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Carbon accounting startup acquired by Singapore-based firm in multi-million deal

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 09:01
A London-based carbon-accounting startup is to merge with a Singapore-based climate tech company as part of a deal worth millions, boosting both companies' access to a growing $15 billion market.
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US power producer lowers 2042 emissions target, leans back on coal-fired plants

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 08:32
A gas-fired power producer with facilities across several US states has revised its energy portfolio framework finalised less than a year ago, now forecasting fewer CO2 cuts due to delayed retirements of coal-fired units and increased use of gas-powered electricity.
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RGGI Market: RGAs trade on high volumes as market looks for price equilibrium

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 08:26
RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices wound down from volatile activity in weeks prior but continued to trade at higher volumes last week, driven by compliance demand, market participants said.
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Climate risk analysis startup raises $3.5 mln in seed funding

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 08:13
A UK-based climate risk analysis startup has raised $3.5 mln in seed funding, it announced Monday.
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Two Quebec firms partner to decarbonise electricity, natural gas distribution via CCS

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 07:46
An energy distributor has announced a project partnership with another Quebec-based carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) company, aiming to decarbonise their industrial operations.
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Nasa: 'New plan needed to return rocks from Mars'

BBC - Tue, 2024-04-16 06:37
The US space agency is seeking a cheaper, faster solution to bring Martian rocks to Earth for study.
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Nasa: 'New plan needed to return rocks from Mars'

BBC - Tue, 2024-04-16 06:37
The US space agency is seeking a cheaper, faster solution to bring Martian rocks to Earth for study.
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Nasa: 'New plan needed to return rocks from Mars'

BBC - Tue, 2024-04-16 06:37
The US space agency is seeking a cheaper, faster solution to bring Martian rocks to Earth for study.
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Climate change is causing marine ‘coldwaves’ too, killing wildlife

The Conversation - Tue, 2024-04-16 06:06
New research shows climate change can drive sudden ocean cooling too. This can have devastating effects on marine life such as bull sharks and manta rays. Nicolas Benjamin Lubitz, Researcher in marine ecology, James Cook University David Schoeman, Professor of Global-Change Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Foreign exploitation driving fossil fuel exports in developing countries, say NGOs

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 04:12
Developing countries are stuck in a vicious cycle exporting climate-destructive raw materials like oil and gas, and importing processed goods from wealthier countries, according to panellists speaking on a climate finance webinar Monday, in what may be compromising international emissions reduction goals.
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VCM Report: SBTi spark fizzles out by end of week, voluntary carbon prices little changed, liquidity thin

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 04:11
Prices were little changed last week on low volume, but the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)’s sudden change of policy to allow qualifying voluntary carbon credits to be used to offset some corporate emissions could inject a surge of investment and interest in the voluntary market.
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Conservationists condemn France’s protest over UK’s bottom-trawling ban

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-16 03:54

Paris claims ban breaches UK-EU trade deal but environmentalists say dispute is ‘hypocrisy’, given Macron’s rhetoric on saving oceans

France has been accused of hypocrisy by conservationists over a fresh post-Brexit dispute with the UK over fishing rights.

France launched an official protest after the UK banned bottom trawling from parts of its territorial waters last month, with the aim of protecting vulnerable habitats.

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EU industries exposed to ‘full loss of export markets’ due to climate policies -report

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 02:58
While the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) provides an effective protection against imports of cheaper CO2-intensive products into Europe, it omits a crucial export dimension, with potentially devastating consequences for sectors like steelmaking and fertilisers, according to a new report.
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Climate crisis increasing frequency of deadly ocean upswells, study finds

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-16 02:03

Intense swells of cold water from the depths are killing sharks, rays and other creatures, researchers say

A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly intense upswells of cold water from the depths, a study has found.

One of the authors of the paper described the “eerie” aftermath of a mass die-off of more than 260 marine organisms from 81 species in a singular event of extreme cold upswelling off the coast of South Africa in 2021.

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World's coral turns white from deadly ocean heat

BBC - Tue, 2024-04-16 01:01
Ocean heat records have been breaking for months. This is the first global evidence of the impacts on sea life.
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Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-16 01:00

The percentage of reef areas experiencing bleaching-level heat stress is increasing by about 1% a week, scientists say

Global heating has pushed the world’s coral reefs to a fourth planet-wide mass bleaching event that is on track to be the most extensive on record, US government scientists have confirmed.

Some 54% of ocean waters containing coral reefs have experienced heat stress high enough to cause bleaching, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch said.

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Canadian hemp products manufacturer buys majority stake in voluntary carbon sequestration standard

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 00:54
A Canadian manufacturer of sustainable hemp products has bought a majority stake in a platform that creates and distributes carbon sequestration certificates to projects that use the material, as it looks to expand its reach in the voluntary market. 
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Greater transparency, predictability needed for future EU ETS intervention, says think tank

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-16 00:26
There needs to be a more transparent and predictable approach to regulatory interventions in the EU ETS, a report from a think tank said Monday.
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