Feed aggregator

There are hopes the corncrake can stage a comeback in England, after being reintroduced to Norfolk.

Queensland Conservation Council is urging the state government to protect the endangered greater glider population as logging continues

• Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

There is “damning evidence” of logging occurring close to endangered greater glider populations, conservationists say as they call on the Queensland government to urgently act on a promise to create a park to protect the species.

Volunteers used drones in July to film logging in St Mary state forest near Maryborough, about three kilometres from where gliders had been seen.

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup

Continue reading...

The public prosecutor's office of Amazonas recommended Thursday the suspension of all activities related to REDD+ projects in the Brazilian state that affect Indigenous and traditional communities, ordering involved parties to submit project information to the agency.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Friday up to $52.5 million in funds for direct air capture (DAC) technology projects demonstrating commercial readiness.

Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hire contractors to develop, register, market, and sell forest-based carbon offset projects on state land, according to a request for proposals (RFP) published Friday.

An Indigenous Mexican community of communal landholders, which has historically resisted solar PV expansion, is conducting workshops on political rights and carbon credits as large-scale solar projects file new requests for permits.

The Perseids meteor shower peaks between August 11th and 13th this year.

The Zimbabwean government is in the final stages of public consultations on a bill to regulate carbon credits and mandate substantial benefit-sharing with local communities, according to local media.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must improve its information system to prevent fraud in its Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and comply with mandates to study the programme's impact on air quality, according to a report with a list of recommendations from the agency's watchdog.

The UK trade body for electrical equipment manufacturers is calling on the government to conduct an electricity price review, in order to rebalance electricity prices relative to gas to create a stronger incentive for consumers to switch to low-carbon products.

The UK's cap on emission allowances in the market will need to decline over the longer term to make room for new greenhouse gas removals allowances while keeping the country on track for net zero by 2050, according to the ETS Authority.

A UK-France led international panel said a survey on the supply of biodiversity credit projects found a need for access for finance at all stages, technical capacity, and tenure rights to help scale the market, in results published on Friday.

Aircraft operators, including a number of private jet companies, have been fined around £700,000 in civil penalties for failing to surrender UK ETS allowances for the first year it was established, according to data published by the UK government.

A US-based carbon removals company has filed a permit application to develop what it claims could become the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) facility.

A carbon capture technology provider has announced the initial closing of its Series A funding.

A carbon project developer is rebranding and shifting its focus to climate finance in Latin America, and away from Africa and project development consulting services.

Spain's socialist ecological transition minister, Teresa Ribera, a long-time political standout on climate action, may be set to surge to a top job in Brussels overseeing EU climate policies over a period that could largely determine the bloc's ability to fulfil its promises without damaging its economy.

Flea treatments for dogs, ant killer, washing-up liquid and herbicides may be partly to blame for decline in UK

Insect numbers are in freefall and most people know that pesticide use in agriculture is partly to blame.

But many domestic products including flea treatments for dogs, ant killer applications, washing-up liquid and herbicides can also contribute to the problem.

Continue reading...

New research shows toxic ‘forever chemicals’ gas may escape landfills and threaten the environment

Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” that leach from landfills into groundwater are among the major pollution sources in the US, and remain a problem for which officials have yet to find an effective solution.

Now new research has identified another route in which PFAS may escape landfills and threaten the environment at even higher levels: the air.

Continue reading...

Most data stored on power-hungry servers is used once then never looked at again

When “I can has cheezburger?” became one of the first internet memes to blow our minds, it’s unlikely that anyone worried about how much energy it would use up.

But research has now found that the vast majority of data stored in the cloud is “dark data”, meaning it is used once then never visited again. That means that all the memes and jokes and films that we love to share with friends and family – from “All your base are belong to us”, through Ryan Gosling saying “Hey Girl”, to Tim Walz with a piglet – are out there somewhere, sitting in a datacentre, using up energy. By 2030, the National Grid anticipates that datacentres will account for just under 6% of the UK’s total electricity consumption, so tackling junk data is an important part of tackling the climate crisis.

Continue reading...