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Exchange operator ICE in the coming months will change the delivery method for its California and nature-based carbon futures contracts, aligning its procedures with its Europe-based environmental products.

The Brazilian Congress is likely to pass a proposal to launch a national carbon trading programme covering the compliance and voluntary market, endorsed by newly-inaugurated President Lula da Silva, experts told Carbon Pulse.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s (R) administration on Wednesday said it will move to public comment this month its proposal to rescind the state’s RGGI-linked cap-and-trade regulation at the end of the year.

Swiss firm Climeworks on Thursday announced it has distributed its first carbon removal tonnes from its direct air capture plus storage (DAC+S) facility in Iceland to three North American tech giants, with one of the companies having previously pledged to pay a steep price for the credits.

Has climate action bogged down? Hardly. Nations are redoubling their efforts in visible and less visible ways. Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Researchers claim to put a number on what Exxon knew about temperature rise as early as the 1970s.

The EU's biggest political group will not support an effort in the European Parliament to increase the ambition of the bloc's nature restoration bill, senior party members said on Thursday while urging that food security and increased cooperation with farmers must be taken into account.  

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Research adds to concerns about the impact of human noise pollution on marine life

We have all experienced the frustration of trying to hold a conversation in a loud pub or restaurant. Now researchers have shown that dolphins may face a similar scenario, showing that they “shout” to each other when faced with background noise.

The findings revealed that a noisy environment makes it harder for dolphins to communicate and cooperate on tasks, adding to concern about the impact of human noise pollution on marine life.

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The EU will face less international opposition for slapping on levy on industrial emissions outside its territory than it did a decade ago with airlines, key lawmaker Peter Liese said on Thursday, judging that the bloc’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will be fully implemented as a result.

The Wildlife Conservation Society has released footage of the hatching of hundreds of thousands of giant South American river turtles. It is the largest single gathering of turtles in the world and happens annually along the Guaporé/Iténez River on the border between Brazil and Bolivia. An estimated 80,000 adult females lay their eggs in sand along the beaches in September and they hatch between December and January. Once the turtles emerge, they crawl to the river and disperse

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Most business executives see the voluntary carbon market (VCM) as an important tool to meet near-term climate goals, according to a survey published on Thursday, with responses also raising significant concerns that some companies are using carbon credits for greenwashing.

World Meteorological Organization data shows last year’s average temperature was 1.15C more than pre-industrial levels

The relentless challenge of global heating has again been underscored by the tally of a passing year, with 2022 ranking as one of the warmest years ever recorded and the past eight years now collectively the hottest documented by modern science.

Last year’s average temperature was about 1.15C warmer globally than levels seen in the pre-industrial era, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), with searing, record heat enveloping much of Europe and Asia, which both experienced their second hottest years on record. Europe had its warmest ever summer.

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New research reveals dolphins struggle to communicate and work together as noise pollution increases.

The United Arab Emirates has selected state oil firm boss Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber as president of the next UN climate conference to be held in the nation in December, angering climate campaigners who likened the appointment to a cigarette company leader being put in charge of a health conference.

The EU ETS will move from oversupply to significant tightness towards the end of the decade and beyond, analysts said on Thursday, assessing the overall impact of recently-agreed reforms that have the overall effect of backloading ambition for several years. 

Female killer whale died after grounding itself north of Daytona Beach in first recorded instance in south-eastern US

Wildlife officials in Florida will conduct a necropsy to determine the cause of death of a 21ft (6.4-metre) orca, the first recorded instance of a killer whale beaching itself in the south-eastern US.

The female orca was still alive when it came ashore in Flagler county, about 30 miles north of Daytona Beach, early on Wednesday, but died before rescuers arrived.

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The row between Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest over Sun Cable reveals the technical, economic and even geopolitical hurdles to completion

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Behind the “billionaire biffo” between Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest over the future of Sun Cable is a project that has analysts dubbing “visionary” but also “extremely ambitious”.

In Australia’s first big business story of the year, Sun Cable was placed into voluntary administration on Wednesday. That signalled the company won’t be able to meet debt payments without another injection of funds said to be $60m, with Forrest the one not “aligned” with other investors in a willingness to dig deep again.

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