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Brightest-ever explosion's mystery of missing gold

BBC - Fri, 2024-04-12 19:00
The brightest burst of light ever recorded was caused by a supernova, but that prompts new questions.
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Top German steelmaker to cut production citing energy costs, climate policies

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-12 18:44
Germany’s largest steelmaker has announced plans to reduce output by around 20% because of consistent high energy costs "owing to climate policy objectives" and pressure from Asian competitors, the company’s executive board said Thursday evening.
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Open source tools key to boost corporate reporting, EU biodiversity boss says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-12 17:47
Developing free and open-source monitoring tools is crucial as corporates' interest in disclosing their biodiversity footprint is increasing, the director for biodiversity at the European Commission said Thursday.
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Nature funding for Indigenous Peoples and local communities increases 36%

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-12 17:43
Donor funding for tenure and forest guardianship by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities increased by a third over the last eight years, though few resources directly reached on-the-ground organisations, a report has found.
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Australia Market Roundup: Capacity Investment Scheme starts in Western Australia seeking 2 GWh of storage, ACCU issuance slumps

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-12 16:59
The Australian government is consulting on how to implement its Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) in Western Australia, as observers react to its Future Made in Australia Act announcement.
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Japan becomes first country to include greener concrete, seaweed beds in emissions inventory report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-12 16:31
Japan in its latest annual emissions inventory report included carbon removals from environmentally friendly concrete products and seaweed beds, the first country to do so, the environment ministry announced Friday.
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Vietnamese scientist eyes coconut carbon credit potential

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-12 15:45
Vietnam sees potential in generating carbon credits from its coconuts, with a local study suggesting plantations in one province could absorb anywhere from 1.9-5.8 million tonnes of CO2.
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House sparrow tops Big Garden Birdwatch charts for 21st year in a row

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-12 15:00

Blue tits, starlings, wood pigeons and blackbirds next most sighted in RSPB survey involving 600,000 participants

A friendly if slightly tuneless chirp is the most ubiquitous birdsong in British gardens with the house sparrow topping the Big Garden Birdwatch charts for the 21st consecutive year, according to the annual RSPB survey.

Blue tits, starlings, wood pigeons and blackbirds were the next most-sighted birds by more than 600,000 participants in the world’s largest wildlife garden survey.

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Green economy summit: how can Australia get more from its relationship with Vietnam?

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-04-12 11:39
Australia is expanding trade and investment with Southeast Asia to improve regional prosperity and global climate security. Here’s what to expect at the April 15-16 green economy summit in Vietnam. Trang Nguyen, Southeast Asia Lead, Climateworks Centre Anna Skarbek, CEO, Climateworks Centre Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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NZ Market: NZU price slips further as minister says Climate Change Commission advice ‘not gospel’

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-12 11:35
The NZU price fell 5% on Thursday following remarks from New Zealand’s Finance and associate Climate Minister Nicola Willis that advice from the Climate Change Commission is “not gospel”.
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Bogota begins water rationing amid severe drought

BBC - Fri, 2024-04-12 11:05
The reservoir that provides around 70% of water in Colombia's capital is at less than 17% capacity.
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Higher LCFS credit values required to adequately support SAF production -analyst

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-12 10:24
California’s current Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit values do not adequately incentivise market players to realise the potential for growth within the sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) industry, an analyst told webinar participants Thursday.
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