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Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says Japan seeking to make an example of him

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-02 13:36

In an interview from jail in Greenland with the AFP news agency, the anti-whaling activist said Tokyo has a vendetta against him

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has said that authorities in Tokyo are seeking to make an example of him, as he awaits a possible extradition to Japan, while in detention in a Greenland prison.

Speaking to the AFP news agency, the 73-year-old US-Canadian campaigner said his time behind bars has not prevented him from continuing his fight to save whales.

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Australian regulator reduces audit requirements for low risk plantation projects

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 13:31
Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has announced it is lowering audit requirements for low-risk, small scale plantation forestry projects.
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US DAC firm pauses development of Wyoming facility, decides to relocate to another state

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 08:02
A US direct air capture (DAC) firm has announced that it will pause its planned Wyoming facility and move its focus to another state in light of increased competition for renewable energy.
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Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay

BBC - Mon, 2024-09-02 07:29
A new expedition finds that a large part of the railing at the ship's front has fallen away.
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Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay

BBC - Mon, 2024-09-02 07:29
A new expedition finds that a large part of the railing at the ship's front has fallen away.
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Investment firm, startup secure UK Space Agency funding to integrate satellite data into natural capital strategies

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 07:15
A British-based investment firm has teamed up with a climate tech startup to secure a grant from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to fund a project that incorporates satellite data into natural capital investment decisions.
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‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahead

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-09-02 06:15
Earth’s climate has become dangerously unstable, and it’s only a matter of time before somewhere in Australia erupts in uncontrollable fire. David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Paraguay translating carbon markets law into regulation

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 06:09
On the heels of passing its 2023 carbon markets bill, the government of Paraguay has held participatory stakeholder workshops to translate the law into a practicable framework and to receive feedback on draft regulation.
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MP calls on NSW government to remove 51 shark nets after hundreds of dolphins and turtles killed last summer

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-02 01:00

Advocates against nets say sharks can easily swim underneath and drone surveillance is more effective

Experts, marine conservation groups and an MP are all urging the New South Wales government to ban anti-shark nets, which kill large numbers of turtles and dolphins, after 51 nets were installed along the state’s coastline.

Last summer more than 90% of marine animals caught in shark nets were not sharks, while more than half of the 208 non-target species caught – such as turtles, dolphins and smaller sharks – were killed, data showed.

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Why bother going on holiday when I can watch other people’s on TikTok? | Emma Beddington

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-09-01 23:00

I’ve discovered the perfect way to avoid the stress of travel, the mosquito bites and the overtourism. Plus, I can stay at home and tend my tomatoes while knowing I’m saving the planet

I haven’t been on holiday this summer, but don’t start tuning the tiny violins. I derive an unusual satisfaction from working when others aren’t (burning martyr is my preferred summer fragrance) and I don’t like change, or strange pillows. Plus, what would Susan, the pigeon who lives on our roof, and my bounteous crop of five unripe tomatoes do without me?

A summer holiday just doesn’t appeal. Is that weird? It feels as if the climate crisis is killing the notion of summer as something to look forward to and holiday hotspots (literally) are losing their lustre, with Greek islands reaching fatal temperatures and Sicily stricken with catastrophic drought.

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How a little-known 17th-century female scientist changed our understanding of insects

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-09-01 19:00

Maria Sibylla Merian’s beautiful and disturbing illustrations, which shaped how we look at the natural world, will be on show at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum

More than three centuries after she made a perilous transatlantic voyage to study butterflies, a rare copy of the hand-coloured masterwork by the great naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian is returning to Amsterdam.

The Rijksmuseum, which holds more than half-a-million books on art and history, last week announced it had acquired a rare first-edition copy of Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname (Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium), described as a high point of 18th-century book production when the Dutch Republic was “the bookshop of the world”.

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Tasmanians prepare to evacuate amid major flood warning as Victorians warned of destructive winds

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-09-01 12:40

The south-east of the country is taking a battering and there is more to come as a ‘very strong cold front’ moves through on Sunday

Tasmanian emergency services were urging residents and businesses along the Derwent River to prepare to evacuate on Sunday, while Victorians have been warned of destructive winds as wild weather batters the south-east of the country.

The Tasmanian state emergency service urged communities in Meadowbank, Glenora, Bushy Park, Gretna and Macquarie Plains to prepare for flooding, with authorities suggesting they could become isolated for several days. An evacuation centre has opened in New Norfolk.

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International development bank opens call for proposals to design Argentina cap-and-trade system

Carbon Pulse - Sun, 2024-09-01 09:05
An international development bank this week invited expressions of interest to provide consulting services for a project to design a cap-and-trade system for Argentina.
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Aerospace giant to acquire British-based climate tech startup targeting aviation emissions

Carbon Pulse - Sun, 2024-09-01 08:46
A major US-based aerospace firm has agreed to acquire a British climate tech startup focussed on reducing the environmental impact of aviation.
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BRICS countries agree to partner on carbon market development

Carbon Pulse - Sun, 2024-09-01 05:59
Representatives from the BRICS bloc of emerging economies on Friday agreed to work together on carbon markets.
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Sheep movement restricted in Norfolk and Suffolk amid bluetongue disease

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-09-01 03:09

Several cases have been confirmed and cattle are being kept in restricted zones

The movement of sheep and cattle has been restricted in Norfolk and Suffolk after several confirmed cases of bluetongue disease.

A restricted zone has been put in place to “mitigate the risk of further cases of disease occurring”, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

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