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Science is never settled. But contrary to the claims of a new book, there is enough confidence in the science to justify significant climate action. Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Most cities likely to be affected by the pollutant, which is particularly harmful to children’s brains

Toxic lead from petrol that was banned 20 years ago still lingers in the air in London, a study has shown, with researchers saying the legacy of leaded fuels is likely to hang over most cities.

While levels are much lower than at their peak in the 1980s, they remain far above natural background levels. Lead is extremely poisonous and there is no safe amount of exposure. It is of particular concern for children, as it damages their developing brains and ability to learn.

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The system would also have very little impact on the environment, in contrast to livestock farming, scientists say

Combining solar power and microbes could produce 10 times more protein than crops such as soya beans, according to a new study.

The system would also have very little impact on the environment, the researchers said, in stark contrast to livestock farming which results in huge amounts of climate-heating gases as well as water pollution.

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JP Morgan Asset Management announced the purchase of a forest management and timberland investing company on Monday, with the New York-headquartered financial services firm seeking to become an “active participant” in growing carbon credit markets.

California fuel usage continued to edge back towards pre-pandemic levels in April, as monthly gasoline demand rose to its highest in 14 months, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data released Monday.

The organisation is seeking a highly talented and motivated Business Development Advisor for Carbon Markets, with strong stakeholder engagement, relationship management, research of resourcing and partnerships opportunities for carbon programs and proposal writing skills to support the Head of Business Development and the Grants and Partnerships Team.

EUAs gained for a second straight session on Monday, climbing towards €53 as traders braced for a volatile spell ahead of options expiry.

A conservation group says a project to protect the predators has dealt a "major blow" to seabirds.

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A respected and admired economist covering California’s carbon market has passed away after falling ill with the coronavirus.

A powerful form of clean energy already exists – and it is far more reliable than wind and solar

On 30 April, the Indian Point nuclear power plant 30 miles north of New York City was shut down. For decades the facility provided the overwhelming majority of the city’s carbon-free electricity as well as good union jobs for almost a thousand people. Federal regulators had deemed the plant perfectly safe.

Related: Earth is trapping ‘unprecedented’ amount of heat, Nasa says

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As a member of our Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) team, you will play a key role in sustainable NCS projects benefiting the global climate and their local environment.

As the Head of our Agricultural Climate Solutions (ACS) team, you will play a key role in enabling sustainable projects which benefit farmers, the global climate and their local environment, in Europe and globally.

In the area of carbon management, the existing market potential is outstanding, and the development prospects are excellent. To realize this potential, we are looking for a new member of our dynamic and international team. You will be working with the Consulting Team.

Swedish payments firm Klarna has set out climate plans to invest in carbon-cutting projects without offsetting, a move some say assuages integrity concerns while supporting impactful activities at scale.

Marsupials introduced to Maria Island north-west of Tasmania to safeguard their numbers but have decimated birdlife

An attempt to save the Tasmanian devil by shipping an “insurance population” to a tiny Australian island has come at a “catastrophic” cost to the birdlife there, including the complete elimination of little penguins, according to BirdLife Tasmania.

Maria Island, a 116-square-kilometre island north-west of Tasmania, was home to 3,000 breeding pairs of little penguins around a decade ago.

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Economic growth is inextricably linked to the climate crisis, but the past year has taught us that such growth isn’t essential

Some of the most striking images from the early days of the pandemic, when public health orders and lockdowns ground economies to a halt, were the arresting photos of the Himalayas, suddenly visible from across northern India, as decades of unrelenting smog finally abated. Unbelievably, some locals glimpsed the immense mountain range for the first time in their lives.

It’s never too late to clear things up. And the pandemic has revived a movement that has its roots in the 18th century, when the word “sustainability” was first coined (in German) to describe a new approach to forestry enabling a continual harvest of wood. It’s a movement widely believed to have entered the mainstream with the 1987 Our Common Future report – a UN-backed initiative, overseen by Norway’s then prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, which laid out an ambitious pathway towards a “sustainable economy”. This left us with the enduringly relevant definition of sustainability as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

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The Carbon Market Institute has postponed its annual Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit, originally scheduled to be held Thursday and Friday this week, due to the escalating COVID situation in Sydney and increased travel restrictions, it said Monday.