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A bee the size of a human thumb was first described in Victorian times, but hadn't been seen since 1981. That is, until four biologists teamed up on a trek to Indonesia's North Molucca islands. Simon KA Robson, Honorary Professor, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will soon no longer approve corporate voluntary pledges that align with a 2C global warming goal, as part of efforts to force companies to raise their ambition in line with the Paris Agreement.

Utility companies and environmental groups asked the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to issue a construction permit for a New England hydroelectric transmission line after agreeing to a series of financial concessions, according to regulatory documents.

Wild animals are increasingly eating our food and scientists are discovering 'hidden effects'.

European carbon prices plummeted on Thursday, dislodging from their latest trading range to resume their Q1 downtrend as bearish concerns weighed.

A giant bee, thought lost to science decades ago, has been re-discovered on an Indonesian island.

A newly discovered relative of T. rex stood just a metre or more tall at the hip, a study suggests.

Biologists discover single female Wallace’s giant bee inside a termites’ nest in a tree

As long as an adult thumb, with jaws like a stag beetle and four times larger than a honeybee, Wallace’s giant bee is not exactly inconspicuous.

But after going missing, feared extinct, for 38 years, the world’s largest bee has been rediscovered on the Indonesian islands of the North Moluccas.

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Swede, 16, says EU cannot just ‘wait for us to grow up and become the ones in charge’

The EU should double its climate change reduction targets to do its fair share in keeping the planet below a dangerous level of global warming, the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has told political and business leaders in Brussels.

Flanked by students from the Belgian and German school strike movements, the Swedish teenager said it was not enough to hope that young people were going to save the world.

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Critics warn of ‘chronic public health crisis’ as green initiative leaves homes in the cold

Campaigners and MPs have accused ministers of leaving vulnerable households in the cold, as figures show installations of insulation and boilers have sunk to their lowest levels since the government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme started six years ago.

Delays to legislation were blamed by fuel poverty campaigners for the fall, which coincided with households being hit by energy price increases.

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Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, has told an EU conference: 'since our time is running out we have started to clean up your mess and we will not stop until we are done.' 

In response to people who have criticised the school climate strike movement for promoting truancy, Thunberg said, 'they don't want to talk about it ... because they haven't done their homework, but we have'

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New Zealand should price carbon emissions for all sectors and make its emissions trading scheme more ‘tax-like’ by providing stronger price guidance, a government-appointed committee tasked with reforming the nation’s tax system said Thursday.

China has finalised the registry for its national emissions trading scheme, taking one of several crucial steps necessary to launch the market.

Adult female discovered 113 years after only other living Chelonoidis phantasticus was found

A living member of species of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galápagos island of Fernandina.

Related: Welcome home, Lonesome George: giant tortoise returns to Galapagos

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The Beresheet robot is a privately funded venture that aims to land and hop across the lunar surface.

The island of Reiono on the atoll of Tetiaroa has had a long-standing rat problem, so much so that it attracted a team of eradication experts.

Tesla big battery at Hornsdale earned $29 million in revenue in 2018, which owner Neoen says was more than they expected - thanks to its better than expected performance.

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The Hayabusa-2 probe is ready to descend to the Ryugu asteroid to collect a sample from its surface.

On Friday demonstrators will protest against ‘negligent’ climate change education

Teachers will follow on the heels of striking students on Friday with a protest to demand the national curriculum be reformed to make the climate and ecological crisis an educational priority.

The Extinction Rebellion group will support the demonstration outside the Department for Education, which organisers describe as a “peaceful nonviolent protest that may involve civil disobedience”.

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