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Farmers warn of looming food price spikes this summer and zoo elephants chomp down on pineapple plants

Few places on earth are as exposed to the ocean as Kiribati; a chain of 32 islands spread across 3.5 million square km in the East Pacific. This program is a re-issue from the Off Track archives while Ann takes a short break.

India aims to become the first country to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole.

EUAs dropped back below €25 early on Friday as weak economic data and a looming jump in auction supply weighed amid aggressive selling.

Dr Peter Hounsell writes that the electric bin lorries currently being trialled are nothing new, while Richard Ellam says that it used to be common for councils to burn rubbish to generate electricity

Your report on electric bin lorries powered by energy from household waste (5 September) that are being trialled by Sheffield and Westminster councils suggests that this may be a world first for local authorities.

This may well be the case in the 21st century, but Sheffield also claimed to be the first to do this back in 1915. Electric refuse collection vehicles were not uncommon in the early decades of the 20th century, and one manufacturer claimed to have 50 local authority customers for its vehicles.

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A sleepy Bolivian peccary, fading British heather and a migrating heron in Turkey

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RGGI’s September auction cleared at a discount to the secondary market for the second straight time, as compliance entities purchased more than half of the units on offer, according to results published Friday.

Use of essential rock phosphate has soared, but scientists fear it could run out within a few decades

The world faces an “imminent crisis” in the supply of phosphate, a critical fertiliser that underpins the world’s food supply, scientists have warned.

Phosphate is an essential mineral for all life on Earth and is added to farmers’ fields in huge quantities. But rock phosphate is a finite resource and the biggest supplies are mined in politically unstable places, posing risks to the many countries that have little or no reserves.

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German emitters ramped up their EU Allowance buying in July as prices rallied to a 13-year high, a government report shows.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

Baby timber rattlesnake in New Jersey has two fully formed, independently working heads

Scientists have named a rare two-headed snake Double Dave after it was found in a forest in the US state of New Jersey.

The baby timber rattlesnake was discovered last month by environmentalists from the Herpetological Associates group, who study endangered and threatened reptiles.

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China could cut a cumulative 1.5-3 billion tonnes of CO2e by 2030 at low cost by introducing easily available policies, including bringing some of those gases into its planned emissions trading scheme, according to research.

Diseases, fishing and plastic are some of the causes of whales and dolphins washing up on shores.

‘For Forest – The Unending Attraction of Nature’ by Klaus Littmann has transformed the Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt into Austria’s largest public art installation

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The federal government this week heralded Australia's renewable energy performance. But the outlook leaves little cause for celebration. Dylan McConnell, Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

ClearVue Technologies Limited is pleased to announce that it has received an R&D tax credit from the Australian Tax Office ofAUD $602,353

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Each spring, winds circling the South Pole weaken. If they weaken enough, they can actually reverse – causing rapid warming. Harry Hendon, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Andrew B. Watkins, Manager of Long-range Forecast Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Eun-Pa Lim, Senior research scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Griffith Young, Senior IT Officer, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A proposed plan to clean up New Zealand's waterways draws clear limits on the expansion of dairy farming and irrigation, as well as on the use of nitrogen fertiliser in some key areas. Troy Baisden, Professor and Chair in Lake and Freshwater Sciences, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Australian Energy Market Operator is looking at the role of rooftop solar, and how that can be used to help solve some of the grid issues that could be raised by the rapid uptake of electric vehices. Early modelling by AEMO has noted that much, but certainly not all, of the charging for EVs...

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Nexif founder CEO Matthew Bartley joins the Energy Insiders podcast to discuss the deal on leasing South Australia’s back up generators, doubling the size of Lincoln Gap wind farm - it will be the biggest in the state - and adding battery storage.

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