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The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) jurisdictions in the northeast US and Mid-Atlantic are likely to see tranpsort sector emissions decline from more stringent federal fuel economy standards and greater deployment of electric vehicles, according to initial reference case results.

Paying landowners to protect their land could play a vital role in tackling climate change, though large-scale bioenergy use and storage could worsen the effects without careful management, according to UN-backed scientific panel IPCC in a landmark report.

The poison-filled, spring-loaded traps, called M-44s, are used by Wildlife Services for the benefit of farmers and ranchers

The Trump administration has reauthorized government officials to use controversial poison devices – dubbed “cyanide bombs” by critics – to kill coyotes, foxes and other animals across the US.

The spring-loaded traps, called M-44s, are filled with sodium cyanide and are most frequently deployed by Wildlife Services, a federal agency in the US Department of Agriculture that kills vast numbers of wild animals each year, primarily for the benefit of private farmers and ranchers.

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A strange cloud trail in the early morning sky above Florida left observers on the ground in awe.

European carbon continued to show little direction on Thursday, with traders holding prices between €28 and €29.

Boris Johnson wants a new fast-track visa system to attract leading scientists to work in the UK.

The British Columbia Assembly should review its C$40 carbon price as part of a comprehensive evaluation of the Canadian province’s taxation system, a legislative committee said on Wednesday.

Previously undiscovered group of molecules found to be behind phenomenon

The secret behind the eerie glow of two shark species has been revealed in a study which sheds light on the origin and possible advantages of their fluorescent green bodies.

Chain catsharks and swell sharks are deep-dwelling and live in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific respectively, where they hide among rocks and rubble. While at first glance they appear to be in various shades of brown, recent studies have shown that under blue light they glow green. Crucially, only blue light penetrates the depths of the ocean.

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Germany-based utility Uniper saw its earnings almost halve over H1 as higher CO2 prices increased hedging costs and reduced the operating hours of its big-emitting coal generators.

Alcohol is free of radioactivity and could help economic recovery in region

What do you call vodka produced from grain grown in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl, scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster 33 years ago?

Atomik, of course.

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Engineers are close to finishing the assembly of the joint Europe-Russia robot set for launch in 2020.

South Korean CO2 allowances rose to all-time highs in Thursday trade as demand continued to outweigh the slow trickle of supply in a market deemed short overall, forcing emitters to consider borrowing from future allocation.

The play-on-words hashtag #Globalwarning has been viewed more than 24 million times by users of the app.

Energy major Chevron on Thursday announced it has started injecting CO2 underground from its Gorgon LNG plant in Western Australia, nearly three years after the project was meant to commence, likely limiting its demand for carbon credits to offset emissions.

Hainan province in southern China is working with state-owned power companies and others to establish itself as a carbon trading hub, pulling together domestic as well as international carbon traders.

The IPCC's latest special report on climate change paints a stark future for the world's agricultural sector.

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• IPCC report finds reduction in global heating requires transformation of food production and land management
• Climate crisis reducing land’s ability to sustain humanity, says IPCC

An Australian farming group has called for a fully funded national strategy to deal with climate change and agriculture, warning farmers don’t have enough support to manage increasing risks associated with global heating.

It comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report on climate change and land, released in Geneva on Thursday, found limiting global heating to below 2C can only be achieved by reducing emissions from all sectors – including land and food.

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A new IPCC report shows unprecedented levels of land exploitation are contributing to climate change and threatening food security. What can be done in the short- and long-term?

The world has no hope of reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement without seriously reducing emissions from agriculture, forestry and land clearing. Mark Howden, Director, Climate Change Institute, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

UN report finds ecosystems never before under such threat and restoration is urgent

• How climate’s impact on land threatens civilisation – and how to fix it

The climate crisis is damaging the ability of the land to sustain humanity, with cascading risks becoming increasingly severe as global temperatures rise, according to a landmark UN report compiled by some of the world’s top scientists.

Global heating is increasing droughts, soil erosion and wildfires while diminishing crop yields in the tropics and thawing permafrost near the poles, says the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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