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Australian regulator fines carbon developer hopeful over greenwashing allegations

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 14:46
An Australian fertiliser company has been fined for greenwashing by the country’s market watchdog over claims it made regarding its aspirations to develop a reforestation carbon project in the Philippines.
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Denmark rolls out major initiatives to cut agricultural carbon emissions, restore nature

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 13:57
The Danish government and leading industry, agriculture, and environmental groups have agreed a major strategy to cut carbon from agriculture and restore nature that includes a tax on livestock emissions, conversion of farmlands to forest, and biochar subsidies.
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Resting cuckoo bees win insect photo competition

BBC - Tue, 2024-06-25 13:13
The winning images from this year's Royal Entomological Society Insect Week photography competition.
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Korean tech firm, Japanese exchange operator partner to accelerate Asian voluntary carbon market

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 13:00
The tech arm of a South Korean conglomerate has partnered with a Japanese carbon exchange operator to drive expansion of voluntary carbon trading across Asia, they announced Tuesday.
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Washington’s cap-and-invest participation picks up in Q2

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 11:27
The number of entities registered with active accounts in Washington’s cap-and-trade scheme increased in Q2 despite the looming possibility of a programme repeal.
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Rio Tinto wants biofuels feedstock production to be eligible to earn ACCUs

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 10:34
Australian miner Rio Tinto has urged the federal government to allow farming projects that grow feedstock for biofuels and renewable diesel to be able to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).
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Canada outlines CCUS investment tax credit guidance

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 09:04
The Government of Canada released guidance to implement a batch of clean economy tax credits, including a carbon capture, utilisation, and storage investment tax credit (CCUS ITC), as part of its fall economic statement provisions.
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Voluntary carbon market to hit $100 bln by mid-2030s, driving environmental, economic, social benefits -ratings agency

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 09:01
A $100 billion global voluntary carbon market would support sustainable development, reduce carbon, restore land equivalent to the size of Peru, and create millions of jobs - but work is needed to improve the market's integrity and transparency, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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Traders mostly shorten net length across North American carbon markets

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 08:44
Covered entities widened RGGI allowance (RGA) net length while traders mainly reduced holdings across California Carbon Allowances (CCAs), with muted activity in Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs), according to weekly data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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RGGI Market: RGAs hover below peaks in the absence of programme review news

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 08:24
RGGI Allowance (RGA) values edged up even as market activity tapered off, partly driven by higher temperature forecasts across the Northeast, amid ongoing silence from the scheme's administrator regarding updates to the Third Program Review.
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Here’s how to create jobs for First Nations Australians in the clean energy transition

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-06-25 07:43
Our new report makes 12 recommendations for how industry, government, educators and First Nations communities can create jobs and fulfilling careers in clean energy. Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Ruby Heard, PhD candidate in energy justice, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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US DAC company announces $475 mln investment into two Louisiana facilities

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-06-25 06:14
A California-based direct air capture (DAC) company announced Monday a $475 million investment towards two DAC facilities in northwestern Louisiana with a combined expected annual capacity of nearly 320,000 tonnes of CO2.
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No nuclear veto: if the Coalition isn’t seeking community consent, is that really consultation?

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-06-25 06:08
The Coalition is sending mixed messages on community consultation when it comes to nuclear power. If the community never has the authority to influence the outcome, is it actually “consultation”? Diane Sivasubramaniam, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology Samuel Wilson, Associate Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Extreme wildfires are on the rise globally, powered by the climate crisis

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-06-25 06:08
An analysis of 88 million wildfire observations over the past 21 years shows a strong increase in the frequency and intensity of the most extreme fires around the world. Calum Cunningham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pyrogeography, University of Tasmania David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Grant Williamson, Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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