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UPDATE – ANALYSIS: UK draft property bill to invite legal clarity for UKA, voluntary credit disputes

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 23:46
Legislation drafted by an independent advisory body at the behest of the British government could lead to revised property rights for holders of UK Allowances and voluntary carbon credits.
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Focus on smaller protected areas for more cost-effective conservation outcomes, study says

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 23:32
A shift in the criteria used to identify protected areas (PAs) could halve the costs of preventing habitat loss and enhance long-term conservation efforts, a study has claimed.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 22:22
European carbon allowances moved higher on Wednesday morning, supported by the fortnightly gap in the auction schedule and continued short-covering by speculative participants, as the weekly Commitment of Traders report showed a modest reduction in investment funds' bearish bets.
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‘We’re totally pay as you can’: the UK restaurant prioritising people and planet

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-03-06 22:00

The Long Table in Gloucestershire is a not-for-profit that rescues food waste, sources local produce and pays the real living wage

A Gloucestershire restaurant is rethinking relationships with customers, suppliers and the entire food economy to fuel an ambitious “pay as you can” model that feeds allcomers, regardless of ability to pay.

In the past year, The Long Table has fed about 20,000 people at below-cost price – many for no charge at all, no questions asked – while rescuing 3.4 tonnes of food destined for the bin and paying local suppliers fair prices for the rest.

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German carbon removals startup raises over €10 mln

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 21:47
A German direct air capture startup has raised €10.5 million to scale its technology and expand its team.
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Research highlights Australia’s rampant deforestation rates

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 20:13
Beef farming expansion in Queensland is driving Australia’s large scale deforestation trend, according to new modelling released Wednesday by NGO Greenpeace.
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South Korea releases 2024 carbon auction schedule

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 20:04
South Korea on Wednesday released its annual KAU schedule, with plans to spontaneously adjust the number of carbon permits offered at government-held auctions for the rest of this year, as the domestic emissions market remains oversupplied.
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Australia Market Roundup: Opposition Coalition sketches nuclear energy policy, ACCU projects revoked

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 19:54
The sites of Australia’s retiring coal-fired power stations would be the home to the country’s nuclear energy industry, according to Coalition Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, as the regulator has revoked four ACCU projects.
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More than 400,000 songbirds killed by organised crime in Cyprus

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-03-06 19:00

Report links rise in birds trapped for human consumption to cuts in anti-poaching resources in area of British military base

More than 400,000 songbirds were trapped and killed in Cyprus last autumn as part of a recent increase in wildlife crime, according to a new report.

Organised crime networks use decoys and speakers playing birdsong to lure these small birds – including garden favourites such as robins and sparrows – to nest in bushes or orchards, where they catch them with “mist” nets or branches covered in glue. They are then sold via the hidden market to restaurants to be eaten as a local dish called “ambelopoulia”, which consists of pickled or boiled songbirds.

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Cabinet minister pays damages over Hamas claim

BBC - Wed, 2024-03-06 15:19
Science Secretary Michelle Donelan had claimed a university professor sympathised with Hamas.
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Huge housing costs make us slaves to our jobs and unsustainable growth. But there’s another way

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-03-06 13:09
This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong. Alex Baumann, Sessional Lecturer, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Colorado legislators propose cap-and-trade, ban on new oil and gas wells

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 12:40
In Colorado, a House bill lays the groundwork for a cap-and-trade programme to be implemented as early as this year, while two Senate bills target emissions reductions from the oil and gas industry.
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Taiwan carbon exchange signs MoU to source carbon credits from Eswatini

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 11:39
Taiwan’s stock and carbon exchanges signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with their market counterparts in the African kingdom of Eswatini, aiming to link the two nation’s carbon markets, they announced Tuesday.
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PREVIEW: Washington’s Q1 carbon allowance auction mired in uncertainty, discouraging speculator bidders

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 11:10
Washington’s first carbon permit auction for 2024 holds little incentive for participation from speculators, they said, given the uncertainty from a voter initiative that seeks to unravel the state's cap-and-invest programme.
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Environmental products trading head departs European utility for Canadian power and gas firm

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 10:10
The head of North American environmental products at a European utility has left to join a Canadian power and gas trading firm.
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Connecticut legislators propose wide-ranging climate bill

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 09:21
A group of Connecticut legislators have introduced a bill designed to address climate change across multiple sectors, calling for the raising of emissions reductions targets, the inclusion of carbon sequestration in state mitigation strategies, and the promotion of nature-based solutions, amongst other measures.
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New Hampshire legislators target nature-based voluntary carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-03-06 09:10
A suite of New Hampshire bills are targetting lost tax revenues in the generation of voluntary carbon credits on forest lands in-state.
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