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‘We all need a place to hide’: NHS workers take a breather – in pictures

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-07-04 16:00

From wildflower retreats and Novid rooms to locking yourself in a disabled toilet, hospital staff reveal where they go when they need a moment’s peace

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Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls | Jonathan Watts

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-07-04 15:00

It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather

A disrupted climate and diminished natural world are widening the dividing lines of ideological debate. Left unchecked, this will undermine democracy.

That may not be the first thing on the minds of British voters as they go to the polls on Thursday. It is probably also a minority view in the rest of Europe or the US, where people are too much in the thick of a polycrisis to consider anything outside politics and economics as usual. But from a distance, in my case from the Amazon rainforest, there is a very different explanation for the tremors being witnessed in the old world and the new.

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Taiwan carbon exchange likely to see first domestic offset transaction in September

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-04 13:56
A government-backed carbon exchange in Taiwan is likely to see the first transaction of domestically issued emissions reductions by late September or early October, according to local media reports.
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Watch: Mount Etna spits lava into the night sky

BBC - Thu, 2024-07-04 13:34
Europe’s tallest active volcano roared as it spewed lava from one of its largest craters.
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Shanghai to auction off 1 mln carbon allowances under municipal ETS

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-04 12:38
The Shanghai government will auction off 1 million carbon allowances under its emissions trading scheme at the end of this month to ensure regulated emitters can acquire enough permits for compliance purposes.
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Here’s how ‘microgrids’ are empowering regional and remote communities across Australia

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-07-04 12:28
Small renewable energy systems are replacing dirty diesel generators in remote communities. This study of 20 Australian microgrid feasibility projects reveals widespread benefits. Simon Wright, Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Circularity, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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No, UK weather is not being manipulated

BBC - Thu, 2024-07-04 12:02
False claims about weather manipulation and geoengineering have been spreading online. What are the facts?
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No, UK weather is not being manipulated

BBC - Thu, 2024-07-04 12:02
False claims about weather manipulation and geoengineering have been spreading online. What are the facts?
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Analysis highlights increased wildfire risks to forest carbon offset projects

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-04 11:41
Forest carbon projects are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate-related disasters including large-scale fires, according to a new analysis from an offset ratings agency.
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US court orders Oregon investor to pay over $120 mln for fraud, Ponzi scheme involving carbon offsets

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-04 11:10
An Oregon-based investor and his associated firms have been ordered by a US judge to pay over $120 million in restitution and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme and committing fraud related to digital asset investments and a carbon offset programme, a federal court ruled on Wednesday.
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Rare plants hidden in toys - and other trafficking tactics

BBC - Thu, 2024-07-04 10:04
How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.
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IVF help for wild rhinos from zoo cousins

BBC - Thu, 2024-07-04 09:47
Scientists are collecting eggs from rhinos in zoos in a bid to boost the gene pool of wild rhinos.
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IVF help for wild rhinos from zoo cousins

BBC - Thu, 2024-07-04 09:47
Scientists are collecting eggs from rhinos in zoos in a bid to boost the gene pool of wild rhinos.
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FEATURE: Legal, scientific scrutiny before ocean carbon-remover Running Tide ran aground

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-04 09:40
Maine-headquartered Running Tide, the now-shuttered ocean carbon removal project developer, saw only a handful of early buyers and investors patient enough to see through the company’s delivery of voluntary carbon credits, as critics slate and executives defend its efforts to scale up.
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Oregon releases draft CI model updates for state Clean Fuels Program

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-04 08:33
Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released Wednesday a series of draft updates to the state's Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies (OR-GREET) model used to assess carbon intensity (CI) for the Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP), ahead of a workshop next week to discuss proposed programme changes.
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