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The UK might soon be reliant on electric vehicles imported from abroad, warns an influential group.

Scientists concerned as severe perkinsea infection found in European tree frog tadpoles kept in an aquarium in Surrey

A disease that causes mass die-offs in frogs has been found in captive UK populations for the first time, scientists have warned.

Severe perkinsea infection (SPI) has caused large tadpole mortality events across the US, and this is the first proof that its geographic range is spreading. Researchers also found the disease-causing microbe in wild and seemingly healthy populations in Panama, where some of the most rapid declines in frog populations globally have occurred.

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A new study suggests killer whales may socialise with each other based on age and gender.

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A British campaigner is considering an appeal after losing a High Court case against the UK government’s decision to exclude waste incinerators from its carbon market, media reported on Tuesday.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices surged on the secondary market for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, with the benchmark contract edging close to the $22 level.

RIN prices continued their recent plunge on Tuesday, having now lost a quarter of their value in three days as traders digested reports of possible Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance relief and more analysts predicted a downturn in biofuel credit values.

A new report finds some yawning gaps between the deployment of renewables and what's needed to meet climate targets.

The post Renewable growth must accelerate to unseat fossil fuel dominance appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's funding for climate research has shrunk to nearly nothing since LNP took power. Now its directing what little is left to fossils, and it's a sad moment for ARENA.

The post Australia’s energy R&D is a mess: Putting fossil fuels in the driver’s seat won’t help appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The auction clearing price in Massachusetts’ Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade programme rebounded significantly at the June sale after hitting all-time lows earlier this year, though allowance demand tapered off at the third quarterly auction, according to results released Tuesday.

Germany’s ruling CDU/CSU union of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to promise an earlier shift in the country's domestic ETS, moving to a system with a free-floating price from the current fixed carbon tax, local media reported Monday.

Peatlands worldwide are running short of water, and the amount of greenhouse gases this could set loose would be devastating for our efforts to curb climate change. Yuanyuan Huang, Research Scientist , CSIRO Yingping Wang, Chief research scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

North Carolina’s Air Quality Commission (AQC) on Tuesday sent on a RGGI rulemaking petition brought forth by environmental groups, with the proposal scheduled for discussion by a wider state agency next month.

UK carbon prices hit a record low Tuesday while EUAs fell by more than a euro for a second day amid a sell-off in gas prices, with bulls in both markets growing cautious ahead of more supply injections.

S&P Global Platts on Tuesday announced it has commenced assessments for two new categories of voluntary emissions reductions (VERs), building on the commodity price reporting agency’s existing carbon credit offering.

Norway’s state-owned Equinor signalled its intention to accelerate its transition to renewable energies and cut its carbon intensity, though the firm's oil and gas output is still set to rise for several years.

Traces of drugs found in water can make crustaceans more outgoing – but also vulnerable to predators

Antidepressant drugs in water can alter the behaviour of crayfish, making them bolder and more outgoing, and therefore more vulnerable to predators, researchers have found.

Low levels of antidepressants – excreted by humans or disposed of incorrectly – are found in many water bodies. Researchers from the University of Florida assessed the impact of these medicines on crayfish, which are a fundamental component of many aquatic food webs – given they eat almost everything, from plants, insects, leaf litter to small fish (even cannibalising each other).

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Increasing droughts in producer nations will also make palm oil and soya imports highly vulnerable, study finds

Coffee and chocolate supplies in Europe soon could be disrupted by the climate crisis as droughts hit producer countries, according to a study.

The research also found a high vulnerability for palm oil imports, used in many foods and domestic products, and soybeans, which are the main feed for chickens and pigs in the European Union.

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It isn’t clear yet if president will follow recommendation, but during his campaign he pledged to restore Utah’s monuments

It was one of Donald Trump’s most provocative environmental decisions. After a year in office, he angered preservationists and Native American tribes and ordered that two treasured national monuments be dramatically reduced in size.

The areas falling outside the diminished monuments, both expanses of rocky outcroppings dense with archaeological artifacts in Utah, lost environmental protections. A few years later, he also ordered that commercial fishing be allowed in a marine preserve off the coast of New England.

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From food standards to fossil fuel exports, Britain’s agreement with Australia could stop us dealing with the climate crisis

Over the weekend, Boris Johnson told the world we need to “create a healthy planet for our children and grandchildren”. Today he launches a trade deal which is not simply as inadequate as the pledges made by Johnson and other leaders at the G7, but is more worryingly moving us rapidly in the wrong direction.

The trade rules contained in the UK-Australia deal will be a disaster for the environment. On the one hand, it will certainly increase carbon emissions if we replace food from Britain, or our near neighbours, with food from a country on the opposite side of the world.

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