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Lion cubs at play, the world’s oldest known giant tortoise and a mountain hare are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world

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Protected cycle lanes are one of the best ways to reduce congestion in London, carrying up to five times as many people per hour as a main road, a new report shows

Congestion isn’t exactly the most fashionable political topic of our times, but it is a problem that threatens London’s status as a well-functioning, competitive global city. Businesses need to be able to make and receive reliable deliveries, Londoners need to be able to get to work on time, and tourists – almost 20 million of them a year in London – need to get around quickly and easily too.

As politicians wake up to the need to do more to increase Britain’s productivity, being smarter in how we set up our transport infrastructure is essential. Our streets will get more congested if we do nothing as London continues to grow – currently at the rate of an additional London borough every three years. If no further action is taken, GLA figures show that by 2041, three days would be lost per person every year due to congestion.

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A UK-Dutch-built Earth observing spacecraft shows its promise with some stunning images of pollution.

A plan for zero tolerance of plastic pollution of the oceans may be agreed by nations at a UN environment summit.

The British Ecological Society has announced the winners of its annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology. Taken by international ecologists and students, the winning images will be exhibited at the society’s joint annual meeting in Ghent in December

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Proposed national standards for chicken farming argue that battery cages are not a significant detriment to hens' health. Clive Phillips, Professor of Animal Welfare, Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Walton on the Naze, Essex The iron-rich, sandy layer of the Red Crag, laid down by a cool sea, is rich in marine fossils.

I walk past the arcades and beach cafes. The smell of vinegar on chips is sharp in my nose and makes my mouth water but I haven’t come to Walton on the Naze for seaside snacks. Higher ground is visible beyond the beach, partly shrouded in mist, and I strike out towards it.

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We've looked at the top 20 companies listed on the ASX to see what they actually said about climate change in their latest annual report.

Emerging markets now account for the majority of growth in solar power, according to new data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance .

Want to know where to connect a local solar farm to the grid? Now you can, in 10 minutes or less.

Offshore Energy has partnered with Danish renewables developer CIP on plan to build $8 billion, 2GW wind farm off Victoria's coast.

Sun Brilliance Power will sell the electricity from its 128MW "merchant" solar farm to the WA grid, after signing deals with Western Power.

Tesla big battery officially switched on in South Australia, after helping local grid deal with soaring temperatures and demand peak a day earlier, meaning one less gas generator was needed. "History in the making," said Premier Jay Weatherill.

Australia is home to one in 10 of the world’s unique bird species – and most of the world’s birds can trace their lineage to the continent

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If you live in Australia, you may not realise how unique and special the birds around you are. Our continent was perhaps the most important for the evolution of modern birds, with a majority of the world’s species tracing their ancestry here.

Long ecologically adrift as an island continent, Australia benefited through the evolution of a remarkable diversity of fascinating, colourful, noisy, clever, innovative species of bird.

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CT Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Shane Rattenbury will today sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mayors and Ministers from several other jurisdictions to support the greater use of electric vehicles (EVs).

New report says coal plants vulnerable to failure in summer heatwaves should contract with solar and storage to provide "heat-safe" back-up. Meanwhile, Frydenberg launches Menzies report full of economic and ideological claptrap about renewables.

Sir Isaac Newton's papers and personal accounts are added to a Unesco register of globally important documents.

The PV plant has been constructed by Belectric. Ingeteam has supplied five of its 2.33 MW power stations in order to inject the energy coming from the PV array into the camp’s internal grid.

A collection of 200 eggs gives new insights into the development of the extinct flying reptiles.

Whistleblowers accuse the agency in charge of the largest pest eradication effort in Australia's history of mismanagement.