydrogen tech uptake by businesses keen to drop emissions.
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