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Laos may release draft carbon trading regulations by June -media

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 20:28
The Lao government is working on a decree to regulate the sale of forestry carbon credits to international buyers, with an initial draft likely to be ready around summer, local media reported Wednesday.
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China releases draft emissions guidelines for cement as ETS expansion nears, steel may come later

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 19:38
China has accelerated the work of adding cement to its national emissions trading scheme with the release of CO2 accounting guidelines, while it may take longer to include steelmakers amid data quality concerns.
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Early warning system to track Asian hornets unveiled by UK researchers

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 19:14

Monitoring station detects predatory species using artificial intelligence and sends alert so nests can be traced

An early warning system designed to track and trace predatory Asian hornets using artificial intelligence has been unveiled by experts from a British university.

Researchers from the University of Exeter have invented a system that draws hornets to a monitoring station. They land on a sponge cloth impregnated with food and an overhead camera captures images.

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Australia puts out shadow carbon price guidance for electricity market starting at A$66/t

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 17:11
Australia’s energy regulator has released draft guidance on its ‘value of emissions reduction’ (VER), which will act as a shadow carbon price to help guide regulatory policy decisions related to the National Electricity Market (NEM).
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A big week for climate policy in Australia: what happened and what to make of it | Adam Morton

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 16:15

While Toyota falls in line on vehicle emission standards, an expert takes a dim view of ‘solar sunshot’ and the carbon offsets that aren’t

The news cycle moves fast. There was a cascade of climate news as the country slowed down for Easter last week.

Here’s some of what you might have seen, what you might have missed, and a look at what it means.

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Women photographers celebrate Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 16:00

Ninety female wildlife and landscape photographers from around the world are marking primatologist Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday with a print sale of environmental pictures. The Jane Goodall Institute and the nonprofit Vital Impacts have collaborated on The Nature of Hope: 90 Years of Jane Goodall’s Impact, a 90-day sale with 60% of the proceeds going to the institute

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A fire ant and a feral horse walk into a bar ... | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 15:56

Welcome to the Invasive Species Conference!

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator expects ACCU issuance to reach 20 mln in 2024

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 15:48
The Clean Energy Regulator issued 17.2 million Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in 2023, and expects this figure to rise to a record 20 mln in 2024, it said in its latest quarterly report, published Wednesday.
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Butterfly study finds sharpest fall on record for small tortoiseshell in England

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-03 15:00

Rate of decline in 2023 thought to be linked to climate breakdown as UK-wide survey shows mixed picture across 58 species

The small tortoiseshell butterfly has suffered its worst year on record in England, and has declined by 82% across the UK since 1976, according to the annual scientific count of butterfly populations.

The sharp decline in numbers of the once-common garden butterfly has puzzled scientists, but it is thought to be linked to climate breakdown. It had its worst year on record in England, its second worst in Wales and its joint-fifth worst in Scotland in 2023 but did well in Northern Ireland, logging its second-best year.

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Biodiversity credit developer, skin care firm team up for nature conserving body wash

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 13:50
An Australian biodiversity credit company has partnered with a local skin care product producer to launch a body wash and moisturiser set that will protect one square metre of a biologically rich area of coastal South Australia per unit sold, in what they hope will prove a use case for demand in the fledgling nature crediting market.
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Major energy projections suggest carbon removal essential to limit warming, but full fossil fuel phaseout not required -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 12:01
Eight energy outlooks published in 2023, alongside historical data sources, see substantial fossil fuel consumption through at least 2050, implying a scale-up of carbon removal technologies will be required in order to meet international climate targets, according to a report published Tuesday by a US non-profit research institution.
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Nova Scotia’s new climate plan “better than a carbon tax” but a rehash of old measures

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 11:59
Nova Scotia on Tuesday submitted an alternative strategy to the Canadian federal carbon tax, though observers noted that the proposal was a rehash of previously-released measures aimed at achieving the province's environmental targets.
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Oregon commences rulemaking to re-establish GHG reduction programme

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-03 11:51
An Oregon Department of Environmental Protection (DEQ) advisory committee on Tuesday discussed modifications to emissions caps, covered entity thresholds, and compliance distribution alternatives as part of a new rulemaking for the state’s scrapped Climate Protection Program (CPP).
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