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‘Africa’s most resilient lion’ and his brother filmed making record-breaking swim across dangerous African river

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-07-11 12:38

A team led by an Australian researcher captured the pair swimming about 1.5km after two failed attempts

A record-breaking swim by two lion brothers across a predator-filled African river has been documented by a team led by a researcher from an Australian university.

The two-male lion coalition was filmed crossing the Kazinga Channel in Uganda at night using high-definition heat detection cameras on drones.

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Stakeholders press California regulator ARB on 2025 budget cut options for cap-and-trade

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 12:25
Stakeholders questioned the possibility of earlier cuts to cap-and-trade allowance budgets prior to finalising rules, as ARB staff discussed the “complicated” status of 2025 allocations with implementation of ETS changes delayed to 2026, during the agency’s pre-rulemaking workshop on Wednesday.
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Fossil fuel producer partners with Canada Growth Fund to launch CCS projects in country’s oil sands

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 12:12
An oil and gas producer has entered into a strategic partnership valued at up to C$2 billion ($1.47 bln) with the Canada Growth Fund (CGF) to develop carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) infrastructure across its steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil sands facilities in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Not quite a street, not quite a road – why ‘stroads’ are disasters of urban planning, and how to fix them

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-07-11 11:36
The term stroad is portmanteau of street and road. Stroads try to be both a thoroughfare for vehicles, and a place for people. Typically they fail at both, and the result is unpleasant for everyone. Liam Davies, Lecturer in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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China could cut steel sector CO2 emissions by 200 mln tonnes by 2025 from peak levels, report says

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 10:00
China's steel industry has the potential to lower its CO2 emissions by as much as the entire annual EU steel sector emissions from the 2020 peak by reducing steel output and raising the share of low-carbon production in the next two years, a report has found.
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ARB’s California offset issuance almost catches up with 2023 levels YTD

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 09:59
California regulator the ARB sped up its issuance of compliance-eligible offsets, narrowing the year-on-year gap of issuance thus far in 2024, agency data released Wednesday showed.
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Puerto Rican coffee farmers receive payments from USDA, aim for CO2 credits

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 09:19
Coffee farmers in Puerto Rico have received inaugural incentive payments from a mitigation programme funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), with the eventual aim of producing certified carbon credits for the voluntary carbon market (VCM).
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Dutch research centre to purchase carbon credits from biodiversity-focused rewilding project in the UK

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 09:01
A Dutch research centre has partnered with a UK-based carbon removal company and a rewilding project developer to offset employees' travel emissions, in what companies define as a 'first-of-a-kind' purchase of carbon credits from a biodiversity-focused project.
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European VC investment up 12% so far this year, energy sector dominates

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 09:01
Startups tackling energy transition and climate themes attracted almost 20% of the $29.3 billion in venture capital investment raised so far this year in Europe, up 12% year-on-year.
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California’s LCFS may be increasing emissions beyond the state -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 08:28
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) falls short in accounting for secondary effects, economists at the University of California said in a report Tuesday, as the recent boom in renewable diesel (RD) production has led to global agricultural land-use change not fully accounted for in the programme.
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ACR resumes Canadian ODS project activity after affirming additionality

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 06:14
Carbon registry ACR said Monday that it has resumed project activities related to its Canadian ozone-depleting substances (ODS) methodology after its investigation found the framework remains additional in light of a recent federal offset protocol and other regulations.
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‘Knowledge keeps the fires burning’: how ancient Indigenous wisdom can transform our battle against climate change

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-07-11 06:11
When it comes to climate change in Australia, the fires of Knowledge are burning bright. This NAIDOC Week, it’s time Indigenous Knowledges are heard. Nina Lansbury, Associate Professor in Public Health, The University of Queensland Bradley J. Moggridge, Professor of Science and Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement), University of Technology Sydney Geoff Evans, Researcher, The University of Queensland Lillian Ireland, Researcher, The University of Queensland Tom Munro-Harrison, Artist, writer and academic, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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North Dakota commission urges Minnesota to recognise CCUS under its ‘problematic’ carbon free power standard

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 06:02
The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) is pressing for the inclusion of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) under Minnesota’s carbon-free electricity requirements, which passed in spite of neighbour North Dakota's reservations last year.
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Egypt’s voluntary carbon market set to open pending regulatory approval of new rules

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 03:48
Egypt’s voluntary carbon market (VCM), two years in the making, is poised to open once the country's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) approves trading rules by the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) and settlement rules by clearing house Taswyaat, both put out this week.
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US researchers unveil ultrafast, chemical-free CCS breakthrough they say can revolutionise industry

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-07-11 01:47
US-based researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking method for the ultrafast and chemical-free conversion of atmospheric CO2 into stable, ice-like hydrates – a breakthrough they say could revolutionise the carbon sequestration industry.
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