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• Bureau of Land Management begins ‘call for nominations’
• Coastal plain region home to many vital wildlife habitats

In a last-ditch attempt to make good on promises to the oil and gas industry, the Trump administration is rushing to formalize plans to drill for oil in the Arctic national wildlife refuge before Joe Biden takes office. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management initiated the process with a formal “call for nominations”, inviting input on which land tracts should be auctioned off in the refuge’s 1.5m-acre coastal plain region.

Related: 'We packed long underwear and never wore it': Arctic scientists shocked at warming

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A clerical error caused a Virginia business group to fail to pay the appropriate filing fee on a lawsuit challenging the state’s RGGI-modelled carbon market regulation, but the mistake should not void the case, according to court records.

Nations agreed a global maritime deal at the UN’s IMO on Tuesday that would allow the sector’s emissions to rise for another decade, a move that could strengthen the EU’s resolve to take tougher action in its own waters.

Despite the government spruiking a 'gas-led economic recovery', natural gas is clearly on the way out. It's time for a serious rethink on the way many Australians cook and heat our homes. Madeline Taylor, Lecturer, University of Sydney Susan M Park, Professor of Global Governance, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Reaching Paris Agreement commitments could be complemented with a rising carbon price floor at a global level, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.

Improperly installed wiring caused the rocket, with its satellite payloads, to veer off course.

The start of carbon allowance auctions in Phase 4 of the EU ETS (2021-30) will be delayed due to technical reasons, the European Commission announced late Tuesday.

An Australian photographer says it feels "amazing" to capture spectacular images of long-absent storms.

An agreement between EU member states on a tougher 2030 climate target could be delayed until next year if governments are not able to iron out their differences on the bloc’s long-term budget, analysts said Tuesday.

The EU ETS will be an important source of financing for the 27-nation bloc’s energy transition, but it cannot alone bridge the ‘financing gap’ needed to bring poorer member states on board with an enhanced 2030 emission goal, a senior European Commission official said on Tuesday.

Dozens of the world's leading climate research institutions issue joint call for G20 leaders to apply lessons of Covid-19 to lead decarbonisation.

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This ‘climate coup’ shows how terrified far-right Republicans and their fossil-fuel donors are of losing power in the long term

Calmer heads may yet talk Donald Trump down from caps-locked denial to lower-case concession, but the longer the defeated president flirts with a coup, the more the oil and gas industry must take a share of the blame.

Fossil-fuel firms are among the biggest donors to the defeated US president and the Republican party leaders who have endorsed his legal challenge to overturn the election result.

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India’s biggest carbon and renewable energy credit trading company is preparing to list on the BSE bourse in Mumbai in a bid to raise funds that will allow it to expand its activities.

New Zealand emissions allowances rose to new record highs yet again in Tuesday trade as available supply remains thin and traders prepare for life without the fixed price option (FPO).

Guy’s and St Thomas’ charity will fund low-traffic neighbourhood to tackle air pollution and obesity in Lambeth and Southwark

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The health and social benefits of reducing motor traffic are so substantial that a hospital charity is paying to install temporary low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) measures in a London borough.

Southwark council will be given £250,000 by the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charitable Trust to install planters and removable bollards in three areas.

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Discovery is ‘extremely concerning’ for water insects, and fish and birds that depend on them

Highly toxic insecticides used on cats and dogs to kill fleas are poisoning rivers across England, a study has revealed. The discovery is “extremely concerning” for water insects, and the fish and birds that depend on them, the scientists said, who expect significant environmental damage is being done.

The research found fipronil in 99% of samples from 20 rivers and the average level of one particularly toxic breakdown product of the pesticide was 38 times above the safety limit. Fipronil and another nerve agent called imidacloprid that was found in the rivers have been banned from use on farms for some years.

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As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon is not only an important carbon sink, but also home to thousands of species of plants and animals and a crucial part of the water cycle. Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Industry superannuation-backed property funds manager sets carbon positive target for 2025 after being certified 100% carbon neutral for its base operations this year.

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The four astronauts who left Earth on Monday have arrived at the 410-km orbiting outpost.

Luxury Saudi tourism resort next to Red Sea to be 100 per cent renewable, with more than 200MW of wind and solar and a 1,000MWh battery.

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