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At bp, we are now looking for a lawyer to support bp Trading & Shipping (T&S), bp’s energy trading and shipping business, in respect of its power trading business and some of its low carbon, natural gas and bio gas trading businesses.

Prices for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) could more than double by 2030, rising to a range of $20-45/t.

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A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the federal government has overlooked the national security threats of climate change. Cheryl Durrant, Adjunct Associate Professor, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Rising levels of microplastic pollution raise questions about the impact on human health, experts say

Microplastic pollution is now “spiralling around the globe”, according to a study of airborne plastic particles.

The researchers said human pollution has led to a global plastic cycle, akin to natural processes such as the carbon cycle, with plastic moving through the atmosphere, oceans and land. The result is the “plastification” of the planet, said one scientist.

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Voluntary emission reduction (VER) prices continued a month-long descent this week as activity picked up in the futures market, while voluntary carbon market (VCM) traders pondered the impacts of US-based The Nature Conservancy undertaking an internal review of its forestry projects over additionality concerns.

Quebec shifted past vintage allowances into its price containment reserve and doled out additional free allocations in Q1, with the remaining Vintage 2019 volume for the province's cap-and-trade programme to be auctioned at the May WCI sale, according to the provincial environmental ministry.

Organization: Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) Position: Project Manager Financial Institutions and Climate Duty Station: Paris, Ile-De-France, France Deadline for Application: 19 April 2021

Organization: Grantham Research Institute (GRI) Position: Climate and Development Senior Policy Fellow Duty Station: London, England, UK Deadline for Application: 28 April 2021

Organization: Grantham Research Institute (GRI) Position: Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Professor Lord Stern Duty Station: London, England, UK Deadline for Application: 18 April 2021

Plans to bring shipping emissions into the EU ETS must ensure that no free emissions allowances are allocated, two national shipowner associations said in a letter on Monday.

MPs vote to stop flights where the journey could be made by train in under 2.5 hours.

US energy-related CO2 emissions declined by double-digits in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent ‘stay-at-home’ orders reduced overall power consumption and vehicle miles travelled, according to federal data released Monday.

EU carbon prices hit a new record above €44 on Monday, extending last week's top trade amid strong auction demand, a supportive energy complex, and bullish technical signals.

Madrid regional government says it has suspended all activity at Vivotecnia after inspection found ‘signs of animal mistreatment’

Regional officials in Spain have temporarily halted all activity at an animal testing facility after the publication of undercover footage that appears to show animals being taunted, smacked, tossed around and cut into with no or inadequate anaesthesia.

Since 2000, Madrid-based contract research organisation Vivotecnia has carried out experiments on animals ranging from monkeys to mini pigs and rabbits for the biopharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetic, tobacco and food industries. The facility has in the past secured funding from the EU and Spanish authorities for its projects.

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The flourishing global voluntary carbon market is about to achieve another ‘coming of age’ milestone: its own fixed income-style ratings system.

Ahead of Earth Day, the Guardian is partnering with newsrooms around the world in a joint initiative calling on journalists to treat the climate crisis like the emergency it is

When the world shut down last year, there was one big beneficiary: the planet. With travel ground to a halt, emissions fell 10% in 2020. But we haven’t kept up the momentum – as economies reopen, carbon emissions are expected surpass pre-pandemic levels in the coming months, unless countries take urgent action.

We are in an emergency. California is on the brink of drought, prompting fears of a new wave of devastating megafires later this year. Rising temperatures could soon make the planet’s tropical regions unlivable for humans. Yet a Guardian investigation recently found that only a small number of major countries have been pumping rescue funds into a low-carbon future.

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MPs vote to suspend internal flights if the trip can be completed by train within two and a half hours instead

French MPs have voted to suspend domestic airline flights on routes that can be travelled by direct train in less than two and a half hours, as part of a series of climate and environmental measures.

After a heated debate in the Assemblée Nationale at the weekend, the ban, a watered-down version of a key recommendation from President Emmanuel Macron’s citizens’ climate convention was adopted.

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Ireland to replace its last remaining coal generation with a huge 1.4GW floating wind farm, and create a new clean energy and green hydrogen hub.

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South Korean carbon allowances fell to their lowest levels in more than five years in Monday trade as prospects of having to cancel millions of units due to the oversupply weighed on sentiment.

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