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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-12 21:35
European carbon prices rose for a second day, mimicking fluctuations in the natural gas market as trading activity fell away, while prices have held in an increasingly narrow band that has drawn various averages into the smallest range for a year.
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‘Lack of economics’ for hydrogen, CCS slowing green transition in petrochemicals, says Poland’s Orlen

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-12 21:34
Orlen, one of the largest oil refiners and retailers in Central and Eastern Europe, is looking at a range of technologies to hit net-zero emissions by 2050, including continued investments in wind power as well as clean hydrogen, small nuclear reactors, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), a company executive has said.
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CN Markets: Allocation plan fails to move CEA price, but liquidity improves

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-12 19:51
The release of a draft 2023-24 allowance allocation plan for the China ETS failed to ignite the world's largest compliance emissions market, which has seen prices remain rangebound with relatively low trading volume over the past week.
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Thai renewable energy firm, bank launch carbon credit-linked bonds

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-12 18:47
One of the leading renewable energy companies in Thailand has partnered with a local bank to issue fixed rate bonds linked with carbon credits in order to develop the country’s carbon market.
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BRIEFING: How Europe is preparing to regulate CO2 transport networks to unleash CCS

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-12 18:27
Lack of CO2 transport infrastructure is still regarded as the main obstacle for large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the EU, but potential business models are beginning to emerge as the European Commission prepares to regulate the nascent infrastructure industry.
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Week in wildlife – in pictures: a rare blue frog, a cheeky heron and climbing bears

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-07-12 17:00

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

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Xpansiv partners with environmental exchange to expand voluntary market presence in Japan

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-12 16:55
Market infrastructure provider Xpansiv has teamed up with an environmental commodities exchange to provide Japanese companies with access to the global voluntary carbon market, it announced Friday.
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As British butterflies head north, scientists ask public to help track migration

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-07-12 15:00

With up to 80% of butterflies in decline, people are being asked to spend 15 minutes to record number and type witnessed

Scientists are calling on the public to help track how British butterflies are moving north as the climate heats up.

Examining 50 years of data, researchers from the wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation, which runs the annual Big Butterfly Count, have identified a clear northerly shift among many species, including the familiar garden favourites the comma, peacock and holly blue.

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Lower air pollution may help preserve older people’s independence – study

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-07-12 15:00

Researchers estimate 730,000 people a year in the US lose their ability to live independently due to traffic pollution

Reducing air pollution may help elderly people to live independent lives for longer, research has found.

Dr Boya Zhang, of the University of Michigan, who is one of the authors of the study, said: “Air pollution is linked to worse health – more lung disease, more heart disease, shorter life expectancies and more likelihood of dementia. Knowing that air pollution increases our risk of poor health as we age made us wonder if exposures might also impact how people can care for themselves in later life.”

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Titanic mission to map wreck in greatest-ever detail

BBC - Fri, 2024-07-12 14:51
A new expedition aims to document the world's most famous shipwreck in unprecedented detail.
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Australian Safeguard facilities awarded A$91 mln to reduce emissions

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-07-12 12:25
Heavy industrial facilities covered under Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism have been granted A$91 million ($61 mln) by the federal government to install new equipment to reduce carbon emissions.
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Why saline lakes are the canary in the coalmine for the world’s water resources

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-07-12 11:46
The water levels of saline lakes depend on a delicate balance between water inputs and outputs. This means they can provide an early warning of disruptions to our water resources. Babak Zolghadr-Asli, QUEX Joint PhD Candidate, Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, and Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland Ahmad Ferdowsi, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Applied Science and Technology, and Research Assistant, Department of Water Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Semnan University Kaveh Madani, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Rural domestic abuse convictions still 'woeful'

BBC - Fri, 2024-07-12 11:42
The BBC finds reports of domestic abuse in the countryside have gone up but convictions remain low.
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