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Most of the animals at the Santa Cruz Foundation in San Antonio, Colombia, have been rescued from traffickers and circuses. The multimillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade is the fourth-largest in the country after drugs, guns and human trafficking

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Connecticut has published its revised RGGI regulation that clarifies language about the US power sector carbon market's supply-curbing Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR) and price-limiting Cost Containment Reserve (CCR), coming ahead of a legislative committee meeting later this month.

The reported number of deaths of people campaigning to protect the environment has tripled over a 15 year period. Nathalie Butt, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Queensland Mary Menton, Research Fellow in Environmental Justice, University of Sussex Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Death toll almost half that of US troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001, data shows

Killings of environmental defenders have doubled over the past 15 years to reach levels usually associated with war zones, according to a study that reveals how murders of activists are concentrated in countries with the worst corruption and weakest laws.

At least 1,558 people in 50 states were killed between 2002 and 2017 while trying to protect their land, water or local wildlife, says the analysis, which calculates the death toll is almost half that of US troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.

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July this year was the warmest month ever observed worldwide, satellite data has confirmed.

The fracking company will ask Lancashire council to change its licence, which ends in November

UK shale gas company Cuadrilla will ask for extra time to drill for shale gas at its Lancashire fracking site after its November deadline.

Within the next month the fracking pioneer will ask Lancashire county council for permission to continue its drilling campaign until at least the spring of 2021.

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Stunning new report from BNP Paris signals death toll for petrol: a mix of solar, wind and electric vehicles can deliver more than 7 times the return on investment than oil.

The post Why solar, wind and EVs will be the death of the petroleum industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU carbon prices sank early on Monday as key energy prices were dragged lower by a wider markets sell-off on fears that the US-China trade conflict was spiralling into a currency war.

Critically endangered Monaro and Werriwa grassy woodlands affected by new regulation

The New South Wales government has made it easier for landholders to clear critically endangered grassy woodlands for agriculture and forestry in the state’s south east.

The environment minister, Matt Kean, and the agriculture minister, Adam Marshall, have introduced a regulation that covers two grassy woodlands newly listed as critically endangered under NSW laws: the Monaro grassy woodlands and the Werriwa grassy woodlands.

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New Zealand has dismissed a proposal from its economic watchdog to establish an independent agency to run elements of its emissions trading scheme, such as setting annual GHG caps.

Warwick Long talks snail caviar and lab-grown meat.

Climate Analytics currently seeking a Finance Officer to support and expand its Global Finance Team. The position includes a wide array of tasks, from project accounting and controlling to general bookkeeping. The position is based in Berlin.

The Government has asked for a report on nuclear power from its Standing Committee on Energy. Tony Wood from the Grattan Institute discusses the issue.

Germany’s GIZ is seeking a project manager for its support project for Mexico’s NAMA on energy efficiency for small- and medium-sized companies.

A second Victorian solar industry protest – this time targeting the Premier’s office – is being planned for Thursday, as calls to amend the state’s rooftop rebate scheme intensify.

The post Solar rebate battle continues, as industry readies for “bigger” protest appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There's precious little business case for nuclear power in Australia, but we could start with the end product: storing radioactive waste. Heiko Timmers, Associate Professor of Physics, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

India’s most sacred river is also its most polluted, with plastic a major culprit. Now moves are afoot to monitor the flow of rubbish and assess its link to poverty

Drop a plastic bottle into the Ganges and where does it end up? An all-female team of engineers, explorers and scientists is about to find out by undertaking the first expedition to measure plastic waste in one of the world’s most polluted waterways.

Following the Ganges upstream from where it empties in the Bay of Bengal to its source in the Himalayas, the National Geographic-backed expedition aims to better understand how plastic pollution travels from source to sea and provide solutions for reducing the amount that ends up in the world’s oceans.

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Angus Taylor and the Coalition government have taken their war against wind and solar to its next inevitable phase: They've pressed the nuclear button.

The post Taylor presses nuclear button, as energy wars enter dangerous new phase appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction begins on biggest wind farm in W.A., with an expected capacity factor of 50 per cent.

The post Construction starts at Yandin wind farm, set to be WA’s biggest appeared first on RenewEconomy.

VEEC submissions grew sharply across May, perhaps due to backlogged supply, or to solar installs hitting a government wall. In NSW, ESC pricing remained stubbournly stable.

The post Energy Efficiency Market Report: VEEC rallies, NSW stays put appeared first on RenewEconomy.