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Most UK dairy farms ignoring pollution rules as manure spews into rivers

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 14:00

Exclusive: 80% of Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of English ones, 60% in Scotland and 50% in Northern Ireland breaching regulations

The majority of UK dairy farms are breaking pollution rules, with vast amounts of cow manure being spilled into rivers.

When animal waste enters the river, it causes a buildup of the nutrients found in the effluent, such as nitrates and phosphates. These cause algal blooms, which deplete the waterway of oxygen and block sunlight, choking fish and other aquatic life.

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Colorado cap-and-trade bill passes House committee

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 13:25
A bill introduced by the Colorado House of Representative lawmakers to legislate a cap-and-trade system in the state on Thursday passed a committee amid polarising stakeholder sentiments.
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Apple employs suite of tools to reduce emissions, adopts offsets as “interim” solution

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 12:17
En route to carbon neutrality at the end of the decade, US tech giant Apple plans to offset 25% of emissions across its value chain with voluntary carbon credits, it said in a progress report released Thursday.
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Australian pension fund tips $400 mln into Macquarie NBS, renewables fund

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 11:16
Superannuation fund UniSuper on Friday announced a $400 million investment in the Macquarie Green Energy and Climate Opportunities Fund (MGECO), which invests in renewable energy and nature-based solutions.
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European low-cost airlines see emissions soar to record in 2023 on €18/t avg carbon price -study

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 10:59
European low-cost airlines paid around €18/tonne on average to pump out more CO2 than ever last year, even though emissions for the continent’s aviation sector as a whole remain below 2019 peak levels, according to a study released Friday.
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WCI Markets: CCAs fluctuate on low volumes, WCAs continue to creep higher

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 08:06
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices fluctuated throughout the week, ending with minimal gains as traders await next week's workshop on potential programme amendments, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) values crawled higher amidst limited activity in the under-fire scheme.
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US DOE invests $8 mln in industrial decarbonisation

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 06:54
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday unveiled $8 million in funding for 14 projects that convert CO2 emissions from industrial processes into useful products.
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Article 6 torn between private sector and geopolitics ahead of ‘bridge’ COP29, UN advisor says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 06:50
Negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are expected to be influenced by the private sector and geopolitics, as parties prepare for a 'bridge' climate conference in Azerbaijan, a UN advisor said on Thursday at IETA’s annual European Climate Summit in Florence said.
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Things that go buzz in the night – our global study found there really are more insects out after dark

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-04-19 06:10
Sometimes it seems the night is just buzzing with insects. But are there really more insects out at night? We analysed all the evidence on insect activity across the day–night cycle to find out. Mark Wong, Forrest Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia Raphael Didham, Professor of Ecology, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Drax firms up $600,000 offtake deal for BECCS credits in the US

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 06:07
UK energy firm Drax Group has made another step in becoming a US leader in carbon removals through bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) after firming up a reported $600,000 deal with an environmental consultancy.
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Chinese cities sinking under their own weight

BBC - Fri, 2024-04-19 04:00
Extracting ground water for growing urban populations causes half of China's big cities to sink.
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Two endangered black-footed ferrets cloned from frozen tissue samples

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 03:22

Noreen and Antonia, born last May, are among first cloned offspring of a native endangered species in the North America

Two more black-footed ferrets have been successfully cloned in an attempt to save the endangered species, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced.

The national agency shared news about the births of ferrets Noreen and Antonia, who were both born last May.

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Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western India

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-04-19 02:46

Scientists estimate Vasuki indicus was up to 15m long, weighed a tonne and would have constricted its prey

Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a mine in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 15 metres in length – longer than a T rex.

Scientists have recovered 27 vertebrae from the snake, including a few still in the same position as they would have been when the reptile was alive. They said the snake, which they named Vasuki indicus, would have looked like a large python and would not have been venomous.

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UK farming set for rockier outlook as impacts of Brexit start to bite

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 01:33
Farms in England are set to see substantial falls in business income due to dwindling commodity prices, sharper subsidy cuts following Brexit, and increased competition from cheaper imports, while uptake of natural capital payment alternatives is still lacklustre, industry experts said on Thursday.
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EU removals methodologies not likely to certify units before 2027, frustrating experts

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-04-19 01:32
Carbon removal experts expressed frustration this week at news that the EU’s carbon removal methodologies will not yield carbon removal units with the bloc’s stamp of approval until likely 2027.
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