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Asian CBAMs inevitable, but regional governments should collaborate, experts say

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-15 16:18
Asian equivalents to the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will inevitably emerge as a way to ensure cash stays in their respective countries that would otherwise go to Europe, experts told a conference Thursday.
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Madrid is one of the hottest cities on Earth. So why are so many of our trees being chopped down? | Felicity Hughes

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-08-15 16:00

Increasing tree cover in urban areas could reduce heat-related deaths – but a fight has ensued between corporate interests and residents

It’s 9pm on a blistering July night in Plaza de Santa Ana, a square at the heart of Madrid’s literary district. The thermometer has barely dropped below 39C, but despite the heat a 78-year-old woman climbs on to a bench to give an impassioned speech to a 200-strong crowd.

“Did you think we weren’t going to be here, Señor Almeida?” She scans the crowd, searching for José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Madrid’s mayor, while anguished cries of “Arboricida!” (tree murder) punctuate the silence. Her face is immediately recognisable. She is movie star Marisa Paredes, an actor immortalised in Almodóvar classics such as High Heels – just one of many activists trying to stop what seems like a concerted campaign to strip central Madrid of its trees.

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Salmon industry in key Tasmanian location should be cut to save Maugean skate, scientists advise government

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-08-15 15:49

Exclusive: Fish farms in Macquarie Harbour are the greatest threat to survival of ancient ray-like species, scientists advising Australian government find

Scientists advising the Australian government on how to save the threatened Maugean skate from extinction have recommended the salmon industry be either scaled back dramatically or removed from Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour after finding fish farms are the greatest threat to its survival.

The advice is included in a report by the government’s threatened species scientific committee that says the skate – an ancient ray-like species found only in the harbour in the state’s west – should be considered critically endangered.

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Minuscule wasps enlisted to fight off moths in new pest control strategy

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-08-15 15:00

Rentokil to use the wasps as a sustainable alternative to sprays in museums and homes

The newest recruits for the battle against moths will be the smallest pest control team in town.

Rentokil plans to release entosite parasitoid wasps into the nooks and crannies of museums, heritage sites and homes to stop moth infestations.

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The making of Australia’s first Dark Sky Community at Carrickalinga

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-08-15 12:41
This small coastal town’s efforts to reclaim the night skies for people and nature is truly inspirational. Here’s how you can help reduce light pollution and claim your own Dark Sky Place title. Sharolyn Anderson, Research scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Oregon details final considerations for policy changes to its clean fuels programme

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-15 11:39
Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) revisions will include an insurance mechanism for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects, validation mandates, and changes to third party verification provisions, in addition to carbon intensity (CI) model updates, the regulator confirmed Wednesday.
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Islands in the sky: could steep-sided hilltops offer safe haven to our threatened species?

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-08-15 11:39
Rewilding is helping to save species from the brink of extinction. But reintroducing species to islands or fenced havens have limitations. What if we could use flat topped mesas as well? Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral research fellow in conservation, University of Sydney Thomas Newsome, Senior lecturer in ecology, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Mexico’s Queretaro, environmental markets platform launch national carbon offsetting registry

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-15 10:35
The Mexican state of Queretaro and a Mexico City-based environmental markets platform launched Wednesday a national carbon credit registry tailored to local conditions, seeking to help facilitate the development of the nation's carbon market.
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ARB offset issuance YTD trails 2023 by 30%

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-15 10:30
California regulator ARB has doubled offset issuance over the latest three-week period compared to its prior biweekly distribution, yet is 30% behind year-to-date (YtD) levels at the same time in 2023.
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Study correlates IMO regulations’ reduced sulphur emissions to inadvertently accelerate global warming

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-15 10:17
In regulating sulphur emissions from ships, the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 2020 regulations may have inadvertently contributed to global warming, according to research released this week.
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UK big business to increase carbon credit spend tenfold, finds survey

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-15 09:01
Big business in the UK plans to buy much higher volumes of carbon credits than current levels to meet sustainability targets, finds a new survey.
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Cost of fighting flooding is soaking up English councils’ cash, ministers warned

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-08-15 09:01

District councils in low-lying areas say they have cut day-to-day services such as bin collections to fund pumping stations

The costs of preventing major floods caused by extreme weather and excessive rainfall have fuelled a growing financial crisis among district councils in low-lying areas of England, ministers have been warned.

Districts in the east of the country say they are having to cut day-to-day services such as bin collections to meet dramatic and unsustainable rises in payments levied to fund pumping stations used to protect communities from flooding.

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Climate standards need to encompass company’s broader influence on climate action -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-08-15 09:00
Current climate standards don't go far enough to incentivise the innovations needed to deliver on net zero, and should be expanded to include a company's broader influence on the planet, according to a new paper.
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