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Hyke gin is part of effort to drive down UK’s annual £20bn food waste bill

A major British fruit supplier and a craft spirits producer have teamed up to find a way to prevent an estimated 166m surplus supermarket grapes from going to waste every year – by turning them into gin.

The new Hyke gin – the first in the UK to be made from grapes grown to be eaten fresh – goes on sale at 300 Tesco branches later this month.

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The canyon, which turns 100 this year, sees 6 million annual visitors. An Arizona travel writer reveals how to get off the beaten track

The Grand Canyon is already a pretty famous hole in the ground in Arizona. Now, with Grand Canyon national park celebrating its centennial in 2019, it’s receiving an additional jolt of publicity. Six million people visit each year, and if you happen to be there on a holiday weekend, it feels like you’re stuck behind all of them.

Yet here’s the thing – Grand Canyon is big, an immense tear in the earth’s fabric 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep. So it’s not hard to find privacy if you know where to look. Here are some tips to get you started.

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The zinc bromide battery uses two ubiquitous elements and poses no risk of combustion.

One project in Bristol is linking scientists with takeaways to solve their plastic container problem.

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California regulators ARB should take steps by year-end to provide clarity about the number of allowances and offsets banked in the WCI market, the US state's legislative officials wrote in a letter.

IGCC, which represents big funds, says ‘small-scale’ package is unlikely to offer a durable policy framework

Scott Morrison’s recent pivot on climate policy is unlikely to have a positive impact on Australia’s emissions profile because it fails to grapple with the underlying drivers of increased pollution, according to a new analysis by the Investor Group on Climate Change.

The IGCC, a group that represents institutional investors such as super funds, with total funds under management of about $2tn, has told its members Morrison’s “climate solutions package” won’t change the current trajectory of rising emissions because it is “small scale and unlikely to be a durable policy framework through time”.

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A summary of legislative action on carbon pricing and clean energy bills at the US state level taken this week, including carbon tax proposals in Hawaii and Maryland and 100% carbon-free electricity bills in Minnesota and New Mexico.

The New Hampshire Senate approved a bill Thursday that would install the northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme's post-2020 Model Rule, moving the proposal to the lower legislative chamber, a state official confirmed.

Tough choices ahead for agriculture and the 'invisible drought' that's difficult to monitor underground.

EUAs settled just above €23 for a modest loss on Friday after a choppy session that saw carbon briefly extend this week's one-month high as traders eyed next week's looming UK Brexit votes and ETS compliance deadline.

Speculative length in the EU carbon market held by both long-term investors and short-term players has roughly halved from its peak last year, traders said, with at least one major fund taking a big hit early this quarter and buyers remaining cautious over a slurry of uncertainty and bearish factors.

Not quite tame, not quite wild.

A Washington state senator formally introduced a cap-and-trade bill this week that would allow for a linkage with the WCI programme, while a separate $15 carbon tax proposal advanced in the upper chamber.

Bison in snow, a wolf puppy and the world’s only alpine parrot in this week’s gallery

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The commercial astronaut capsule completed its demonstration flight on Friday with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

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

EDF Energy says cracks in offline Hunterston B reactor growing faster than expected

Footage has been released of cracks found inside a reactor at a nuclear plant in Scotland.

The unit at Hunterston B in North Ayrshire has not been operating after the cracks were found to be growing faster than expected.

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Across the world, millions of farm animals are owned by women, providing an important source of food, income – and social status. Empowering these farmers means helping them ensure their animals survive

Photos by World Animal Protection

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The unmanned commercial test vehicle will splash down in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday afternoon.