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Tanya Plibersek urged to intervene to stop stockpiled soft plastics from being dumped

The Guardian - Tue, 2023-02-14 00:00

Environmentalist alliance says plastic waste from failed supermarket-backed recycling scheme can be safely warehoused until it can be recycled

Environment groups are urging federal and state governments to ensure thousands of tonnes of soft plastic that could end up in landfill are safely warehoused by supermarket chains until recycling facilities become available, even if that takes years.

The Boomerang Alliance – a coalition of 55 conservation groups – has accused the packaging industry of using a failed scheme run by REDcycle which led to more than 12,000 tonnes of plastic collected by the public being stockpiled since 2018 as a marketing ploy to mask how little is being done to improve recycling rates.

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Number of turtles stranded on British and Irish coast on the rise

The Guardian - Mon, 2023-02-13 23:53

Animals possibly being knocked off course by storm events on the east coast of the US and in the Caribbean

Small, wrinkled and stranded in chilly waters, young hard-shelled turtles have been turning up on the beaches of the UK and Ireland in higher numbers than usual this winter.

According to reports made to the Marine Conservation Society and Marine Environmental Monitoring, 13 juvenile turtles have been stranded since November – 12 loggerheads and one Kemp’s ridley turtle.

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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 23:03
EUA prices dropped away on Monday morning in light trade as traders awaited this week's European Parliament vote on the REPowerEU initiative, and amid a wider energy market sell-off as recovering gas supply and forecasts for milder weather were expected to depress fuel and power prices.
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Project developer launches new climate data analytics unit

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 21:06
A European-based project developer has launched a climate data analytics unit to help organisations decarbonise, also appointing a head of the new branch.
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Emissions from Australia’s NT shale gas can be largely offset domestically in most cases, report says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 20:37
GHG emissions from future onshore shale gas production in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) could largely be offset with the use of carbon credits within Australia and use of domestic mitigation technologies, in most cases, although a high production scenario would require the use of international offsets as well, according to a government scientific agency.
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Project Manager Community Carbon, North Central Catchment Management Authority – Huntly, Australia

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 18:42
The Project Manager will lead a pilot project to develop a local carbon program that funds and delivers revegetation projects that are focused on environmental, social and economic co-benefits in our region.
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UPDATE: Verra suspends PNG REDD+ project ahead of new investigation -media

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 16:19
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has reported that Verra has suspended a REDD+ project in Papua New Guinea and will conduct a review of it, in light of previous criminal charges laid against the developer’s chief executive.
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Lynx facing extinction in France as population drops at most to 150 cats

The Guardian - Mon, 2023-02-13 15:00

Urgent action needed as DNA tests show their genetic diversity is so low they could vanish from the country in 30 years

Conservationists warn that a big cat population in Europe is destined to collapse unless immediate efforts are made to protect the animals.

Researchers estimate there are 120 to 150 adult lynxes in France. Tests on the animals show that the cats’ genetic diversity is so low they will become locally extinct within the next 30 years unless there is urgent intervention.

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Electric utes can now power the weekend – and the work week

The Conversation - Mon, 2023-02-13 14:21
Electric cars are now appearing on Australian roads. But can electric utes meet the more exacting needs of our tradies? Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Crucial senator quizzes Australian government on ACCU use in Safeguard Mechanism

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 14:13
A key Australian senator has urged the government to publicly release the carbon estimation areas of crediting projects, as a Climate Analytics report questioned the efficacy of land-based offsets in the Safeguard Mechanism.
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More than 5GW of new wind and solar committed to construction in record breaking 2022

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2023-02-13 14:00

Australian renewable energy industry broke through another milestone in 2022, commencing construction on over 5GW of wind and solar farms.

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Stopping native forest logging could deliver billions in climate benefits, study says

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2023-02-13 13:30

native forestStudy finds that sequestering carbon in native trees rather than logging them could deliver huge financial benefits between 2023 and 2050.

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Ethiopia signs $40 mln carbon deal with World Bank for sustainable forestry management

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 13:11
Ethiopia has signed a $40 million agreement with the World Bank to access funds from a sustainable forestry programme to reduce emissions by tackling deforestation and land degradation, the multilateral development bank announced.
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Neoen gets transmission go-ahead for first stage of country’s biggest renewable zone

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2023-02-13 12:14

Neoen wins key exemption for transmission line that will link first stage of country's biggest wind, solar and battery project to the grid.

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London-based brokerage loses appeal, must pay compensation in EU carbon trading fraud case

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 11:37
A London-based brokerage has lost its appeal against a British court ruling ordering it to pay nearly £10 million in compensation to liquidators for its involvement in an EU carbon trading fraud scheme.
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*Structured Carbon Finance Lead, NBS, Maya Climate – Berlin/Remote

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 11:01
*PREMIUM LISTING - As our structured carbon finance lead you will be working with project developers as well as investors to structure long-term carbon investments and support in ongoing deal processes and due diligences.
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*Project Sourcing Lead, NBS, Maya Climate – Berlin/Remote

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 11:00
*PREMIUM LISTING - As our project sourcing lead you will primarily focus on originating early-stage Nature-based carbon projects.
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PNG’s Climate Change Development Authority raided by country’s anti-corruption police

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 09:40
The national authority in charge of Papua New Guinea’s carbon market regulations was raided by the country’s fraud squad on Friday, sparking concerns that its work to create a regulatory framework for the market could be impacted.
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Tilt renewables buys half share in huge 1.2 GW wind project from global energy giant

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2023-02-13 09:11

Tilt buys half share in one of biggest land-based wind projects in Australia from European energy giant.

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Major corporates claiming climate leadership are found wanting -report

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2023-02-13 09:01
Some of the world's largest corporations are failing the climate credibility test, an analysis published on Monday found, pointing to shortcoming related to dubious “net zero” claims, marginal progress towards decarbonisation, erroneous use of carbon offsets, and a lack of transparency across companies such as Amazon, Walmart, PepsiCo, and Nestle.
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