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WCI Markets: CCAs rebound from Wednesday price rout, WCAs converge toward Q1 auction low

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 09:38
California Carbon Allowance (CCAs) prices start to recover from an unprecedented wave of selling mid-week ahead of options expiring Friday, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) lurched another leg lower after the first auction for 2024 settled near the floor price.
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International tribunal dismisses Koch lawsuit over $30 mln loss from cancelled Ontario carbon market

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 08:55
An international tribunal has dismissed Koch Industries' lawsuit challenging the 2018 cancellation of Ontario’s cap-and-trade programme, according to media reports, absolving Canada of the US$30 million loss claimed by the company.
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US DOE calls on private sector to purchase carbon dioxide removal credits

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 08:01
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent Thursday to foster further private spending on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits by connecting suppliers and buyers, alongside creation of a leaderboard of purchases.
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US SEC climate disclosure rule deluged with lawsuits from industry and climate groups

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 06:57
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is already facing legal challenges from all sides less than a week after approving the highly anticipated climate disclosure rules, alleging that the regulations are both inadequate and excessively restrictive.
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US DOE eyes Q2 2025 completion of natural gas supply chain emissions reporting framework

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 06:42
The US Department of Energy (DOE) detailed its timeline for the development of a globally-recognised Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) framework for the natural gas supply chain at a webinar Thursday.
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Meet the kowari: a pint-sized predator on the fast track to extinction

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-03-15 05:25
Blink and you’ll miss it. The kowari is a charismatic marsupial carnivore that needs our help. Katherine Moseby, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Katherine Tuft, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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UK scheme to spur take-up of heat pumps delayed after gas lobby pressure

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-03-15 03:28

Mechanism is vital to boost the ‘only viable option’ to decarbonise emissions from heating homes, says green charity

The government has delayed by a year its scheme for spurring the take-up of heat pumps, under pressure from the gas boiler industry.

The clean heat market mechanism is intended to force heating installers to fit more low-carbon heat pumps, to meet the UK’s net zero greenhouse gas emissions target and save energy.

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Carbon insurer, biochar producer insure voluntary credits against invalidation

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 02:56
A carbon insurance company offering credits “pre-wrapped” with insurance through several partnerships has teamed up with a biochar producer to offer the world’s first invalidation-insured biochar credits.
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EU bank to invest millions in climate resilience of Rwanda’s farming sector

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 02:50
The international arm of the European Investment Bank, EIB Global, will help farmers in Rwanda face climate change under a financing agreement announced on Thursday as part of the EU Global Gateway initiative.
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Elon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever'

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-15 02:17
The world's most powerful rocket makes a huge leap in progress in its third test flight.
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Elon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever'

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-15 02:17
The world's most powerful rocket makes a huge leap in progress in its third test flight.
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Elon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever'

BBC - Fri, 2024-03-15 02:17
The world's most powerful rocket makes a huge leap in progress in its third test flight.
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Agri SMEs in five EU nations get millions of euros to decarbonise

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 01:28
Small and medium-sized agricultural businesses in five European countries will receive new funds from HeavyFinance, a Lithuania-based financial technology company, to remove 0.376 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year for every €1,000 invested.
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Heating and cooling decarbonisation key to EU’s post-2030 emission cuts, groups say

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 01:22
The European Commission's climate policies from 2030 need to prioritise the phaseout of fossil fuels and reduction of emissions in the heating and cooling sector, a coalition of industry associations and NGOs said on Thursday.
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English directors could be personally liable for failing to consider nature risks, lawyers say

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 01:18
English and Welsh company board directors could be personally liable for breaching their duties by failing to consider relevant nature-related risks, leading to employment termination with financial consequences, lawyers said on Wednesday.
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Switzerland’s biggest asset managers support business activities harmful to nature, Greenpeace says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 00:57
Some of the largest asset managers with operating in Switzerland including BlackRock have failed to take action against companies whose business activities lead to biodiversity loss while worsening the climate crisis, a Greenpeace Switzerland report has said.
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Shell cuts carbon target but likely to boost voluntary credit buying

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-03-15 00:39
Shell has watered down its net carbon intensity targets after warning the pace of the green revolution is wavering, but the oil and gas major is still likely to boost its voluntary credit buying.
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