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BRIEFING: Investigation into Australian environmental offsets finds weak legal protections, regulators caving to developers

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-05-01 00:01
An investigation into Australia’s federal environmental offset scheme has found a ‘set and forget’ regulatory approach has led to areas earmarked for conservation being impacted or developed without consequence.
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EPA to ban most uses of chemical linked to dozens of deaths

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-30 23:25

Agency announces rule on methylene chloride, colorless liquid used for stripping paint, cleaning metal and decaffeinating coffee

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Tuesday that it will ban most uses of methylene chloride, a colorless liquid used for stripping paint, cleaning metal, and even decaffeinating coffee. The chemical has been linked to dozens of deaths and advocates have long called for its ban.

The new rule will require stronger worker safety protections from the harmful carcinogen for the remaining “critical” uses. All consumer use will be prohibited within a year, while most commercial and industrial use will be phased out within the next two years.

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UK aviation needs more incentives to cut emissions, experts say

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 23:24
UK aviation has a number of potential routes for decarbonising — from jet fuels to operational changes — but stronger policy is needed to incentivise and accelerate the shift in an industry where growing demand will otherwise push emissions upwards, industry experts said during a webinar on Tuesday.
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North Carolina child’s ‘monster in the closet’ was in fact 50,000 bees in the wall

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-30 23:11

Family discovers ‘terrifying’ gigantic bee colony in wall of home with blood-like honey oozing down wall and $20,000 in damage

A toddler told her mom that “monsters” were in her closet. But in fact, there were more than 50,000 bees there.

A mother of three children under four years old was met with a “terrifying” surprise after she and her husband investigated why a handful of bees had flown into the attic of the couple’s North Carolina home.

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New maritime pooling mechanism aims to dilute and monetise emissions intensity of EU ships

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2024-04-30 22:10
A Finnish startup is offering a pooling service to group high- and low-emissions intensity ships and facilitate their net compliance with the EU’s incoming FuelEU Maritime rules.
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Across the world, journalists are under threat for sharing the truth | Jonathan Watts

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-30 22:00

Last year was the most dangerous to be a reporter since 2015. Without the courage of correspondents risking everything to report from conflict areas, we could be at risk of ‘zones of silence’ spreading around the world

Conflict in Gaza, war in Ukraine, a battle over the global environment – the world is becoming an increasingly hostile place, particularly for frontline journalists.

Last year saw 99 killings of reporters, up 44% on 2022 and the highest toll since 2015.

Jonathan Watts is the Guardian’s global environment writer

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‘Incredible’ news for bears and wild horses as US shifts preservation plans

The Guardian - Tue, 2024-04-30 22:00

National Park Service will reintroduce bears to Washington’s North Cascades and won’t remove horses from South Dakota park

Wildlife advocates are celebrating “incredible” news for the preservation of threatened bears, and a herd of historically significant wild horses, in separate north-western and upper midwestern national parks.

In North Dakota, the National Parks Service (NPS) has dropped a plan that would have seen about 200 wild horses, descended from those belonging to Native American tribes who fought the 1876 Great Sioux War, rounded up and removed from Theodore Roosevelt national park.

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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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