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Knowledge hub launched to advance nature-based solutions across UK
Fear of inflation from renewables spend “unfounded,” experts say
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Energy Insiders Podcast: The push for coal to play off the bench
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Not such a bright idea: cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space is a dangerous distraction
British Airways owner IAG inks deal to secure almost 1 bln litres of SAF over 14 years
South Dakota legislature approves suite of carbon pipeline bills
US DOE offers $30 mln to carbon conversion, capture projects in latest funding opportunity
Baiting foxes can make feral cats even more ‘brazen’, study of 1.5 million forest photos shows
INTERVIEW: Pet food company invests in oyster reef biodiversity credit pilot
Ofwat accused of cover-up over dinners with water companies
Calls for inquiry after regulator failed to declare hospitality with those it holds to account over sewage spills
The water regulator for England and Wales has been accused of a cover-up after failing to declare dinners its chairman had with water company executives at a private members’ club as hospitality.
The Guardian revealed earlier this month that the Ofwat chairman, Iain Coucher, went for dinner with the water company chairs at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, an exclusive private members’ club, to discuss how to quell public anger over bill rises and sewage spills. But there was no sign of these dinners on his official hospitality logs that were revealed under freedom of information requests from the Liberal Democrats.
Continue reading...Denmark faces major challenge to meet 2030 climate goal, says govt watchdog
El Niño forecast to drive record heat from the Amazon to Alaska in 2024
Coastal areas facing ‘enormous and urgent climate crisis’ as event supercharges human-caused global heating, scientists say
The current climate event known as El Niño is likely to supercharge global heating and deliver record-breaking temperatures from the Amazon to Alaska in 2024, analysis has found.
Coastal areas of India by the Bay of Bengal and by the South China Sea, as well as the Philippines and the Caribbean, are also likely to experience unprecedented heat in the period to June, the scientists said, after which El Niño may weaken.
Continue reading...INTERVIEW: Puro to apply for CORSIA eligibility, introduce three new voluntary carbon methodologies
US releases ecosystem services accounting guidelines for public agencies
UK gives £600m backing to Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘carbon bomb’ petrochemical plant
Campaigners say Ineos project in Antwerp will turbocharge plastic production on a scale not seen before in Europe
The UK government is providing a €700m (£600m) guarantee for the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to build the biggest petrochemical plant in Europe in 30 years that will turbocharge plastic production.
The huge petrochemical plant has been described as a “carbon bomb” by campaigners. Being constructed in the Belgian city of Antwerp by Ratcliffe’s company Ineos, it will bring plastic production to Europe on a scale not seen before, just as countries are trying to negotiate a binding global treaty to tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution.
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