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In the latest edition of our Carbon Pulse Conversations podcast, we speak with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) International Counsel Annie Petsonk and WWF Director of Carbon Market Governance and Aviation Brad Schallert about recent developments regarding UN body ICAO’s global aviation offsetting mechanism CORSIA.

Australian developed 'stethoscope for wind turbines' is looking to substantially cut maintenance and repair costs through early damage detection.

The post Aussie “stethoscope for wind turbines” invention could save industry $500m appeared first on RenewEconomy.

WCI market participants see encouraging demand signs ahead of Tuesday’s quarterly carbon allowance sale, but a majority still anticipate the California-Quebec auction will to fail to sell out again due to the impact of the coronavirus.

Researchers in California demonstrate possible solution to two of Earth’s biggest problems – recycling plastic waste and finding cheap ingredients for batteries.

The post Scientists turn plastic bottles into nanomaterials for battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new global standard on tailings dams aim to prevent mining disasters like the Brazil dam collapse in 2019 – but there's more to do. Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland John Owen, Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Nick Bainton, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

South Pole’s director of climate policy and carbon markets has left the company to take up a similar role at BP, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Residents in the Brazilian city of Porto Velho city were battling blazes spreading in the dry brush on 16 August, as firefighters arrived at the remote jungle location to fight the fires that continue to threaten the Amazon.

Smoke could be seen billowing as the fire edged closer to a farmer's home in an area of the Amazon rainforest in Rondônia state.

'We are poor, my salary is just to feed my family. The fire comes to end everything in a fraction of seconds,' local resident Rosalino De Oliveira said. 

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The EU’s executive arm launched on Monday a consultation on proposed legislation setting land use emissions targets, in an attempt to ensure the bloc's carbon sinks will not decrease in next five years.

William Perry Pendley, who was nominated to lead the Bureau of Land Management, has claimed climate change doesn’t exist

In a rare acknowledgement of defeat, Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of a highly controversial figure for a top environment post.

William Perry Pendley is a conservative attorney and longtime opponent of public lands and wildlife protections who had been put forward to lead the Bureau of Land Management. It oversees 240m acres of public land and is charged with managing fossil fuel and mineral development while protecting conserved lands and endangered species.

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Warmer weather across California is pushing power consumption above pre-coronavirus levels and leading to rolling blackouts, with carbon-intensive sources making up a larger share of the grid, according to California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data.

From insurance and healthcare to social media and policing, algorithms are used all around us.

Reporting to the Value Chain Certification Manager, the Value Chain Certification Officer will serve as in-house technical expertise for the auditing of GHG projects and activities conducted in the context of value chain sustainability reporting, with a particular focus on land-use related activities, including soil carbon enhancement and forest carbon sequestration.

EUAs sank back towards €25 early on Monday, defying slightly higher energy prices to dip after a weak auction, with the halved August sale volumes continuing to fail to spur a rally.

Researchers find pollutants in all samples of lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys examined

Microplastic and nanoplastic particles have been discovered in human organs for the first time. The researchers found the tiny plastic pieces in all 47 samples of lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys they examined.

Microplastic pollution has affected the entire planet, from Arctic snow and Alpine soils to the deepest oceans. The particles can harbour toxic chemicals and harmful microbes and are known to harm some marine creatures. People are also known to consume them via food and water, and to breathe them, But the potential impact on human health is not yet known.

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Researchers say they have found a way to resist the spread of a disease threatening forests.

A reading of 130F (54.4C) recorded in Death Valley could be the highest reliable recording ever.

Unless we contain carbon, our food supply will be under threat. By 2050, US corn yields could decline by 30%

I know a stiff wind. They call this place Storm Lake, after all. But until recently most Iowans had never heard of a “derecho”. They have now. Last Monday, a derecho tore 770 miles from Nebraska to Indiana and left a path of destruction up to 50 miles wide over 10m acres of prime cropland. It blew 113 miles per hour at the Quad Cities on the Mississippi River.

Related: Two dead and hundreds of thousands without power after wind storm batters US midwest

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Developers under contract with Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) have delivered 400,000 more offsets to the government fund in the latest issuance round, while the Clean Energy Regulator has doled out a similar amount of new credits.