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Scientists get a decent look at the large new iceberg that's broken away from Pine Island Glacier.

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

The backers of the proposed satellite launch site are to hold further discussion with those who live in the area.

The documentary will "showcase the planet's most precious species and fragile habitats", Netflix said.

Japan should phase out all its coal-fired power plants by 2030, increase its ambition under the Paris Agreement and introduce a price on carbon as soon as next year in order to do its share to limit global warming, green group Kiko Network said in a report Friday.

In the latest from our series on biodiversity, the Blue Hill chef says we’ve got sustainable agriculture wrong. It’s not a question of sacrifice, but deliciousness

“How does it taste?” says Dan Barber, regarding me expectantly in the garden of Blue Hill at Stone Barns, his restaurant in the Hudson Valley just north of New York. I am gnawing the crust of a large piece of bread that has been grown from Barber Wheat, a hybrid seed developed by Barber and his partners to be nutrient dense, high in yield and – a radical thought in seed breeding, apparently – full of flavour. (Whereas clapped out old seeds might yield 30 bushels an acre, Barber Wheat will stretch to 95). The bread is simultaneously light, and dense, and intricate in flavour in such a way that I can’t think of a single word to do it justice. Barber, who at 49 has the manic energy of someone for whom no plate of food will ever live up to the ideal in his head, looks at me gloomily. “That’s the whole problem with food writing,” he says.

There are bigger problems in the food world. With the possible exception of “financial regulation”, there can be few more deadly phrases to the casual reader than “sustainable agriculture”, a heavy-weather issue most of us recognise as increasingly important but nonetheless killingly dull. This is where Barber, who set up his restaurant in 2004, is hugely persuasive, a charismatic leader who, if you talk to him for an hour while walking around the kitchen and bucolic surroundings of Stone Barns, will have you genuinely excited about crop rotation, and soil conditions, and the fact that the food industry is a dying behemoth reliant on low-yield, agronomically risky seeds that produce ever more tasteless and nutrition-less food.

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Environmentalists celebrate as the Keystone XL oil Pipeline from Canada to the US is blocked.

Herds of cows provide meat and dairy for influential purveyors, but environmentalists say they despoil the landscape

An hour north of San Francisco lie two-dozen dairy and meat farms that have produced some of the most beloved artisanal brands in northern California – along with a farm-fresh, locally sourced foodie ethos that has become globally influential.

All the dairies in Point Reyes are organic, and the beef is grass-fed. They are models of sustainable farming, providing the raw ingredients for cheesemaker Cowgirl Creamery, the Straus Family Creamery, and Marin Sun Farms meats, to name a few.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator this week issued 458,135 carbon credits, with the majority awarded to major sellers to the government’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).

Climate change could be behind declines in birds that lay their eggs on Arctic shores, a study says.

British luxury car maker shrugs off stuffy image with investment in a motorcycle company behind what it claims as the "world's most advanced electric motorcycle".

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Nearly half of Australian fleet buyers expected to switch to EVs – some within months. After a test drive, that number doubles.

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Nexif Energy inks deal with Fluence to install a 10MW/10MWh battery storage system at its 212MW Lincoln Gap Wind Farm near Port Augusta.

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Out of politics, and without a tie, Turnbull says 100% renewables achievable, dispatchable, and so cheap that new coal just won't be built.

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Coalition's push for new investments in fossil fuel generation is flawed because it ignores carbon costs - and it may also be against its own procurement guidelines.

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Tesla has appointed Tesltra CFO Robyn Denholm as chair of its board of directors, where one of her key roles will be leading the company to profitability – while reining in the force that is Elon Musk.

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Some popular ways Indians try to beat air pollution - but do they really work?

Microplastics have swamped our ecosystem. Can tech help prevent them entering our water systems?