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German multinational enters African soil carbon market with first Kenyan projects

Carbon Pulse - 3 hours 6 min ago
A German multinational has partnered with a business consortium in Kenya to facilitate soil carbon offset projects in the East African nation and across the continent.
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Europe’s industrial slump not caused by EU ETS – for now, say analysts

Carbon Pulse - 3 hours 14 min ago
The share of carbon in the cost structure of industries covered by the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is currently too small to cause deindustrialisation on its own, but will become a growing cause for concern in the coming years, analysts said.
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I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic | Clive Lewis

The Guardian - 4 hours 8 min ago

The decision to expand Heathrow is just the latest evidence that my party is chasing policies that serve profit, not people

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s recent “big growth agenda” speech wasn’t just the expression of a vision for the economy. It was also a warning shot to wavering Labour MPs. The message was blunt: get on board with the government’s economic strategy or step aside. Growth, we were told, is the non-negotiable mission.

This was not a sudden shift but a reaffirmation of her stance at Davos, where she made clear that “the answer can’t always be no”. That answer, now firmly codified, prioritises GDP growth above all else. Heathrow airport expansion is in; net zero, bats and newts are out. The promise? A revitalised economy, busy high streets and more bobbies on the beat – a Labour-friendly vision of progress designed to bolster morale and stuff leaflets with “good news” ahead of the next election.

Clive Lewis is the Labour MP for Norwich South

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Week in wildlife in pictures: a new shrew, itchy deer and tortoises on rafts

The Guardian - 4 hours 8 min ago

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Rio Tinto partners with Norway’s leading aluminium firm to cut emissions with carbon capture

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 13 min ago
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and a Norwegian aluminium producer announced this week a five-year partnership worth $45 million to develop carbon capture technologies in a bid to reduce emissions from aluminium smelting.
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Philippines’ first Indigenously co-owned REDD+ project targets Verra registration

Carbon Pulse - 5 hours 54 min ago
Global non-profit Conservation International (CI) is looking to establish what it says is the first indigenously co-owned carbon project in the country, using Verra's latest REDD+ methodology.
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WCI Markets: “Skittish” CCAs briefly sniff sub-$30

Carbon Pulse - 9 hours 41 min ago
Benchmark California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) traded below $30 for the first time in nearly two years as rulemaking uncertainty continued to weigh on the market, while earlier-dated Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) lost more ground this week.
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North Dakota Senate considers low carbon fuel fund to pave way for SAF production

Carbon Pulse - 10 hours 55 min ago
North Dakota's legislature will consider a bill that promotes carbon capture and storage (CCS) to allow ethanol producers to lower their carbon intensity (CI) and qualify for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production credits.
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Farmers in bird flu 'panic' call for UK vaccine plan

BBC - 11 hours 21 min ago
Vaccinating poultry against bird flu is still not allowed in the UK despite a rise in farm outbreaks.
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Australia’s CEFC, NAB team up with to offer A$300 mln to reduce emissions

Carbon Pulse - 11 hours 28 min ago
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and National Australia Bank (NAB) announced a A$300 million ($186 mln) co-financing programme to help manufacturers, businesses and farmers transition to net zero emissions.
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While you sleep, these insects are working hard on the night shift to keep our environment healthy

The Conversation - 11 hours 29 min ago
Artificial lights at night are causing serious disruption to these insect night shift workers. That’s a problem for everyone. Tanya Latty, Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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US transportation secretary rescinds emissions reductions mandate for highways

Carbon Pulse - 12 hours 11 min ago
State transportation departments will no longer be required to establish highway emissions reductions targets, according to measures taken by the new US transportation secretary on Wednesday.
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Deeper reforms targetting flawed accounting, perverse incentives needed to preserve voluntary carbon market -researchers

Carbon Pulse - 13 hours 13 min ago
Despite improvements made in the past few years, “deeper and more comprehensive reforms” are required - in particular to address flawed accounting approaches and perverse incentives - in order to assure the voluntary carbon market’s longer-term sustainability, a new academic paper warns.
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Shell Canada exits Alberta oilsands, raises CCS stake

Carbon Pulse - 13 hours 17 min ago
Canadian oil and gas giant Shell Canada is officially out of Alberta’s oilsands, increasing its carbon capture and storage (CCS) stake in an existing project.
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Microplastics in placentas linked to premature births, study suggests

The Guardian - 13 hours 39 min ago

Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births

A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in those from full-term births.

The levels were much higher than previously detected in blood, suggesting the tiny plastic particles were accumulating in the placenta. But the higher average levels found in the shorter pregnancies were a “big surprise” for the researchers, as longer terms could be expected to lead to more accumulation.

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Net-zero Canada dream limits economic growth -report

Carbon Pulse - 14 hours 23 min ago
Canada’s plans to reduce emissions could cost workers thousands of dollars, and a quarter-million jobs by the half-century, according to a new report.  
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UK proceeds with technical ETS changes aimed at transparency, simplification

Carbon Pulse - 15 hours 23 min ago
The UK ETS Authority intends to move forward with proposed technical and operational changes to the market, aimed at creating more transparency, maintaining parallels with the EU ETS, and simplifying compliance, it announced on Thursday evening.
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