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Researchers tap AI to create new class of carbon-capturing materials that “exhibit great promise”
Verra announces timelines for REDD+ overhaul, schedules new methodologies for 2025
WCI Markets: CCAs decline into Q1 auction, WCAs see days without trade
US fossil fuel exploration firm reaches multi-million dollar settlement for air pollution violation
Egypt approves certifiers for stalled national voluntary carbon market
Trinidad and Tobago: overturned barge leaks oil into Caribbean Sea – video report
An overturned barge has been leaking oil into the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, prompting authorities on the island nation to declare a state of emergency. Satellite imagery showed parts of the Trinidadian coast dyed black from the spill, and the leak began reaching nearby Venezuela and Grenada. Farley Augustine, chief secretary of Tobago’s House of Assembly, said: 'We need those responsible to come clean and we need those responsible to know that they have to pay for this mess, that they are culpable as part of this mess'
Trinidad & Tobago says oil spill from mystery vessel is national emergency
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela
France urged to double down its renewables energy – media
Shortage of CORSIA credits yet to show on airlines’ radar
Carbon capture a hot potato to pass to new class of European co-legislators
Heavy metals and E coli: raw sewage at US-Mexico border a ‘public health crisis’
The Tijuana River flows through Mexico and empties off California, carrying pathogens and chemicals and threatening public health
Raw sewage and runoff in the Tijuana River is exposing communities at the US-Mexico border to an unusual and noxious brew of pathogens and toxic chemicals, according to a report released this week.
Billions of gallons of sewage flow through the river, which winds north from Mexico through California and empties into the Pacific Ocean, containing a mix of carcinogenic chemicals including arsenic, as well as viruses, bacteria and parasites, according to public health researchers at San Diego State University, who published the report.
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Ill-judged tree planting in Africa threatens ecosystems, scientists warn
Research reveals area size of France is under threat by restoration projects taking place in unsuitable landscapes
Misguided tree-planting projects are threatening crucial ecosystems across Africa, scientists have warned.
Research has revealed that an area the size of France is threatened by forest restoration initiatives that are taking place in inappropriate landscapes.
Continue reading...British farmers plan more French-style tractor protests this weekend
Organisers call for ‘national effort’ to protest against low supermarket prices and cheap imports from post-Brexit deals
Farmers unhappy at low supermarket prices and cheap food imports from post-Brexit trade deals have vowed to renew their French-style protests with tractors this weekend.
Demonstrations modelled on those across the Channel in recent months have sprung up in the UK, most notably in Wales and southern England. On Thursday, Andrew Gibson, a farmer in Kent who has been centrally involved in organising previous actions, said more were to come.
Continue reading...Zero plans for public onshore windfarms submitted last year in England
Lack of activity persists despite lifting of ban on projects last year, and contrasts with 46 applications made in Scotland
No new proposals for general-use windfarms were submitted for planning permission in England last year, despite the government’s much-vaunted relaxation of planning restrictions.
Only seven applications were submitted for onshore wind turbines for the whole of 2023 in England, new data from the government has shown, and all of those developments were for the replacement of existing turbines or for private sites, where the energy produced is destined for a particular consumer, such as a business.
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