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Biden FERC nominee to swing US federal agency to Democrat majority
NA Markets: CCA prices flutter around $25 level as RGGI finds bullish support before Q3 sale
Green fintech app launches investment offset feature
How urban soundscapes affect humans and wildlife — and what may have changed in the hush of lockdown
The Guardian view on fossil fuels: a very long way to go | Editorial
New carbon capture technology should be welcomed. But weaning the world off coal, oil and gas is what matters most
The switching on of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage plant, in Iceland, is a glimmer of hope in a bleak climate landscape. The amount of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere by this new machine will be tiny: 4,000 tonnes a year, which is equivalent to that produced by 870 cars. Still, the project brings a step closer the possibility that significant amounts of carbon dioxide could, one day, be removed from the atmosphere.
The significant risks that such technological developments carry must be addressed head-on. The danger is that they are a displacement activity from the massive and necessary task of reducing and then eliminating emissions (with any residual emissions offset or, if carbon capture technologies are scaled up, removed). This distraction need not be deliberate, although fossil fuel producers have consistently undermined climate action by promoting the idea that technological solutions will eventually make calls to decarbonise obsolete.
Continue reading...EU Market: EUAs nudge higher as energy extends rally
Conservationists call for urgent ban on deep-sea mining
Motion at Marseille summit wins global support for warning of permanent biodiversity loss and unknown effect on ecosystem
A motion calling for a ban on deep-sea mining has been adopted in Marseille at the world’s biggest biodiversity summit since the pandemic, after an overwhelmingly supportive vote by governments and civil society groups.
Related: Deep-sea ‘gold rush’: secretive plans to carve up the seabed decried
Continue reading...Carbon Offset Procurement Specialist, Abatable – London
Portfolio & Partnerships Manager, Nature-Based Solutions Business Unit, EcoAct – Paris
Korea Exchange sees first internationally-sourced carbon offset deal
Manager, Market Development, American Forest Foundation – Washington DC/US Remote
Senior Strategy and Policy Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – Beijing
Head of Carbon Neutrality, World Economic Forum – Beijing
Surrey heating co-op’s woodland scheme entices rare butterfly to return
Scheme that uses locally harvested woodchip to heat homes of retired sailors yields biodiversity benefits
A low-carbon co-operative that heats the homes of retired sailors has helped one of Britain’s rarest butterflies return to a nearby wood.
Springbok Sustainable Wood Heat Co-operative is a unique scheme using woodchip harvested from woodland within yards of 49 households in Surrey to provide heating and hot water.
Continue reading...UPDATE- EU lawmakers wary of CO2 cost hit to poor people, urge speedier end to free allocations
Netherlands proposes radical plans to cut livestock numbers by almost a third
Dutch farmers could be forced to sell land and reduce the amount of animals they keep to help lower ammonia pollution
Dutch politicians are considering plans to force hundreds of farmers to sell up and cut livestock numbers, to reduce damaging ammonia pollution.
After the highest Dutch administrative court found in 2019 that the government was breaking EU law by not doing enough to reduce excess nitrogen in vulnerable natural areas, the country has been battling what it is calling a “nitrogen crisis”.
Continue reading...Scottish campaigners condemn Cop26 as ‘the most exclusionary ever’
Activists say almost 2,000 people on waiting list for place to stay owing to lack of affordable accommodation
Scotland-based climate campaigners have condemned “the most exclusionary Cop ever”, as they reveal a waiting list of nearly 2,000 delegates and activists who were still seeking affordable accommodation for November’s summit in Glasgow.
The Cop26 Homestay Network, which was launched in May, and is described by organisers as a “non-corporate Airbnb”, aims to match local hosts from across the central belt of Scotland with visiting climate change campaigners, scientists and non-governmental organisations.
Continue reading...Big oil’s delay tactics are the new climate science denialism
Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry engages in ‘wokewashing’ to divert attention away from the crisis
ExxonMobil has been touting its commitment to “reducing carbon emissions with innovative energy solutions”. Chevron would like to remind you it is keeping the lights on during this dark time. BP is going #NetZero, but is also very proud of the “digital innovations” on its new, enormous oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile Shell insists it really supports women in traditionally male-dominated jobs.
A casual social media user might get the impression the fossil fuel industry views itself as a social justice warrior, fighting on behalf of the poor, the marginalized, and women – at least based on its marketing material in recent years.
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