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Meet the people who call the River Murray home; a FIFO miner turns chicken farmer; Peter Jones is Orford's very own rainman; and we visit a daylily farm.

California’s ARB resubmitted its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) amendments to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) late Thursday and asked for a quick approval after unexpectedly withdrawing the regulation prior to its final approval and implementation.

Rescued turtles, piggybacking toads and a sadly missed rhino feature in this week’s gallery

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City region’s move deals blow to industry amid wider discontent in regions

Greater Manchester will effectively ban fracking as part of its effort to become carbon neutral by 2038, in a setback for the controversial industry.

The region’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said the combined authority would put planning measures in place that create “a presumption” against fracking for shale gas.

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A Chinese robotic rover is getting its wheels dirty after rolling off its landing craft and onto the lunar surface.

The Travel Show's Christa Larwood takes two wolves for a stroll and learns how to howl with them.

Union boss Minette Batters says tariffs would price British farms out of export market

The UK’s farmers face a profound crisis in the event of a no-deal Brexit, and there is dangerous ground ahead even if a deal is agreed, according to the head of the National Farmers’ Union.

Minette Batters, the union’s first female leader, is determined to be cautiously positive about Brexit, for which a majority of farmers voted. “We have to embrace the future … and make sure we have a goal and a plan,” said Batters, who declined to reveal how she voted in the referendum.

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

The sperm whale was reported to be tangled up in rope when it was first spotted on Wednesday.

Exclusive: Green MP will tell Oxford Farming Conference UK must prioritise sustainability

Parliament must “seriously consider” levying a tax on meat to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help to render the farming industry carbon neutral, the Green party MP, Caroline Lucas, is urging.

She will say on Friday that a meat tax in the UK could be offset for more sustainable meat producers, such as organic livestock farmers, through more money for sustainable agriculture schemes.

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Researchers at Edinburgh Zoo have found woolly mammoth DNA inside ivory trinkets from the illegal trade.

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What China's Chang'e-4 mission could tell us about the far side of the Moon.

California’s ARB withdrew its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) amendments from the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for an undisclosed reason ahead of the regulations final approval and implementation.

Changing climate policy is proving almost impossible but major global action on the environment has been done before.

California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and RGGI allowances (RGAs) saw little activity over the holiday break as CCAs are expected to remain rangebound in the near term while RGAs could see further boosts from colder weather and amendment approvals.

Studies show the presence of natural living things in homes improve wellbeing. So why not have your own version of a Christmas tree all year round? Cris Brack, Associate professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists overcome a natural restriction in plants that could boost yields from important food crops.

Richard Murphy and Colin Hines suggest a number of ways that revenue could be raised to fund energy efficiency in all buildings, renewables and local transport systems

The counter to Larry Elliott’s gloomy economic projections for 2019 (For those inclined to pessimism, the new year offers plenty to be worried about, 31 December) is to be found in his earlier article making the case for countries to put their economies on an “environmental war footing” (We’re back to 1930s politics: anger and, yes, appeasement, 20 December).

To deliver this will, however, require that people be convinced that they will benefit and that there is the money to pay for such a transformation.

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Massachusetts finalised its post-2020 RGGI Model Rule changes shortly before the end of 2018, leaving only three states left to approve the alterations.