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Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighbours

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-05-24 17:11
The ruling could be a legal game-changer for small island nations that are trying to hold developed nations to account for the impacts of their greenhouse gas emissions. Clive Schofield, Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-05-24 17:07
Australia has all the key ingredients to build a booming battery industry. We just need to find the right cooks and co-ordinate all of this frantic activity to get this big opportunity right. Glen Thomas Currie, Energy Systems Program Impact Manager, Climateworks, Monash University, Monash University Anna Malos, Climateworks Centre - Country Lead, Australia, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: dormouse gets a checkup, a lucky kingfisher and a waving seal pup

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-05-24 17:00

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

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Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-05-24 16:51
Water is very heavy – and it can move. Until now, changes to water on land have actually offset much of the rising sea level from ice melt. How? Gravity Rebecca McGirr, Postdoctoral research fellow, Australian National University Anthony Purcell, Research Fellow, Australian National University Herbert McQueen, Research officer, Earth Sciences, Australian National University Paul Tregoning, Head, Climate and Ocean Geosciences, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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CCS project vetoed in Australia over water pollution concerns

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 16:28
A Glencore pilot carbon capture and storage project was knocked back by the Queensland state government Friday over what it said were serious environmental concerns, shutting the door to any further CCS projects in the area.
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Australian student helps discover potentially habitable planet the size of Earth – video

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-05-24 16:02

Shishir Dholakia of the University of Southern Queensland's Centre for Astrophsics has identified Gliese 12b, a possibly temperate Earth-sized planet just 40 light years away. The student has been co-leading an international team that published the discovery in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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UK’s Environment Agency chief admits regulator buries freedom of information requests

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-05-24 15:00

Speaking at the UK River Summit, Philip Duffy said officials do not want to reveal the true ‘embarrassing’ environmental picture

The head of the Environment Agency has admitted that freedom of information requests have been buried by the regulator because the truth about the environment in England is “embarrassing”.

Philip Duffy, the body’s chief executive, told an audience at the UK River Summit in Morden, south London, this week that his officials were “worried about revealing the true state of what is going on” with regards to the state of the environment.

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Equatic unveils ISO-certified MRV methodology for ocean-based carbon removals

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 13:49
Equatic, in partnership with EcoEngineers and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has launched a new MRV methodology for electrolytic ocean-based CO2 removals.
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European oil firm inks $90-mln jurisdictional REDD+ deal with Ghana

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 13:30
A European oil firm has agreed to spend around $90 million to purchase as many as 10 million carbon credits from nature-based carbon projects in Ghana as part of a jurisdictional REDD+ deal.
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A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-05-24 13:11
As we launch into a Future Made in Australia, we need to map and better understand the social and economic risks – as well as potential benefits – for remote and disadvantaged communities. Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland John Burton, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsility in Mining, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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GreenCollar walks away from leadership roles in Australian integrated farm land management method development

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 11:46
Australia’s largest carbon project developer, GreenCollar, has resigned from co-chairing industry working groups developing the integrated farm land management (IFLM) method due to losing confidence in the process, a spokesperson told Carbon Pulse.
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NZ environment commissioner calls for forestry to be removed from ETS

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 10:30
The New Zealand commissioner for the environment has joined a growing list of bodies calling for forestry to be removed from the country's emissions trading scheme.
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WCI Markets: CCAs rally post-auction, WCAs remain illiquid

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 09:55
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rallied through the rescheduled Q2 auction as market participants looked to the forthcoming cap-and-trade workshop, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices gained on significantly smaller volumes than the week prior.
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RGGI allowance surplus grew in 2023, report shows

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 09:21
The RGGI carbon market saw its permit bank surplus expand slightly in 2023, according to a report published Thursday.
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US court green lights oil major’s case against investor-driven climate action

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 09:15
A US federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a request from an investment advisory firm to halt an oil major’s lawsuit against shareholders over their calls for stronger climate targets.
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Republican state AGs ask US Supreme Court to prohibit fossil fuel damages lawsuits

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-05-24 08:58
A group of 19 US Republican state attorneys generals (AGs) filed a petition Wednesday asking the nation's highest court to prohibit efforts by Democratic-led states to hold oil producers financially liable for the climate impacts of fossil fuels.
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