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Vermont details study of potential state cap-and-invest programme

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 07:11
Vermont officials held a public webinar Thursday detailing their legislatively-mandated study on the potential of a state cap-and-invest programme to drive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.
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EU ETS non-compliance rate dips following surrender deadline extension

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 07:05
The share of EU ETS-regulated installations and aircraft operators that are in non-compliance with the scheme has dropped below 3% for the first time in four years, after the annual permit surrender deadline was extended by five months.
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Japan-led AZEC could deepen fossil fuel reliance in the region, report says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 07:00
Japan's regional energy transition initiative featuring the promotion of nascent technologies could in turn deepen developing countries' reliance on coal or liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to a report released Friday.
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How we created a beautiful native wildflower meadow in the heart of the city using threatened grassland species

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-10-04 06:56
A project in Melbourne’s Royal Park has proved city parks and streets can be used as sites for nature repair that help endangered ecosystems and species to survive. Katherine Horsfall, PhD Candidate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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US DOE awards more than $71 mln to 16 regional DAC hub projects

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 06:48
A national laboratory of the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced Wednesday that it has awarded over $71 million to 16 regional direct air capture (DAC) hub projects across the US.
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ANALYSIS: Voluntary carbon market must stop ‘infighting’ and own the narrative to usher in new era

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 05:30
Changing the narrative, such as dropping ‘offsetting’ language, will be crucial to navigating a successful transition away from years of scandal for the voluntary carbon market, but this will be contingent on the sector coming together and controlling the narrative, experts told a conference this week.
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BRIEFING: Peru is open for carbon business, say officials

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 04:50
Peru supports voluntary carbon market (VCM) growth and will work with the private sector to boost domestic supply and demand, according to two newly-appointed officials heading up public agencies.
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Analysts slash UKA price forecast after govt proposes delay to second phase

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 03:34
Analysts from a consultancy have slashed their forecast for UK Allowance prices in 2025 by 9% and their 2026 outlook by 13% after the British market regulator sought views on a plan to delay the start of the market's second compliance phase by one year to align any changes in supply with the start of the country's carbon border tariff.
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Washington outlines ODS protocol considerations for updates to cap-and-invest offsets rulemaking

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 03:14
Washington’s Department of Ecology (ECY) detailed preliminary proposals for revisions to its Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) protocol under its cap-and-trade programme, incorporating changes to increase stringency based on the best available science.
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Colombia-based carbon standard applies to ICVCM for integrity label eligibility

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 02:44
An international carbon standard based in Colombia has applied to the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) for programme eligibility under its Core Carbon Principle (CCP) system.
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BRIEFING: High integrity in nature-based credits still major challenge even with standards reform, say experts

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 02:21
Determining “high integrity” in nature-based credits remains a major challenge even with ongoing reforms to carbon standards, experts told an industry conference on Wednesday.
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UK poised to confirm £22 bln for two CCUS clusters -report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 02:10
The UK government is poised to confirm around £22 billion of funding over 25 years for two carbon capture and hydrogen clusters on Friday, after years of promises, according to a news report.
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Europe to ramp up LNG imports next year if Russian gas transit stops, says IEA

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 02:08
Europe will likely need to import more liquefied natural gas next year, tightening global gas fundamentals, if Russian gas supplies through Ukraine are stopped entirely, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.
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Brewer to cut emissions by making beer using a heat pump in UK first

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-10-04 02:06

Hepworth in West Sussex replaces boiler with prototype generating 130C steam that could cut fuel costs by 40%

An independent brewery in West Sussex is poised to become the first in Britain to make its beer using an ultra-high-temperature heat pump in place of an oil boiler.

Hepworth Brewery expects to cut the emissions from wort boiling – an essential step in beer-making to extract flavour – by using a heat pump that can produce steam at a temperature of up to 130C.

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Indonesia’s decision to reopen sea sand export will lead to blue carbon crisis, destroy marine ecosystems -think tank

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 01:09
The Indonesian government’s decision to reopen sea sand export is likely to plunge the Southeast Asian nation into a blue carbon crisis, and harm its marine biodiversity, a report released this week has warned.
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US market infrastructure provider acquires LCFS, REC businesses

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 00:44
A US environmental commodities platform provider announced Thursday the acquisition of a revenue management company’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) services.
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Spider lovers scurry to Colorado as tarantula mating season gets under way

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-10-04 00:29

Hundreds of arachnophiles flock to La Junta to watch the creatures emerge in droves and look for love on the plains

Love is in the air on the Colorado plains – the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

It’s tarantula mating season, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate, and hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small farming town of La Junta to watch them emerge in droves.

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‘We are in deep shit’: EU steelmakers turn to Brazil for green iron, hoping to safeguard European jobs

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 00:26
Importing Brazilian iron briquettes made with green hydrogen could reduce carbon emissions by 80% and help the EU’s industry meet its climate target for 2030 while avoiding a social bloodbath, according to the European steel industry association.
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ANALYSIS: Article 6 can supplement finance goals at COP29

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-10-04 00:22
Article 6 is meant to create a UN carbon crediting and trading system, but it can also support adaptation and the overarching New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) financing target at COP29, experts have told Carbon Pulse.
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UK waste-to-energy operator rolls out carbon measurement technology

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-10-03 23:48
A UK waste-to-energy operator is set to launch a new carbon measurement technology across its operational facilities by the end of the year, it announced on Thursday.
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