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LCFS net credit surplus rises to new records in Q4

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 09:50
California Low Carbon Fuel Standard's (LCFS) cumulative surplus bank once again soared to new heights as net credits for the last quarter of 2023 rose to record levels, according to state data published Tuesday.
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Scientists work to make healthier white bread

BBC - Wed, 2024-05-01 09:25
The research aimed at lovers of white bread has been funded by the government to improve the health benefits of UK food.
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Major carbon removals buyer calls for reconciliation between corporate claims and national goals

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 09:25
A major carbon dioxide removals (CDR) buyer has outlined how private sector CDR claims can coexist with national emissions accounting, as the firm continues its efforts to scale the nascent market.
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US releases handbook to guide emerging economies in CCUS development, implementation

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 09:22
The US Department of Commerce released Tuesday a handbook intended to guide emerging economies in developing and implementing frameworks to catalyse investment into carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects worldwide.
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High taxpayer cost, minimal industrial participation plague Canada’s C$8 bln decarbonisation fund -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 08:14
Ineffective management and incomplete data collection in Canada’s Net Zero Accelerator Initiative cost taxpayers upwards of C$523 ($380) per tonne of emissions reductions, while only two of the country's large emitters have committed to the programme, according to the Office of the Auditor General.
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Net losses skyrocket for Canadian carbon consultancy from expanded offset investments

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 07:51
A British Columbia-based carbon consultancy nearly quadrupled its net loss in fiscal year 2023 due to increased expenses related to expanding its offset portfolio.
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Wondering what Australia might look like in a hotter world? Take a glimpse into the distant past

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-05-01 06:07
The fossil record suggests Australia may be much wetter, and look far different, in centuries and millenia to come. Tim Flannery, Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne Josephine Brown, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Kale Sniderman, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Partnership to provide best practices guidance, advance voluntary carbon market in Yucatan

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 05:25
The Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI), in collaboration with the Yucatan government and global advisory firm Climate Focus, has announced a new partnership to establish best practice guidelines for voluntary carbon market (VCM) projects in the Mexican state.
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African Union to develop ‘Gold Standard’ for carbon offsets

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 04:41
The African Union Development Agency is looking for a consultancy service to develop an optimum standard for voluntary carbon offsets in Africa, to be labelled the ‘African Gold Standard’. 
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Durable carbon removal sales decline for third consecutive quarter

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 02:06
Durable carbon removals (CDR) saw their sales fall for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q1, according to a report.
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BRIEFING: UK regional airports take first steps to develop hydrogen infrastructure

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 02:05
Regional airports in the UK are taking steps to develop the infrastructure behind hydrogen-powered flight, as they seek to support the decarbonisation pathway best suited to their short-haul customer base, participants heard on a webinar on Tuesday.
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EU’s over-subscribed hydrogen bank auction awards €720 mln to seven projects

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 01:59
The EU ETS-funded European Hydrogen bank has awarded nearly €720 million to seven renewable hydrogen projects, following its first competitive bidding process, the European Commission announced on Tuesday.
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EU to take action against 20 airlines on greenwashing concerns

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 01:43
The European Commission, together with its 27 member states' consumer authorities, has initiated action against 20 airlines to look at potential greenwashing practices, including the use of voluntary carbon credits, the executive announced on Tuesday.
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Plastic-eating bacteria help waste self-destruct

BBC - Wed, 2024-05-01 01:42
Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development.
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G7 confirms commitment to end coal power by 2035, amid steps to help shift away from fossil fuels

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 01:34
G7 ministers confirmed their commitment to phase out unabated coal power generation by 2035, in a joint statement on Tuesday setting out how they intend to support and lead the global agreement to transition away from fossil fuels and sale up clean energy. 
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Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-01 01:00

Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floods

Beneath the turquoise waters off Heron Island lies a huge, brain-shaped Porites coral that, in health, would be a rude shade of purplish-brown. Today that coral outcrop, or bommie, shines snow white.

Prof Terry Hughes, a coral bleaching expert at James Cook University, estimates this living boulder is at least 300 years old.

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Man who allegedly kicked bison in Yellowstone park arrested for incident

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-05-01 00:59

Clarence Yoder was reportedly injured by animal in return, before police arrested him for disorderly conduct and other charges

A man who allegedly harassed bison at Yellowstone national park by kicking one of the animals was injured in return and arrested in the first such encounter at the famed site this year.

Officials said on Monday that police received a report about a man kicking a bison in the leg and being injured by one of the animals about seven miles from the park’s entrance, near Seven Mile Bridge, on 21 April.

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BRIEFING: Fourth round of UN plastic talks closes amid disappointment due to insufficient progress

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 00:41
The latest round of negotiations on the UN plastic treaty wrapped up on Monday with shy steps forward on the draft text, due to be finalised by the end of the year, though observers levelled criticism over the lack of progress on production cuts and funding mechanisms.
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Multiple Indonesian projects move step closer to issuance under Bangkok-based voluntary carbon registry

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 00:08
A total of 10 carbon offsetting projects have now cleared the preliminary assessment of a Bangkok-based voluntary carbon registry, and are poised to collectively generate more than 4 million carbon credits annually.
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INTERVIEW: UK waste-to-energy operator builds case as carbon removals business

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 00:03
The UK’s second-largest operator of waste-to-energy facilities is eying opportunities as a removals provider as it looks to roll out carbon capture across its portfolio and it receives an increasing proportion of biogenic waste.
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