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Demonstrators wearing gas masks glue hands to breeze blocks outside tube station

Climate change activists wearing gas masks have blocked a central London road to demand the next government tackles “deadly levels of air pollution” in the capital.

Six Extinction Rebellion protesters dressed in hi-vis suits glued their hands to yellow breeze blocks in the middle of Cranbourn Street, outside Leicester Square tube station.

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The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) collaboration is expected to release its draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the proposed fuel sector ETS in the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions this week, two regulatory sources said.

New report says greenhouse gas emissions equal carbon footprint of a quarter of passenger cars in Europe

Greenhouse gas emissions from shipping equal the carbon footprint of a quarter of passenger cars in Europe and stand in the way of countries meeting the Paris agreement, new analysis reveals.

Despite the scale of shipping emissions from both container and cruise ships in Europe, they are not part of European emissions reduction targets.

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Ocean species endangered as black market trade devastates marine life across Puglia region

Every night, dozens of wooden boats loaded with fishing equipment pass under the Punta Penna bridge and into the protected waters of the Mar Piccolo, a unique saltwater lagoon in the southern Italian port city of Taranto.

Trawling nets, cage traps and even homemade bombs are deployed into the moonlit waters by those in search of lucrative prey. “It’s like my father picking lemons and making limoncello at home,” says Luciano Manna, a local activist who has been monitoring the illegal activity for five years. “It’s too easy.”

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US technology allows fruits to stay ripe for twice as long and reduces plastic packaging

Avocados that stay ripe for twice as long as usual thanks to an edible coating on their skin made from plant materials will go on sale in Europe for the first time this week.

Large supermarket chains in Germany and Denmark will stock the fruit, which is treated with a tasteless coating that has the potential to reduce fresh fruit and vegetable waste throughout the supply chain and cut the use of plastic packaging.

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Water minister Melinda Pavey says imminent ‘day zero’ dates would apply only if there was no rain and no water restrictions

Coastal towns in New South Wales face serious water supply constraints if summer rains fail to materialise, with some potentially running out by January.

But the water minister, Melinda Pavey, urged people not to abandon their holiday plans, saying the new list of “day zero” dates for NSW towns was a worst-case scenario based on how long water supplies would last with no inflows and without water restrictions.

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The two most senior energy bosses in Northern Territory sacked after report into Alice Springs "system black" identified major cultural and system problems.

The post NT sacks energy chiefs after report into Alice Springs system black appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian climate negotiators will be forced to defend the Morrison government's questionable accounting fudge as countries move to block Kyoto carryover.

The post Taylor greeted in Madrid by more than 100 countries opposing carbon accounting dodge appeared first on RenewEconomy.

British oil and gas supermajor increases stake in solar developer Lightsource BP to fast-track plans to develop 10GW of renewable energy assets by end 2023.

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Seven projects with combined wind, solar capacity of 271MW awarded at average cost of $A3.33/MWh – prices so low they accounted for only 61% of the tender’s allocated budget.

The post Danish wind and solar projects edge closer to subsidy-free appeared first on RenewEconomy.

COP25 delegates from developing countries try to ban the emissions accounting measure in a clause described as an ‘anti-Australia option’

Australia’s plan to use an accounting loophole to meet its international emissions targets has been formally challenged at UN climate talks, with about 100 countries wanting the practice banned under the Paris agreement.

Delegates from developing countries led by Belize and Costa Rica have introduced a ban on using carryover credits from the Kyoto protocol into the text of the rulebook for the Paris climate agreement, which is being debated at a meeting in Madrid.

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India-based solar contracting giant Sterling and Wilson Solar enters Australian market, begins work on first local project, 200MW Wellington solar farm in NSW.

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Major structural components for the Warradarge Wind Farm have begun their journey to site, marking an important milestone in the project.

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The Australian musician Megan Washington worked with composer Robert Davidson on a performance based around Greta Thunberg's excoriating address to the UN’s climate action summit in New York in September. The piece was performed at the City Recital Hall's  20th anniversary event We Are Twenty, to celebrate the music of the future and what music can look like in the next 20 years. "Greta’s speech is the definition of punk, and more important than any song that has been written in my lifetime, so I couldn’t ‘look to the future’ without including it," Washington said. "Rob is an actual genius because his compositions are proof that there is music in all of us, when we speak passionately, and from the heart." 

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Choose your favourite image from entrants in BirdLife Australia’s annual photography awards. From a lone rainbow bee-eater in Western Australia to fabulous fantail in New South Wales, the best images by photographers across Australia have been entered into this year’s poll. Voting will run until Friday 13 December

• Black-throated finch wins 2019 bird of the year with tawny frogmouth second

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Sumatran tigers are critically endangered - with fewer than 400 believed to be left in the wild.

The science broadcaster explains why he's been delving into the lives of some extraordinary scientists.

China’s national emissions trading scheme is likely to start off with low prices next year and only play a moderate role in the nation’s overall policy mix to control greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, according to a survey released Monday.

The outcome of the COP25 UN climate conference in Spain will influence the event in Scotland next year.

Political posturing is harming attempts to address key issues at the UN climate talks, participants say.