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Tanya Plibersek urged to intervene to stop stockpiled soft plastics from being dumped
Environmentalist alliance says plastic waste from failed supermarket-backed recycling scheme can be safely warehoused until it can be recycled
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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.
Continue reading...Number of turtles stranded on British and Irish coast on the rise
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.
Continue reading...Euro Markets: Midday Update
Project developer launches new climate data analytics unit
Emissions from Australia’s NT shale gas can be largely offset domestically in most cases, report says
Project Manager Community Carbon, North Central Catchment Management Authority – Huntly, Australia
UPDATE: Verra suspends PNG REDD+ project ahead of new investigation -media
Lynx facing extinction in France as population drops at most to 150 cats
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.
Continue reading...Electric utes can now power the weekend – and the work week
Crucial senator quizzes Australian government on ACCU use in Safeguard Mechanism
More than 5GW of new wind and solar committed to construction in record breaking 2022
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
Study 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
Neoen gets transmission go-ahead for first stage of country’s biggest renewable zone
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
*Structured Carbon Finance Lead, NBS, Maya Climate – Berlin/Remote
*Project Sourcing Lead, NBS, Maya Climate – Berlin/Remote
PNG’s Climate Change Development Authority raided by country’s anti-corruption police
Tilt renewables buys half share in huge 1.2 GW wind project from global energy giant
Tilt buys half share in one of biggest land-based wind projects in Australia from European energy giant.
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