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‘The Greens are our enemy’: What is fuelling the far right in Germany?

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-30 21:42

The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being economically left behind have been driving factors in the rise in popularity but the Green party and the federal government’s climate policies have also borne the brunt of public anger. The Guardian travelled to Görlitz, on the German border with Poland, to find out to what extent Germany’s green policies are fuelling the far right

How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in Germany

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Florida to allocate $1.5 bln to biodiversity restoration, water quality improvement

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 21:25
The US state of Florida has announced a $1.5-billion commitment to restore biodiversity and improve water quality, including what it claims to be the largest single-year investment ever made to protect the Everglade wetlands.
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Major investors to vote for PepsiCo biodiversity risk shareholder proposal

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 21:18
Institutional investors including the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund and Rothschild & Co are asking PepsiCo to report on its dependencies on biodiversity in a bid to quantify the financial risks related to nature loss.
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Carbon storage in Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal can help India achieve climate goals -research

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 21:18
The Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal can potentially act as carbon reservoirs, storing huge amounts of CO2 that will help to decarbonise industrial clusters and can aid India to achieve its net zero targets, researchers have found.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 21:13
European carbon allowance prices rose steadily on Tuesday morning, wiping out seven days of losses, as the selling activity that dominated Monday's session was largely absent and gas prices rallied as the new benchmark contract month began.
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Japanese trio launches impact finance product to meet decarbonisation need

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 20:05
A major trading house in Japan has teamed up with two domestic partners to launch an impact finance loan product to meet the decarbonisation needs of Japanese companies.
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Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-30 20:00

Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years

Tyson Foods dumped millions of pounds of toxic pollutants directly into American rivers and lakes over the last five years, threatening critical ecosystems, endangering wildlife and human health, a new investigation reveals.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide were among the 371m lb of pollutants released into waterways by just 41 Tyson slaughterhouses and mega processing plants between 2018 and 2022.

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Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talks

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-30 19:57

Campaigners say last-minute compromise plays into the hands of petrostates and industry influences

Campaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry lobbyists, and slowing progress towards the first global treaty to cut plastic waste.

Delegates concluded talks in Ottawa, Canada, late on Monday, with no agreement on a proposal for global reductions in the $712bn (£610bn) plastic production industry by 2040 to address twin issues of plastic waste and huge carbon emissions.

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Danish regenerative farming specialist teams up with Ukrainian bank on soil carbon finance model

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 18:44
A Danish tech startup specialising in regenerative agriculture finance and technology has teamed up with a bank in Ukraine to further tap the war torn country’s vast farming market for its soil carbon credit programmes.
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Scandinavian industrial secures first China SAF project

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 18:35
A Denmark-headquartered industrial company has secured its first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in China as it aims to address the fast-growing global demand for cleaner fuels.
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Taiwan releases draft regulations on carbon levy collection, proposes preferential rates for emitters with voluntary targets

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 17:13
Taiwan's environment ministry has released three draft sub-laws to underpin the island's upcoming carbon levy scheme, estimating the amount emitters have to pay based on their carbon leakage risk and voluntary plans.
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Sports ask government to address water pollution

BBC - Tue, 2024-04-30 15:12
Water-based sports across the UK are uniting to call on the government to take urgent action to address pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters.
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Southeast Asia registries partner for transparency, expansion, and Article 6 work

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 14:22
A recently formed carbon offsets standard and registry based in Singapore has partnered with a larger international partner to enhance the credibility and transparency of its platform.
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POLL: Analysts maintain bearish near-term UKA forecasts as fundamentals remain weak

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 14:01
Analysts have kept their UKA price forecasts at well below £50 for the next two years, citing weak fundamentals and ongoing policy uncertainty that will keep the market trading at a substantial discount to the EU ETS for most of the decade.
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Australia proposes amendments to emissions reporting scheme

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 11:16
The federal government is consulting on legislative amendments to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme to make emissions reporting more robust, releasing a discussion paper on proposed changes on Monday.
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