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Exclusive: Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food types

The amount of pesticide residue allowed on scores of food types in England, Wales and Scotland has soared since Brexit, analysis reveals, with some now thousands of times higher.

Changes to regulations in Great Britain mean more than 100 items are now allowed to carry more pesticides when sold to the public, ranging from potatoes to onions, grapes to avocados, and coffee to rice.

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‘Risk’ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to them, they will soon outweigh all others

The Irish sea captain who in 1751 discovered the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) – closely connected with, though not identical to, the Gulf Stream – found a practical use for it: he used the frigid deeper water to cool his wine.

That may seem a rather frivolous response, but of course, Capt Henry Ellis had no idea that the oceanic pattern he had stumbled upon had been critical to the climate, the agriculture and indeed the entire development of western Europe. The same excuse can hardly be made for British and European governments today.

Anatol Lieven is director of the Eurasia programme at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and author of Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case

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The European Commission’s upcoming Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act will aim to improve the business case for the green transition in energy-intensive industries and the wider economy, a senior EU official has said.

Gold Standard and Singapore-based GenZero on Thursday announced they have teamed up with Rwandan government agencies to develop a pipeline of projects in the African country eligible to earn carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

A voluntary carbon investor has signed a deal for the offtake of 300,000 credits per year from a forest restoration initiative in Mexico.

A Tokyo-listed trading house has teamed up with two international partners to make the first batch of sustainable aviation fuel certified by the UN's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) available for purchase in Japan.

An environmental company and a water firm in the UK have secured funding from the government to develop a £580,000-project aimed at unlocking nature-based solutions to restore habitats and improve water management.

A World Bank unit and a Copenhagen-based agtech will collaborate to close the ‘finance gap’ in sustainable farming across Eastern Europe, according to a press release.

A Japanese brewery has partnered with researchers to explore the impacts of applying biochar to malting barley in order to store carbon eligible for J-Credits and at the same time boost soil microorganism biodiversity.

Marine biodiversity credit methodologies should focus on addressing quick shifts in aquatic ecosystem conditions to create reliable units for the market, an expert told a webinar on Wednesday.

China has launched a pilot programme for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with the first batch of flights carried by domestic airlines refuelled with green fuels this month, the country's aviation regulator announced Thursday.

Three Australian companies have announced their method to allow landholders to earn reef credits from improved grazing land management that seeks to boost soil health and improve water quality at the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has been approved by the market’s overseer.

Most bank decarbonisation targets are not fit for purpose and need to be revised to effectively reduce emissions, according to a report released this week.

Peter Dutton is due to explain his nuclear power policy at a CEDA event next week. Will he finally be fact-checked?

The post Peter Dutton is about to talk nuclear at CEDA. Will he be fact checked by Chris Uhlmann? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Landmark research finds 244m tonnes of organic carbon is stored in top 10cm of marine sediment in British waters

Seabed habitats could capture almost three times more carbon than forests in the UK every year if left undisturbed, according to a report published on Thursday.

Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (Sams) have calculated that 244m tonnes of organic carbon is stored in the top 10cm of UK seabed habitats. That includes seagrass meadows, salt marshes, kelp and mussel beds but most (98%) is stored in seabed sediments such as mud and silt.

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One of the Pacific’s largest airlines has announced a partnership with a sugar company and major development bank to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

We know what needs to be done. But our government is showing worrying signs of letting industry and developers control their environmental agenda.

The post Australia desperately needs a strong federal environmental protection agency. Its chances aren’t looking good appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The world’s most iconic soft-drink brand will meet its goal of using 100% renewables across its Australian operations by 1 January 2025 thanks to a newly signed VPPA.

The post Coca-Cola to hit 100 pct renewables in Australia one year early with new contract for NSW solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Boosting demand for low-carbon products is key if large-scale green industrial projects are to take off, according to a report published on Thursday.

A US-based non-profit has launched a platform allowing users to explore the world's largest base of voluntary carbon market (VCM) transactions.