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India open to bring coal into compliance scheme in time

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-23 12:08
India has left coal-fired power generation out of its compliance carbon market from the outset, but might add the big-emitting sector to the scheme later, a government official said Thursday.
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California May diesel, gasoline sales pick up as retail prices soften

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-23 11:44
California diesel and gasoline consumption in May increased month-on-month as retail prices receded from year-to-date highs in April, state data published this week showed.
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Here’s why more Australian scientists should team up with authors on books about animals

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-23 10:17
Engaging and scientifically accurate children’s books on Australian animals are sorely lacking. Fostering more collaboration between authors and scientists can enrich children’s literature. Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Kate Umbers, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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WCI Markets: CCAs bounce after Q3 auction clear shocks to the downside

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-23 10:03
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices fell to new year-to-date lows following the release of Q3 auction results on Wednesday, recovering through Thursday amidst significant turnover in the secondary market.
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Investigation reveals global fisheries are in far worse shape than we thought – and many have already collapsed

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-23 10:00
We studied 230 fisheries around the world, and found populations of many overfished species are in far worse condition than has been reported. Graham Edgar, Senior Marine Ecologist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Democratic state AGs defend fossil fuel lawsuits from Republican challenge

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-23 09:52
A group of attorneys general (AGs) from Democrat-led states filed a brief Wednesday in the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) defending their lawsuits to hold fossil fuel producers responsible for the effects of climate change.
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Colorado adopts regulations to realise state’s geothermal energy potential

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-23 09:44
Colorado this month adopted a new set of regulations to facilitate geothermal energy development as part of the state’s ongoing effort to reduce its reliance on oil and gas energy sources.
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US EPA calls emergency halt appeal to SCOTUS against power plant regulations “meritless”

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-23 09:37
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defended its power plant rules against an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) that is requesting a stay of the regulation.
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Big polluters targeting esports industry with advertising deals, report reveals

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-23 09:01

Oil firms, petrostates, airlines and carmakers ‘doubling down’ on sector that is popular with young people

Oil companies, petrostates, airlines and carmakers are among the big polluters bombarding the esports industry with adverts, a study has found.

Esports, short for electronic sports, are competitive video games watched by spectators, with multiplayer games such as League of Legends and Defense of the Ancients 2 attracting peak viewer figures in the millions.

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Suriname offers up 1.5 mln sovereign rainforest carbon credits to corporates

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-23 09:01
Suriname has offered up 1.5 million sovereign V21 carbon credits, authorised for international trade under Article 6, according to a release Friday.
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Sydney’s shiny new Metro service is great – now can we fix the city’s busted bus stops?

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-08-23 06:31
Upgrading Sydney’s bus stops would greatly improve access, equity, comfort and dignity for public transport users – at much less cost than the new rail project. Kurt Iveson, Professor of Urban Geography, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Water campaigners are right about enforcement. Labour’s plans are still too vague | Nils Pratley

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-23 03:49

Without regulatory reforms and proper funding, the country will lack a muscular enforcer to strike fear among polluters

The organisers of the March for Clean Water – that’s Feargal Sharkey and River Action, supported by organisations that range from Surfers Against Sewage to the RSPB to the Women’s Institute – make an excellent point: while it’s nice that the government will bring a water bill to parliament, the initiatives revealed so far “are not nearly extensive enough to address the scale of the UK’s water pollution crisis”.

You bet. None of the four “initial steps” announced by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, last month are likely to cause sleepless nights in any boardroom. The first, to ensure companies’ funding for infrastructure investment is ringfenced, read like a description of how the regulatory system in England and Wales was always supposed to work. One fears that the second, to add the protection of customers and the environment to companies’ articles of association, will be cosmetic; directors can always be fuzzy about how they interpret their fiduciary duties.

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INTERVIEW: Argentine carbon developer bypasses voluntary market, citing barriers to entry

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-08-23 02:48
A small-scale carbon project proponent in Argentina has created its own methodology, commissioned an academic verifier, and procured a buyer for its credits at $20 per tonne without a registry listing, having sidestepped the mainstream voluntary market (VCM), noting financial and administrative barriers for similarly sized enterprises in the Global South.
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Brazil sends 1,500 firefighters to combat Amazon forest blazes

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-08-23 02:15

Environment minister says severe drought is ‘aggravating’ factor as smoke engulfs Porto Velho city

The Brazilian government has deployed almost 1,500 firefighters to the Amazon as the most severe drought in decades is turning the rainforest’s usually moist vegetation into kindling and flames.

Despite a sharp decrease in deforestation since the president, Lula da Silva, took power in January 2023, there have reportedly been 59,000 fires in the forest since the start of the year, the highest number since 2008, according to satellite data from the National Institute for Space Research.

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