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António Guterres says Asian countries must use greener energy sources to tackle the climate crisis.

The new mine in Cumbria could create 500 jobs but protesters argue it will contribute to global warming.

Hollywood star says he's optimistic about the future because of climate activist's campaigning.

Jeremy Corbyn has said the decision to halt fracking in England with immediate effect is an election stunt. The Labour leader says he believes the moratorium will be lifted on 13 December, the day after the general election, if Boris Johnson's government is returned to office

• Jeremy Corbyn decries fracking suspension as election stunt

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Labour leader’s comments come after minister suggests halt may only be temporary

Calls are growing for the next government to make the suspension of fracking in England permanent after a minister suggested the halt to exploration may only be temporary.

The government announced an immediate moratorium on fracking on Friday in a major U-turn after the Oil and Gas Authority said in a report that it was unable to predict the magnitude of any earthquakes triggered by hydraulic fracturing NEW after one measured 2.9 on the Richter scale in August. NEW

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Environmentalist actor says first meeting with teenage climate activist was ‘an honour’

Leonardo DiCaprio has praised teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg as a “leader of our time” following their first meeting.

DiCaprio, a prominent environmental campaigner, said 16-year-old Thunberg’s message should be a “wake-up call to world leaders everywhere that the time for inaction is over”.

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One Welsh county has only three public charging points for every 100,000 residents

Britain may be on the verge of an electric car revolution but Welsh drivers wanting to change to greener personal transport may struggle: the eight counties in the UK with the lowest number of chargers per person in Britain are all in Wales, government data has revealed.

Rhondda Cynon Taf has only three public car chargers for every 100,000 residents, putting it bottom of a league table of English counties, Scottish council areas and Welsh principal areas published on Saturday from the Department for Transport and private sector data provider Zap-map.

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Only 110 of 30,000 who receive invites will take part in event over four weekends next year

Thirty-thousand people across the UK have been randomly chosen to take part in a citizens’ assembly on the climate emergency convened by MPs.

Invitations to the assembly, which will be held over four weekends in Birmingham from January to mid-March, are due to arrive from Wednesday next week.

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Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources unable to agree on plan backed by Australia, France and EU

Conservationists have expressed frustration that an international commission for protecting marine life in Antarctica has failed for the eighth consecutive time to create a marine park across 1 million sq km on the continent’s east.

Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) could not agree on the proposal, backed by Australia, France and the EU, that would have protected habitat for penguins, seals, whales and seabirds.

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The Kenyan capital city is facing water supply issues - how serious is the problem?

The Swedish climate activist joined more than 1,000 people for an afternoon of youth-led climate action in Los Angeles

Paradise is not what it used to be, as Greta Thunberg witnessed earlier this week. Today the town with a lovely name is best known for the apocalyptic fire that ripped through it last year, decimating nearly every home and killing 86 people.

This week California is once more in flames as fires rage in the north and south – a point that was not lost on the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who spoke at a rally in Los Angeles on Friday.

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Recent heatwaves in Britain has impacted all sorts of crops. Paul Olding describes the effect on his grapes.

Jessica Allen is investigating applying electrolysis to wood. The result is a high-value product, and less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Newcastle has a great opportunity to transition from the world’s biggest coal exporting port to one exporting hydrogen. Researchers at The University of Newcastle are looking at how it might be achieved.

Reese Halter has a novel idea for the offsets of Californian polluters.

Parliament is sending 30,000 invitations to people to take part in a citizen's assembly on climate change.

London and Scotland are the best places to find charging points, while Yorkshire is the worst.

Our fear of radiation from modern nuclear plants is unjustified argues Gerry Thomas.

Eddie Redmayne's new movie The Aeronauts is based on real events - but just how accurate is it?

Drilling for shale gas will cease in England - but the government stops short of an outright ban.