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Government working ‘round the clock’ to help deluged regions, prime minister says

Boris Johnson declined to apologise over his government’s slow response to the flooding across parts of the north of England, insisting that a huge amount of work was going on to help and compensate victims.

The prime minister faced difficult questions over whether enough had been spent on flood defences in deluged regions of Yorkshire, the east Midlands and Lincolnshire, after giving a speech on how he would give billions of pounds to research and development.

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The world’s biggest steelmaker ArcelorMittal has confirmed it will go ahead with previously announced production curbs at its Polish unit due to weak market conditions.

My father, a Fen farm manager, never forgot Tom Williams’ 1947 response to flooding, writes Gerrard Raven. And Chris Weeks wants to know why plans from a decade ago weren’t implemented

Re recent flooding (Johnson accused of lack of concern amid fears of further rainfall, 13 November), in March 1947, as a bitter, snowy winter gave way to spring, large areas of the Fens flooded. Attlee’s minister of agriculture, Tom Williams, rushed to the area and took personal charge.

He dispatched a thousand troops, sent in hundreds of naval and other pumps, had light-gauge railway tracks laid and brought in amphibious troop carriers to fill in the breaches in river banks. The operation succeeded and Fen cabbages and potatoes saved Britons from hunger that autumn.

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Switzerland’s Federal Council on Wednesday approved measures paving the way for the linking agreement between the country’s carbon market and the EU ETS to enter into force on Jan. 1, 2020.

The British supersonic vehicle trials its airbrake system after a weekend in the repair shop.

The fossilised tooth of a mysterious extinct ape is shedding new light on the evolution of great apes.

A second Ebola vaccine is to be offered to thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The lying, the scheming and the intrigue puts storylines on The Bold and the Beautiful to shame

If this was a poll on which Australian bird is featured most frequently on homewares, superb fairy-wrens would win by a mile. Teacups, plates, tea towels and cushions across the country are adorned with their image. The combination of their tiny size (they weigh about the same as a 20c piece), pointing up tail and the way they cuddle together makes them pretty darn adorable. I’m going to argue though that there are many more reasons that you should vote for them in 2019 than simply “they look cute”.

It is not only the public that is drawn to this gorgeously sweet bird. Superb fairy-wrens are actually one of our most well-studied Australian birds (heck I did my PhD on them). The more we learn about them the more we realise that that image of a sweet happy family unit is far from reality.

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Italian utility Enel advanced its EU forward power hedging considerably over Q3 while its coal-based output fell away, giving a bearish signal for EUAs.

ASPI seeks a Senior Program Officer for ASPI’s sustainability projects, with a focus on development of carbon markets in Asia, in particular in China.

Bluesource seeks a Manager of Forest Carbon Modeling to play a role in the Bluesource forestry team’s carbon modeling efforts and support project implementation efforts in the forest carbon space.

Hayabusa-2 will return with samples of the asteroid after its yearlong journey back to Earth.

AEMC calls on the energy sector to prepare for digital disruption, predicting the sector will see its own Airbnb or eBay disrupters .

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California’s 2020 floor price for its WCI-linked carbon market is set to rise to $16.68 after year-on-year inflation for October came in at 1.8%, according to government data released Wednesday.

EUAs inched higher early on Wednesday to edge away from the sub-€24 one-month low of the previous session, as positive economic data and a lack of auction supply supported.

A state of disaster is declared as the Italian city is hit with a high tide of more than 1.87m.

AEMC rejects push to change the way network losses are assessed, putting it at loggerheads with renewables industry and potential the market operator.

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A veteran climate policy and carbon market lawyer has launched a climate change advisory and investment business, aiming to raise $3 billion across investment funds to facilitate the transition to a net-zero and climate resilient future.

The seabed is rich in metals, but what damage could mining it cause?

As a sourcing manager for Colombian carbon projects you will identify, negotiate and contract new emission reduction projects for the Colombian carbon market.