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English test scandal: students renew fight to clear names after 10 years

Exclusive: Push follows new evidence that raises questions over Home Office’s cheating accusations against 35,000 international students

The Guardian - UK

TOEFL to be soon offered as personalised test based on individual backgrounds, requirements: ETS

The English language test TOEFL will soon be offered as a personalised test depending upon individual requirements as well as the test takers’ background

The Hindu

Indigenous reforestation is a Treaty right – and the right thing to do

Māori need the Government to urgently make better policy that will value native reforestation, argues Manu Caddie

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Businesses rewarded for closing factories due to green carbon credits loophole, says Greenpeace

Some businesses have amassed millions of pounds worth of carbon credits for shutting down or idling plants, campaigners say

The Independent UK

Defining Issues: Kicking farm emissions can down the road

Pricing on-farm climate pollution is one of New Zealand's longest running policy debates, but it could come to a head during the next term of government, reports Marc Daalder

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Labour to consider 2.1 million hectares of native reforestation

Labour released the first ever climate-specific policy manifesto from a political party in New Zealand on Monday but not everything in the document was new.

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Andhra Pradesh to introduce separate TOEFL class, exam for students of government schools

School Education Dept. to include period for TOEFL to upskill English-speaking skills of students in govt. schools. Classes will focus on listening & speaking. Byju's app to be used to strengthen knowledge base in science, social science & maths. MoU signed with US-based ETS to evaluate & certify English proficiency…

The Hindu

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59% rise in TOEFL takers in India post-pandemic: ETS

Indians' interest in foreign shores rises: TOEFL test takers in India up 59% since travel resumed post-COVID. 12.3% of global test takers in 2022 were Indian, up from 7.5% the previous year. Canada's SDS programme now accepts TOEFL, likely to increase test takers from India. US & UK universities most…

The Hindu

National's 'carbon dividend' takes climate cash for tax cuts

National says its tax plan includes a "carbon dividend" but economists say the party is wrong and the policy won't accomplish what it promises.

Newsroom.co.nz

Wetlands and seaweed to generate carbon credits

The Government is looking for alternatives to tree-planting to meet New Zealand's ambitious climate targets, and novel removal technologies could play a part, reports Marc Daalder

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Surprise decision restores Climate Commission's legitimacy

The Government unexpectedly announced on Tuesday evening that it would follow the Climate Change Commission's advice on the country's carbon market.

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Māori foresters angry at 'destruction of value' in emissions trading scheme

To make up for the shortfall of climate action the ETS creates, the Government will pay billions to someone overseas to plant trees for NZ to restrict us from doing the same, says Te Kapunga Dewes.

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Is the ETS really working for the planet?

Comment: Dame Anne Salmond argues the risks for NZ are too high to not put our climate forestry policies right now

Newsroom.co.nz

Court orders Shaw to reconsider ETS settings

The Climate Change Minister agreed with activist lawyers that the Government erred in considering the cost of living when it set carbon price controls last year

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Property rights, wrongs and the Emissions Trading Scheme

Reliance on forestry to meet obligations on emission reductions unsustainable, argues Basil Sharp

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Native trees skittled for firewood

Native bush that conservationists alleged had been cleared for farmland was felled because it overhung a road and the law says the only use for it is as firewood.

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Exotic tree crops established for carbon credits 'morally corrupt'

There is no evidence exotic tree monocultures will continue to sequester CO2 at high rates beyond the first few decades of their life, argues David Norton

The Hindu

AP-Transco gets CERC nod for recovering ₹114 crore as Inter-State Transmission charges

K. Vijayanand, Special Chief Secretary (Energy) and AP-Transco CMD, said on June 24 that the AP-Transco had filed a petition before CERC for the determination of yearly charges for 40 IST lines

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AP govt. signs MoU with U.S.-based ETS for TOEFL training to students in State-run schools

The State government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the US-based Educational Testing Service (ETS) to enable students of the State-run schools to improve their communication skills in English

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Govt consults on removing forestry from ETS

The Government is consulting on four options to amend the carbon market to better incentivise cutting climate pollution instead of offsetting it by planting trees.

The Hindu

Decks cleared for TOEFL training to students from Class 3 in government schools of Andhra Pradesh

The State Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for permission to the School Education Department to enter into an agreement with the Educational Testing Services (ETS) for examination and certification of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to assess English language skills of students from Class III…

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Māori foresters fail in urgent legal bid on ETS

The High Court has ruled public consultation on changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme can go ahead, despite Māori foresters saying more pre-engagement was needed.

The Hindu

International trade has a carbon problem

Environmental protection should not become a smokescreen for trade protectionism

The Hindu

Educational Testing Service changes pattern of GRE, test duration to be cut down by half from September

Educational Testing Service (ETS) changes pattern of GRE, test duration to be cut down by half from September

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NZ Steel deal spotlights mill's $100m carbon subsidy

The Government has yet to make key decisions about how the steel mill's $100 million annual carbon subsidy will change as it decarbonises.

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