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European carbon prices are holding at elevated levels in the €26.00-27.50 range, but according to a poll of analysts there appears to be a growing disparity in views as to the direction EUAs will go next.

The purple emperor, the second largest butterfly in the UK, is "officially" back.

A fifth of Brazilian chicken exports are contaminated with the potentially life-threatening food poisoning bug salmonella

Brazil is the largest exporter of frozen chicken in the world, exporting $750m-worth of the meat to Europe last year. But about one in five of its birds are contaminated with the food poisoning bug salmonella.

An investigation by the Guardian, Repórter Brasil and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found that thousands of tonnes of salmonella-contaminated chicken have been exported from Brazil during the past two years, including more than one million birds sent to the UK.

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Government will spend £193m on directly tackling climate-related issues in first initiative

The UK will have an “ethical” development policy that puts the climate emergency and environmental protection at the heart of overseas aid, with more than £190m to be spent directly on climate-related issues in the first initiative, the government has announced.

Rory Stewart, the international development secretary, said he hoped this sum would soon be doubled and “run to billions rather than hundreds of millions” within a few years.

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Russian school caretaker Nikoly Irgit got a nasty surprise when he went down to the woods – and ran into a bear. Somehow, he survived to tell the tale

Name: Nikolay Irgit.

Age: 35.

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A carbon price of around 50 yuan ($7.27) per tonne could be sufficient to help throttle new coal investments in China, especially in combination with other regulatory efforts to reduce the risks of new fossil fuel construction, according to an energy advisory group.

EUAs sank early on Wednesday after struggling to absorb Poland’s bumper auction, though prices soon recovered.

Trade group says change may have opposite intended effect towards low carbon future

Oil and gas companies listed on the London Stock Exchange have been reclassified under a non-renewable energy category in a move designed to distinguish between heavily polluting companies and greener producers.

The change has been made by the index provider FTSE Russell, which now groups companies such as BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Cairn Energy, Petrofac, Premier Oil and Tullow Oil, formerly labelled oil and gas producers, in the non-renewable energy index. Coal companies, previously classified under basic materials/mining, also now come under non-renewable energy.

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Eight companies missed the June 30 annual compliance deadline for Shenzhen’s emissions trading scheme, but have been given until Sep. 10 to make good before penalties kick in.

The rare feature exists inside the crater of the Mount Michael stratovolcano in the South Atlantic.

Senator Jacqui Lambie says the economy in rural and regional areas is flagging and businesses are struggling to the point of closure.

The US is the world's top producer of waste per head of population, and one of the worst at recycling.

Most common household cockroach able to develop ‘cross resistance’ to multiple types of chemicals, US study finds

Cockroaches have become harder to kill and could soon be “almost impossible” to control using pesticides alone, according to a study funded by the United States housing department.

Researchers from Purdue University in Indiana spent six months trying to eradicate German cockroaches (Blattella germanica L.), one of the most common species of household cockroach in the US, Australia and Europe, from three low-rise apartment buildings in Illinois and Indiana.

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From congestion to cost, there are many entirely misguided arguments in circulation

Cycle lanes have been in the news recently, as have the many often entirely misguided arguments that opponents use against them.

For all the (slight) progress in some UK cities over mass cycling, we are still at a stage where a leaflet from a local branch of the party of government (see below) will state falsehoods about bike lanes as if they were the undoubted truth.

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Los Angeles deal for 400MW solar + 400MW/800MWh battery plant set to lock in prices of under 2c/kWh for PV, $1.3c/kWh for stored power.

The post Coal and gas on notice, as US big solar and battery deal stuns market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oversupply and an emissions profile not much better than coal are putting US$1.3 trillion in new LNG export and import infrastructure at significant risk of becoming stranded, new report finds.

The post Climate friend or carbon bomb? Global gas market faces $1.3trn stranded asset risk appeared first on RenewEconomy.

World Heritage globally is threatened by climate change, in all sorts of ways. A new tool identifies the key risks and best strategies for both natural and cultural wonders. Scott Heron, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University Jon C. Day, PSM, Post-career PhD candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Greenpeace report reveals 29 floor-exploration licences have been granted worldwide

The world’s oceans are facing a “new industrial frontier” from a fledgling deep-sea mining industry as companies line up to extract metals and minerals from some of the most important ecosystems on the planet, a report has found.

The study by Greenpeace revealed that although no mining had started on the ocean floor, 29 exploration licences had been issued covering an area five times bigger than the UK. Environmentalists said the proposed mining would threaten not only crucial ecosystems but the global fight against climate breakdown.

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Chile successfully navigates total solar eclipse that briefly knocked out 1500MW of solar. But will Australia be as prepared for its own eclipse in 2028?

The post Chile powers through solar eclipse, as Australia prepares for 2028 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Minutes after announcing plans to accelerate its electrification strategy, senior BMW executive says Europeans don’t actually want to buy pure electric vehicles.

The post BMW unveils new EVs, says Europeans don’t want them appeared first on RenewEconomy.