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Credits from UK woodland and peatland carbon projects are some of the most expensive units in the voluntary carbon market, data revealed Wednesday.

Channelling Villanelle, Annabelle Hickson’s onion chopping skills did not prepare her for the entry of the deadly brown snake that slithered into her farmhouse kitchen in rural NSW

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They say you can’t kill a brown snake because it’s a native animal. And that you definitely shouldn’t kill one with a shovel. And that guinea fowls are meant to scare snakes away. And that blue tongue lizards eat snake eggs.

But what are you to do when you’re in the kitchen chopping onions for dinner and the second most venomous snake in the world slithers in?

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The much-loved tree must be removed to protect Hadrian’s Wall, but its ultimate fate remains uncertain

The Sycamore Gap tree is being removed from its spot on Hadrian’s Wall after it was cut down by vandals two weeks ago.

On Thursday a crane will lift the 50-foot sycamore off the wall in Northumberland and it will be put into storage at a National Trust property – the location of which is not being disclosed for security reasons.

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The head of the body guiding which carbon cutting projects will be credited under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is confident that finalised recommendations would not be rejected by countries during negotiations at COP28, but remains apprehensive on their reaction to the soon-to-be finalised document, she told the Carbon Forward conference on Wednesday.

Study shows quality and quantity of hops - a crucial ingredient - are falling with hotter weather.

The parliament of Malaysia on Wednesday passed legislation to regulate the country’s biggest energy consumers and ensure energy conservation in the country, according to media reports, a move expected to cut carbon emissions by 200 MtCO2e by mid-century.

European carbon prices clawed back early losses on Wednesday morning, as initial weakness triggered by falling energy prices was subsequently outweighed by the weekly Commitment of Traders data that showed investment funds had increased their net short position last week.

These hardy insects are incredibly good hitchhikers. We can slow their march, but we’ll never entirely eradicate them

The reported outbreak of bedbugs in Paris is hardly surprising. Reports of sightings on the London Underground – so far unsubstantiated, but quickly addressed by Sadiq Khan – are not surprising either. Bedbugs are everywhere. Bedbugs can be found in any city around the world, in any location, from youth hostels to five-star hotels. There are not yet clear numbers on the purported “explosion” of bedbugs in Paris, but in the UK, pest control company Rentokil reported a 65% increase in bedbug infestations in the UK from 2022 to 2023.

As we return to pre-pandemic levels of travel, bedbugs are on the move, and this is likely to cause more sightings. They tend to travel in people’s suitcases and end up in our bedrooms – they are incredibly good hitchhikers. The rise in popularity of secondhand furniture is another way for bedbugs to enter our homes.

James Logan is professor of medical entomology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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People involved with developing the EU’s list of sustainable activities are unhappy with how it has addressed biodiversity so far, the ex-biodiversity lead for influential advisory group Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) has said.

Scientists believe the species' last stronghold is just four miles from Cardiff.

There are at least 157,820 outstanding applications to local authorities, and waits of up to 15 years

There are few things so quintessentially English as the allotment, but the number of people waiting for a space of their own has almost doubled in the last 12 years.

The most recent figures, obtained by Greenpeace through freedom of information requests, show there are now at least 157,820 applications sitting on English local authorities’ allotment waiting lists, up 81% from 12 years ago when researchers found the figure was 86,787.

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The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on Wednesday launched its carbon credit trading platform, though activity remained muted on the opening day as demand and supply are both limited.

Much of the methane emitted today as part of fossil fuel production could be avoided, limiting the warming gases emitted into the environment and helping to keep global temperatures below 1.5C above pre-industrial times, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday.

Investments in nature still make up only a minor part of the sustainable finance market, though their share of the ESG bond market is increasing and there is growth potential for carbon credits with nature-based co-benefits as well as in the emerging biocredit market, according to new analysis.

French waste company Veolia has signed a large waste management contract with the Hong Kong government that will also see it capture 10 million tonnes of CO2 over two decades.

People are ahead of governments, says David Cooper, who blames backtracking on parties seeking ‘wedge issues’ for electoral gain

Government backtracking on environmental promises is being driven by politicians and vested interests, not the public, the acting UN biodiversity chief has said, as he called for greater support for those experiencing short-term costs from green policies.

David Cooper, acting executive secretary for the UN convention on biological diversity (CBD), told the Guardian he believed the public mood was not moving against greater environmental protections, and that vested interests opposed to action on the climate crisis and nature loss were trying to frustrate progress.

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W.A. government is looking at supporting an electrolyser manufacturing facility in the state to support its massive green hydrogen plans.

The post W.A. wants to build electrolysers to support massive green hydrogen plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Korea’s latest monthly CO2 auction for the current ETS compliance cycle again sold only a limited share of the permits on offer, as the market continues to struggle with lukewarm demand despite recent updates on carryover rules.

A Europe-wide biodiversity research initiative has called for more integration of scenario planning of ecosystem threats to support transparency and assist with financial cost decisions.

Calls come after federal court dismisses legal action against environment minister’s decisions on two mine expansions

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Conservation groups say Australia’s environment laws must be changed to include a climate trigger after the federal court dismissed a legal challenge against the environment minister’s decisions on two proposed coalmine expansions.

Known as the living wonders case, the legal action launched by the Environment Council of Central Queensland (ECoCeQ) alleged the minister, Tanya Plibersek, failed to protect the environment from climate harm when she decided the projects could move the next stage of the federal assessment process.

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