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Environmental organisations have urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to include mandatory reporting on carbon offset use as part of new climate-related financial risk disclosure requirements, with draft rules expected in March after repeated delays.

Speculators decreased their net length in California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) last week, as compliance entities added permits to their holdings, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

Astronomers no longer believe a rocket stage that's due to hit the Moon was from Elon Musk's SpaceX.

The Carbon Director will be responsible for coordinating internal M&E, sales, and data teams who conduct the distribution, monitoring and auditing of a growing portfolio of carbon offset projects. Their work will result in carbon offsetting for the largest modern improved cookstove operation in Africa.   

The Investment Director will be spearheading the financing for BURN’s carbon offset expansion across Africa and offset delivery through a variety of global offsetting arrangements. Their work will result in carbon offsetting for the largest modern improved cookstove operation in Africa.   

BURN is seeking a Carbon Technical Manager, who will be responsible for the technical aspects of managing, growing, and improving BURN’s carbon offset generation projects.

Dramatic spread of native plants over past decade is evidence of accelerating shifts in fragile polar ecosystem, study finds

Antarctica’s two native flowering plants are spreading rapidly as temperatures warm, according to the first study to show changes in fragile polar ecosystems have accelerated in the past decade.

The increase in plants since 2009 has been greater than the previous 50 years combined, coinciding with rapidly rising air temperatures and a reduction in the number of fur seals, according to researchers working on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands.

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In the field of carbon neutrality and green energy, the commercial market potential is outstanding and the development prospects are excellent. To realize this potential, First Climate is looking for the right people to join our international team.

As Head of First Climate's Technology-Based Climate Solutions (TBS) team, you will play a key role in enabling sustainable projects which communities and the environment, in Europe and globally.

In the field of carbon neutrality and green energy, the commercial market potential is outstanding and the development prospects are excellent. To realize this potential, First Climate is looking for the right people to join our international team.

Just Stop Oil campaign to target petrol stations, fuel depots and refineries to demand end to fossil fuel investment

Activists fronting a new campaign masterminded by Roger Hallam, the strategist behind Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain, have said they are now preparing to move beyond protest and “into civil resistance”.

Two young supporters of Just Stop Oil went to Downing Street on Monday morning, where they delivered an ultimatum to ministers calling for an immediate end to new fossil fuel investments.

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Hundreds of yellow-headed blackbirds have been filmed falling out of the sky and dying under strange circumstances in the northern Mexican city of Cuauhtémoc. The cause of their sudden descent remains unclear but experts said it was most likely the flock was 'flushed' from above by a predatory bird swooping down to make a catch

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Instead of pollution or 5G, it was most likely another bird that caused deaths caught on camera in Cuauhtémoc

Hundreds of yellow-headed blackbirds have been filmed appearing to fall from the sky, some of them dying, in mysterious circumstances in the northern Mexican city of Cuauhtémoc.

The cause of death remains unclear but experts said it was most likely the flock was “flushed” from above by a predatory bird swooping down to make a catch.

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Climate experts fear attacks falsely linking net zero to energy price rises are undermining UK emissions targets

Senior figures in climate diplomacy, including the key architect of the Paris climate agreement, have urged the UK government to maintain its commitments to climate action, amid escalating attacks intended to generate a “culture war” on the net zero target.

Laurence Tubiana, the French diplomat who crafted the 2015 Paris agreement, now chief executive of the European Climate Foundation, said: “We are not happy, and we are crossing our fingers [that the UK will reaffirm its net zero commitment]. It’s very important that the UK keeps this direction of travel.”

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EUA and energy prices slipped back from early highs on Monday after a weak auction and as weekend concerns over rising tensions in Ukraine eased after conciliatory statements from a Ukrainian official.

The German designer, now 83, became known for his satirical advertisement spoofs, especially for those lambasting fast cars and their owners

Klaus Staeck, the artist who challenged postwar Germany’s love of the car

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Origin is looking for a senior lawyer with strong energy experience to support Origin’s offering of electricity and carbon offset products for wholesale and business customers.

Japan needs to reevaluate its reliance on advanced coal technologies if it is to meet its climate objectives in the most cost-effective way, according to a report released Monday.

Whitehaven Coal’s underground expansion has been backed by New South Wales government

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A $400m mine expansion earmarked for approval by the New South Wales government would become the dirtiest thermal coal project in Australia, a public hearing has heard.

Whitehaven Coal’s Narrabri underground expansion was incompatible with the state government’s 2030 climate targets and should be rejected, environment group Lock the Gate told the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) on Monday.

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Australia quietly passes major new solar milestone, notching up 25GW of installed capacity – more PV per capita than anywhere else in the world.

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