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Climate plans of more than 100 countries show we're heading in the wrong direction, the UN says.

It's 100 years since the great Antarctic explorer set out on his last voyage to the White Continent.

Overfishing, a heating planet, pollution and habitat destruction have devastated reefs, scientists warn

The world’s coral reef cover has halved since the 1950s, ravaged by global heating, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction, according to an analysis of thousands of reef surveys.

From the 1,430-mile (2,300km) Great Barrier Reef in Australia to the Saya de Malha Bank in the Indian Ocean, coral reefs and the diversity of fish species they support are in steep decline, a trend that is projected to continue as the planet continues to heat in the 21st century.

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A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing, clean fuel standards, and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level this week, including developments in Illinois and Pennsylvania.

With the UN’s Cop26 climate talks on the horizon, activists are finding new ways to make politicians pay attention

A new wave of climate activism, which has seen motorways blocked and politicians confronted by young people, is attempting to put pressure on the UK government before the UN Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow later this year.

Insulate Britain staged its first protest on Monday and has since brought large sections of the UK’s busiest motorway to a standstill to demand action to tackle the escalating climate emergency.

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Eggs laid on a sandy beach in northern Italy by a loggerhead sea turtle, or Caretta caretta, have hatched in what scientists described as an 'exceptional' event possibly caused by global heating. It was the first hatching of Caretta caretta sea turtle eggs ever recorded on the north Adriatic coast

• ‘Truly peculiar’: loggerhead turtles born in most northern spot ever recorded

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A new US-based digital currency protocol is closing its 'fair launch' auction on Friday, raising funds it intends to use to buy voluntary carbon offsets in a bid to drive up market prices and force big companies to reduce their emissions.

Nine sea turtles hatch on beach in Jesolo, Veneto, in what scientists describe as ‘exceptional’ event

Eggs that were laid on a sandy beach in northern Italy by a loggerhead sea turtle, or Caretta Caretta, have hatched in what scientists describe as an “exceptional” event possibly brought on by global heating. It was the first time that the hatching of Caretta Caretta sea turtle eggs had been recorded along the northern Adriatic coast.

Nine sea turtles were born on Wednesday night on the beach in Jesolo, a popular seaside resort close to Venice where their mother had deposited 82 eggs, about 25 metres from the sea, overnight on 9 July.

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The 15 finalists of Prince William's inaugural Earthshot Prize are tackling the planet's problems.

EUAs were little changed after a busy but low-key morning session on Friday, as gas and power markets also calmed following several days of high volatility.

Fifteen finalists chosen for providing innovative solutions to environmental challenges facing the planet

The first finalists in the Duke of Cambridge’s ambitious £50m global Earthshot prize to help repair the planet over the next 10 years have been announced and include a schoolgirl, a city and a country.

The prestigious global environment prize is designed to encourage solutions on climate change. The 15 inaugural finalists – three in each of the prize’s five categories – were chosen by experts and the prize council members.

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The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including an ambush bug, friendly frogs and a rescued orca

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Members of Oil and Gas Authority hold shares in fossil fuel firms, raising conflict of interest concerns

Campaigners have warned that close links uncovered between the oil and gas industry and the UK’s North Sea regulator, which is responsible for licensing new fields, risk overly “cosy” relationships that might affect the decision making process.

Three of the 13 members of the board of directors and senior management team of the Oil and Gas Authority hold sizeable shareholdings in oil companies, amounting to about £225,000, and eight of the 13 previously worked in the oil and gas industry, the news site the Ferret has found, in an investigation funded by the Uplift campaign against fossil fuels.

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Japanese oil and gas company Inpex signed a carbon neutral propane gas deal with major LPG player Astomos Energy this week, broadening the list of fossil fuel product trades that are controversially claiming carbon neutrality.

Chinese Carbon Emissions Allowances (CEAs) rose by 7% over the past week, though activity remains low as talk of further delays in allocating an outstanding 5 billion permits weighs on traders.

The first pictures have been released showing the Inspiration4 crew looking down on the planet.

The three astronauts spent 90 days at China's space station, some 380km above Earth.

The internet exploded after a musk duck was recorded saying “you bloody fool” , and a lyrebird cried like a human baby. So what’s the fuss all about? Anastasia Dalziell, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Wollongong Justin A. Welbergen, President of the Australasian Bat Society | Associate Professor in Animal Ecology, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Former Minerals Council chief, and advisor to the prime minister, appointed as Australia's new ambassador to the OECD.

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The Coalition's attitude to batteries has been hostile and ignorant. There's no reason to believe its consideration of submarine propulsion technology has been any more adult.

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