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Germany’s coalition government has agreed a diminished draft budget for its national climate and energy transition fund for 2025, and attracted criticism for optimistic assumptions about emissions trading revenue.

They threaten our drinking water and refuse to budge. But non-lethal methods are the only advisable ways to deal with the infestation

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There are eight pigeons living on my shed roof. That itself is a small victory: it has taken two years, 60 metres of anti-bird mesh, daily patrolling for and disposing of eggs and countless hours running around waving a rake to get them out of the shed. They nested in our hay, ruining the top row of bales. They pooed on everything. When we purchased this property, we inherited piles of guano half a foot deep. We haven’t yet relaxed enough to remove the drop cloths.

Now the pigeons are sitting on the eaves, clogging up the gutters (which also supply our drinking water) with poo, and pooing in the stock troughs. When my horse was hospitalised with gastroenteritis, I blamed the pigeons until my vet said that while they do carry salmonella (wonderful!), Mickey would likely be much sicker if he’d caught something from them.

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A network of battery-backed mini solar farms installed on Australia's commercial and industrial rooftops could help usher out coal, and remove the need for big transmission upgrades.

The post Business power: Batteries and solar could help kick out coal with less new transmission, if price is right appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A carbon standard's biochar registry has received a conditional endorsement from the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), the industry trade group announced on Monday.

Carbon Pulse rounds up developments in Latin American and Caribbean carbon markets for the fortnight ending Aug. 18, which saw state actors make increasingly hands-on interventions in the domestic and regional voluntary carbon market (VCM).

A global insurance broker and risk advisor has announced the launch of a new insurance solution for the transport and storage of CO2.

The Colombian ministry of environment has announced an agreement with the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon to value their contribution and strengthen their participation in conserving and restoring the rainforest in the lead-up to the COP16 UN biodiversity talks.

European carbon prices advanced on Monday morning as demand from coal-fired generation was said to be picking up amid a shift in relative margins from gas to coal for some delivery periods, while energy prices also firmed as gas traders continued to fret over storage levels that are now below 2023 levels.

A Seattle-headquartered forestry firm will issue 100,000 improved forest management (IFM) carbon credits in 2024, according to the company’s Q2 results.

A carbon ratings agency has partnered with a bank to “bring transparency to carbon markets in the UAE”, the two companies said on Monday.

A direct air capture and storage (DACS) project has launched in France, boasting high energy efficiency and representing the first onshore CO2 removal project of its kind in the EU, the developers claim.

Shanghai Electric’s latest alkaline electrolyser will help to improve the economics of green hydrogen by being more energy efficient, boasting a higher production rate, an executive told Carbon Pulse.

An interactive entertainment company has purchased the first batch of biodiversity credits generated through a nature restoration project in the UK at approximately £50 per unit, Carbon Pulse has learned.

A group of six organisations, including Japanese shipping firm  Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), have come together to launch a feasibility study on the production and use of biomethane from animal manure in order to fuel the country’s factories and vessels, a statement released Monday said.

A Qatar-based organisation has launched a new platform to host the auctioning of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), it said Monday.

A group of investors have announced a partnership focused on the certification and management of rainforest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in collaboration with the government, with plans to launch a carbon credit investment bank, they said Monday.

The Queen guitarist has led a 10-year study to combat bovine TB spread and help end badger culling.

Increasing amounts of technology means Australian schools are consuming energy at an ever-increasing rate. Rob Bruer, the co-founder and CEO of Solar Schools, outlines a case for installing solar and batteries in every school.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Why solar and batteries should be installed in every school appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gusts of up to 62mph made waters around islands unsafe; and Hurricane Ernesto passed over Bermuda

Hundreds of people were evacuated as flash flooding struck homes and holiday lets in the Balearic Islands last week, with many parts receiving about 100mm of rain within 24 hours.

Heavy downpours and severe thunderstorms hit the islands on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing hail and strong winds. The local authorities told people not to leave their homes on Wednesday, when the weather was at its worst. The town of Sóller, on Mallorca, received the highest 24-hour total of 114mm, but 68mm of this fell within just one hour, with 19mm falling in 10 minutes.

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Lightsource BP secures finance for its 168MW Kōwhai Park solar project planned for construction at the Christchurch Airport.

The post New Zealand’s biggest solar farm secures finance to go ahead at Christchurch Airport appeared first on RenewEconomy.