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Isle of Wight-size iceberg breaks from Antarctica
ISO’s new climate neutrality standard risks adding to greenwashing, campaigners warn
States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court
Wealthy states must cut emissions faster than their developing peers, court says, in major step for climate justice
Greenhouse gases are pollutants that are wrecking the marine environment, and states have a legal responsibility to control them, an international court has stated in a landmark moment for climate justice.
Wealthy nations must cut their emissions faster than their developing peers, the court also decided.
Continue reading...Two UK firms team up to target Britain’s rich peatland market
Carbon pricing revenues exceed $100 bln for first time in 2023, still not aligned with Paris -World Bank
Early Article 6 carbon credits on sale above $20 ahead of series of auctions for ITMOs
Big battery connection “squads” to the rescue as NSW scrambles to fill grid reliability gaps
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Does the farmer really want a wife? In the reality TV world, good farmers make bad husbands
Prospective partners on Farmer Wants a Wife are asked to give up their lives to support the farm – watching from home, I wonder why they would say yes
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A few episodes into the current season of Farmer Wants a Wife, one of the contestants, Farmer Dean, abandons his uteload of prospective love interests at the gate to walk across the red loam soil to check his watermelon crop. Watching from my couch in Cowra, I had two realisations.
The first was that Dean – who left the season halfway through – was probably a “real” farmer, unlike some the show has put up before. The second was that good farmers make less-than-ideal husbands.
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Continue reading...CSIRO puts cost of new nuclear plant at $8.6bn as Coalition stalls on policy details
Report finds nuclear energy more expensive than renewable alternatives and calculates costs for large-scale reactors for first time
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Electricity from nuclear power in Australia would be at least 50% more expensive than solar and wind, according to a report from the CSIRO that has for the first time calculated costs for large-scale reactors.
The federal Coalition, which has claimed nuclear would provide cheap electricity, is still to reveal any details on its nuclear policy after initially promising it would make an announcement in time for last week’s federal budget.
Continue reading...UK biodiversity net gain marketplace lists 25,000 units at £30k average
Nature Positive Initiative announces partnership to find common metrics
UK confirms will not carry over emissions ‘surplus’ to fourth carbon budget
Renewables and storage still cheapest option, nuclear too slow and costly in Australia – CSIRO
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Eagles changed migration route to avoid Ukraine war
Italian firm prepares to launch voluntary biodiversity credit offsetting framework in Europe
European cement group targets 37% drop in production emissions in updated net zero plan
Major Japanese bank begins study on digital carbon credit payments
We’re helping farmers access future climate projections as easily as checking the weather
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Climate victims file criminal case against bosses of oil firm Total
Case alleges French company’s exploitation of fossil fuel contributed to deaths of victims in extreme weather disasters
A criminal case has been filed against the CEO and directors of the French oil company TotalEnergies, alleging its fossil fuel exploitation has contributed to the deaths of victims of climate-fuelled extreme weather disasters.
The case was filed in Paris by eight people harmed by extreme weather, and three NGOs. The plaintiffs believe it to be the first such criminal case filed against the individuals running a major oil company. The public prosecutor who received the file has three months to decide whether to open a judicial investigation or dismiss the complaint.
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