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Two major cement producers on Friday reported a rebound in output over Q3 as building sites worldwide resumed activity following coronavirus lockdowns, with recent restrictions in Europe expected to have little impact.

Portuguese utility EDP saw a 58% year-on-year drop in its EU ETS-covered coal power output for the first nine months of 2020, far outstripping a 3% fall in its total power output, it reported on Friday.

• New modelling says just 356 remain – down from 409 last year
• The 70 breeding females could disappear in 10-20 years

Humans are killing the endangered North Atlantic right whale far faster than previously thought, and experts say the window to act is quickly closing.

According to new modelling from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, only 356 of the whales remain in the world — a significant decline from the 409 logged last year.

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Scientists find several living specimens of Voeltzkow’s chameleon during expedition

Scientists say they have found an elusive chameleon species that was last spotted in Madagascar 100 years ago.

Researchers from Madagascar and Germany said on Friday that they had discovered several living specimens of Voeltzkow’s chameleon during an expedition to the north-west of the African island nation.

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Italian utility Enel on Friday announced a 2030 commitment to reduce its emissions intensity by 80% below 2017 levels, ramping up from a goal of 70% that the company set only last year.

China’s environment ministry wants to allow the use of carbon credits from the start in the national emissions trading scheme, including from renewable energy projects, and also open the door for financials to trade CO2 permits, according to draft government documents obtained by Carbon Pulse.

Device makes it inexpensive to monitor sites previously too hazardous or difficult for volunteers to enter after dark

The secret lives of the UK’s rarest bats could be revealed thanks to a new sensor that can record ultrasonic calls in dense woodland areas that have previously been difficult to reach.

For decades, acoustic monitoring has been done by bat detectors carried by experts reluctant to stray into woodland thickets during night-time walks. Now a new £60 sensor that can be left in woodlands for up to a fortnight, called AudioMoth, is giving researchers a richer insight into the lives of these elusive mammals after a successful pilot study.

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European airline groups AirFrance/KLM and IAG saw a rebound in their passenger capacity in Q3 on increased holiday travel demand during the summer break, but restrictions amid a second wave of coronavirus cases casts doubt over the sector’s recovery.

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

Shanghai sold only 118,000 of the 2 million allowances on offer at Friday’s auction, held on the deadline day for 2019 compliance for emitters still needing to acquire allowances.

The Ethiopia Senior Officer will be present in country and lead the implementation of the MATS Program activities in Ethiopia with support and guidance from GGGI's Carbon Pricing Unit and GGGI's Ethiopia Country Team.

A total 153 companies participating in Tokyo’s emissions trading scheme have donated almost 4.2 million carbon offsets to the metropolitan government to help offset emissions from the city's hosting of the Olympic Games.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator tripled the number of carbon credits issued this week as a handful of projects applied for large amounts, while oil firm BP said it will wind down refining activities at a big-emitting facility in Western Australia.

Reflecting on Trump’s dozens of attacks on core environmental protections, officials share their frustration

Donald Trump’s environment agency “actually seems to have a war on the environment”, has been “utterly untenable”, and has brought about “deeply, deeply troubling times”, according to three administrators appointed under past presidents.

Reflecting on Trump’s dozens of attacks on core environmental protections, a fourth put it another way: “[I’m] really god damned pissed off – and that’s being kind.”

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Gas discovery at centre of Turkey-Greece dispute will ‘make world even less safe’

The giant gas reserves at the heart of a bitter political standoff between Greece and Turkey could lead to the same carbon emissions as the whole of France and Spain combined every year, according to a report that has called for the proposed gas pipeline project to be scrapped.

The gas discovery has inflamed regional tensions in the eastern Mediterranean as Greece and Turkey vie for control of new fossil fuel reserves in disputed waters and, according to Global Witness, the climate cost will outweigh its value in Europe’s carbon neutral future.

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Queenslanders head to the polls tomorrow. The Palaszczuk Labor government has vocally backed the resources industry – but our research suggests the issue will not decide the election result. Bruce Tranter, Professor of Sociology, University of Tasmania Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia is still grappling with the devastation wrought by the bushfires earlier this year. The Royal Commission's final report marks the first step in the country's disaster adaptation journey. David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

French multi-national Engie ramps up push into Australia's clean energy sector, acquiring development rights to the $750m Hills of Gold wind project.

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Massive electricity price spike in Queensland again demonstrates how and why gas is fighting a losing battle against battery storage for key role in Australia’s future renewables grid.

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As more countries get behind carbon neutral targets - Scott Morrison stands alone as the only world leader who thinks economic recovery can be built on fossil fuels.

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