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US investment manager launches venture to earn carbon credits from planting oyster farms

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 16:09
A US-based investment manager has launched a new company with the goal of generating carbon credits through planting 6 million oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Wildfires ravaging northern Portugal – in pictures

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-20 16:00

Since last week, wildfires have been raging in central and northern Portugal. At least seven people have died and 50 have been injured. More than 5,000 firefighters have been mobilised to battle the blazes

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INTERVIEW: Either have a market or don’t, Australian project veteran tells government, industry

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 14:59
A carbon project developer who went public this week over what he sees as a self-serving and nepotistic industry has urged the government to remove so-called flexibility measures under the Safeguard Mechanism.
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Food companies team up to cut emissions in dairy farming

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 14:26
A Japanese food maker has teamed up with a French food group to drive down emissions from dairy farming worldwide by promoting a special feed additive. 
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‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-20 14:00

The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy

The Thriamvos company truck pulls up at noon outside the four-storey building in the heart of Nicosia.

It’s the third rooftop installation of a solar-powered water heating system that Petros Mihali and his assistant, Soteris, have made in the Cypriot capital since their working day began at 7am.

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Australian carbon trading firm raising A$25 mln – media reports

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 11:50
An Australian carbon trading company is seeking A$25 million ($17 mln) to expand into Asia, according to local media.
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India is in the midst of an electric vehicle revolution – and Australia should tap in

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-09-20 11:46
Whether it’s electric two-wheelers or trucks, buses or bicycles, electric vehicles in India are hard to miss. David T. Hill, Emeritus Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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WCI Markets: CCAs gain ground amidst hushed market activity, wait for programme clarity

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 11:09
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices increased over the past week amidst a dearth of activity as market participants await a rulemaking package from regulator ARB.
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California’s LCFS changes would create decarbonisation ‘obstacles,’ ethanol producer says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 09:53
Ethanol producer POET publicly criticised proposed changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Tuesday when the producer’s senior attorney told a California ARB division chief that the changes would introduce “obstacles” to practical decarbonisation pathways.
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Nova Scotia Liberals attempt to bring back cap-and-trade programme

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 08:42
The former premier of Nova Scotia introduced a bill that would re-install a provincial cap-and-trade programme, eying an end to the province’s compliance with the federal carbon levy.
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Canada succeeds to lower CO2 emissions in 2023 during economic growth –report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 08:25
An independent estimate of Canada’s national emissions in 2023, published Thursday, showed a modest decline, relative to the year prior.
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California gasoline consumption declines at slower pace in June as diesel sales hit year high

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-20 06:45
California gasoline consumption continued its year-over-year decline -albeit at a slower pace - in June while diesel sales reached their highest levels of the year, state data published this week showed.
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Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-09-20 06:36
Global action is urgently needed to tackle microplastic – and the problem has never been more pressing. Karen Raubenheimer, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Endure – or peter out? Here’s what Northern Rivers organisers and Stop Adani can teach us about building climate groups

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-09-20 06:35
Organising to stop gasfields or coal mines sounds like a similar challenge. But one environmental group has endured, while the other ran out of energy. Here’s why Amanda Tattersall, Associate Professor in Urban Geography and Host of ChangeMakers Podcast, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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