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EPA will withdraw approval of Chevron plastic-based fuels likely to cause cancer

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-30 20:00

The decision comes after a ProPublica and Guardian investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a huge cancer risk

The US Environmental Protection Agency is planning to withdraw and reconsider its approval for Chevron to produce 18 plastic-based fuels, including some that an internal agency assessment found are highly likely to cause cancer.

In a recent court filing, the federal agency said it “has substantial concerns” that the approval order “may have been made in error”. The EPA gave a Chevron refinery in Mississippi the green light to make the chemicals in 2022 under a “climate-friendly” initiative intended to boost alternatives to petroleum, as ProPublica and the Guardian reported last year.

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Azerbaijan applies to host 2026 biodiversity COP

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-30 19:58
Azerbaijan has officially submitted a bid to host the COP17 UN biodiversity summit, as the country prepares for the COP29 climate conference in Baku later this year, the government announced on Monday.
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ANALYSIS: China steel sector braces for carbon market, capacity policies

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-30 19:47
The decarbonisation progress of China's steel industry in the coming few years will likely hinge on recent regulatory developments, including the expansion of the national carbon market, according to experts.
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INTERVIEW: ‘We never liked CBAM’ – Europe’s aluminium industry rails against EU green trade policies

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-30 19:29
The aluminium industry is grappling with implementation headaches linked to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) just as Europe is being flooded by cheap aluminium imports from China, amid general indifference from EU trade authorities, the sector’s business association told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
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Agricultural companies short on board-level biodiversity expertise, expert says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-30 19:23
Not enough companies linked to the agricultural supply chain have board-level expertise in biodiversity, despite the surge in nature commitments, according to an executive at Morningstar Sustainalytics.
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COP partnership seen to open up for climate opportunities for Australia, Brazil

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-30 17:27
Opportunities for closer cooperation on natural capital, decarbonisation, and carbon markets between Australia and Brazil could be on the horizon if the latter is successful at securing its bid to host COP31 in 2026, panellists told an event Friday.
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New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-09-30 17:04
Less rain will fall in the Darling River catchment as climate change worsens. This fact must be central to decisions about how much water can be taken from the system. Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Lance M Leslie, Professor, School of Mathematical And Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Calls for flood compensation scheme in England and Wales to be overhauled

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-30 16:00

New figures show nearly 80% of businesses in some parts of England have been denied support

Ministers are being urged to overhaul the “nightmare” compensation scheme for flood victims after it emerged that nearly 80% of businesses in some parts of England had been denied support.

After heavy downpours caused chaos across much of England and Wales this week, new figures laid bare the “opaque” and inconsistent level of help available to those whose properties lay in ruin.

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Scientists criticise UN agency’s failure to withdraw livestock emissions report

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-30 15:00

Academics say there has been no serious response from FAO to their complaints of ‘serious distortions’ in report

More than 20 scientific experts have written to the UN’s food agency expressing shock at its failure to revise or withdraw a livestock emissions report that two of its cited academics have said contained “multiple and egregious errors”.

The alleged inaccuracies are understood to have downplayed the potential of dietary change to reduce agricultural greenhouse gases, which make up about a quarter of total anthropogenic emissions and mostly derive from livestock.

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SpaceX docks at ISS to collect stranded astronauts

BBC - Mon, 2024-09-30 11:43
The craft will return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stranded since June - to Earth.
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‘Vegetarian’ possums eat meat when the weather’s cold

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-09-30 06:27
In Australia, people tend to think carnivores lead the clean-up crew after an animal dies. But brushtail possums – thought to be plant-eaters – also eat carcasses. Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral research fellow in conservation, University of Sydney Thomas Newsome, Associate Professor in Global Ecology, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Ancient log discovery points to wood burial as durable, low-cost carbon removal solution

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-30 02:34
The discovery of a 3,775-year-old perfectly preserved log has led scientists to believe that burying wood can be a cost-effective, long-term method of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Ex-Shell NBS expert joins Microsoft’s carbon removals team

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-30 01:47
A nature-based solutions expert has joined Microsoft as program manager of its carbon removals team following seven years at Shell.
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