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The EU is proposing to link its ETS to a separate British carbon market under a post-2020 trade deal, but the idea faces headwinds as Britain has rejected applying similar rules in its opening salvo of post-Brexit talks.

California officials asked a federal district court judge on Monday to postpone the timeline for a US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit challenging the state's cap-and-trade linkage with Quebec, arguing two pending motions could substantially alter the case.

Levy would help offset impact of farming by raising price of steak in UK by 25%, says report

A “sustainability charge” on meat to cover its environmental damage could raise billions to help farmers and consumers produce and eat better food, according to a report.

The levy, which would increase the price of a steak by about 25%, would be phased in over the next decade. The report focuses on EU countries and was produced for the Tapp Coalition of health, environment and animal welfare organisations. It says “fair pricing” for meat should be included in the forthcoming European “green new deal” and so-called farm to fork strategy.

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Scottish government accused of behaving disgracefully over use of Glasgow science centre

Preparations for this year’s climate summit in Glasgow are being overshadowed by a bitter row between the UK and Scottish governments over a key building near the venue.

UK government sources have accused Scottish ministers of refusing to hand over a building the Scottish government wants to use as its base for the COP 26 climate talks in November.

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Oregon would regulate transportation sector emissions across eighteen geographic areas in 2025, as Democrats made a variety of other proposed changes to the state's carbon market bill in the hopes of bolstering GOP support for the controversial legislation.

A desperate rescue mission to the only known habitat of the stocky galaxias, in Kosciuszko national park, may be the last hope for the species

A little more than two weeks ago, Mark Lintermans headed into the high country to give some fish electric shocks and save them from extinction.

The fish in question was the stocky galaxias (Galaxias tantangara), an endemic freshwater species that grows to about 10cm and is known to live wild only in a three-kilometre stretch of Tantangara Creek, in the Kosciuszko national park.

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The California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) price ceiling will take effect on June 1 and increase annually on that date, according to a revised rulemaking package released by state regulator ARB on Monday.

Sewage used as fertiliser could harm agricultural land, says a report for the Environment Agency.

A senior European carbon and power analyst with ICIS has left the firm to join Italian energy company Snam, Carbon Pulse has learned.

EU carbon extended a four-month low below €24 on Tuesday but bounced back into the black as oil prices jumped on news of a higher proposed output cut by OPEC+ nations.

Sir David Attenborough signals his support for Boris Johnson's 'urgent action' on the climate crisis, as the UK prepares to host the COP 26 UN talks in Glasgow this November

• Boris Johnson doesn’t get climate change, says sacked COP 26 head
• Former energy minister removed as UN climate talks chair

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PM takes charge of COP 26 as ex-minister hits back at her sacking as president of talks

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Boris Johnson has promised “urgent action” on the climate crisis, taking personal leadership of this year’s UN climate talks after a blistering attack by the sacked former minister who was to lead them.

“Unless we take urgent action, we will get 3C hotter,” the prime minister told a gathering of climate experts, business leaders and civil society groups at the Science Museum in London on Tuesday morning. “As a country, as a society, as a planet and as a species, we must now act.”

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New Zealand will be among the first in the world to use an artificial intelligence programme to calculate deforestation levels, which will be used when reporting emissions data to the UNFCCC as well as under its domestic emissions trading scheme.

The prime minister says climate change is harming "the most vulnerable populations around the planet".

The broadcaster and naturalist says the Glasgow climate summit later this year is "extremely important".

Nevada convention to culminate with chance to hunt deer with ‘accomplished conservationist’ Trump Jr and son

A week-long “dream hunt” with the US president’s son Donald Trump Jr is being auctioned at an annual trophy hunting convention in Reno, Nevada alongside expeditions to shoot elephants, bears and giraffes.

The four-day event organized by Safari Club International (SCI) and advertised as a “hunters’ heaven”, will culminate on Saturday with an auction for a week-long Sitka black-tailed deer hunt in Alaska with Trump Jr, his son and a guide. At the time of writing, bidding for the yacht-based expedition stands at $10,000 (£7,685).

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There are over 2,000 species of the beloved insects but experts say: ‘If people want fireflies in the future we need to look at this’

The dance of lights emanating from fireflies is among the most spectacular nocturnal sights in the natural world but experts have warned certain species may be at risk of extinction.

Amid a range of threats, an academic survey of firefly experts from around the world found that habitat loss is considered the heaviest pressure on the insects, which include more than 2,000 species. Pesticide spraying and the use of artificial lights at night are the other leading threats to the creatures, which are in the beetle family.

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Boris Johnson has failed to lead over the UK's hosting of a key climate summit, its former boss says.

Former minister Claire O'Neill has said the prime minister "doesn't really get" climate change.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has distributed nearly 300,000 offsets in its latest issuance, with more than two-thirds of those going to developer Terra Carbon, while revoking two more projects that had failed to generate any emission reductions.