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Conservation manager Jake Fiennes says Norfolk’s Holkham estate shows how fragile ecosystems can support huge visitor numbers

The government should factor in access to nature in its new payments strategy for farmers and other landowners in England, a leading land manager has said.

Jake Fiennes, who sits on the board for Natural England’s national nature reserves, has advised the government to incentivise farmers to put better paths in place and educate the public about what they grow, and what nature lives on their land.

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Large tortoiseshells breeding at Knepp, Sussex, after being officially extinct in Britain for half a century

An elusive butterfly that has been officially extinct in Britain for more than half a century has been discovered breeding on the rewilded estate of Knepp in West Sussex.

The large tortoiseshell mysteriously vanished more than 50 years ago but this week male and female butterflies – much larger than the small tortoiseshell and without its white patterning – have been spotted at Knepp for the first time.

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Dramatic aerial images of how flooding has transformed the area after torrential rainfall over recent weeks

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The UK has dished out £54 million across multiple carbon removal projects as the country looks to scale the technology to meet its mid-century net-zero target, the government announced Friday.

Contract price is nearly 6% lower than previous auction in 2019, which could ease pressure on energy bills

The price of offshore wind power in the UK has fallen to an all-time low, which could ease the pressure on future household energy bills.

Following the biggest ever UK renewables auction, the government said on Thursday the contract price for windfarms was nearly 6% lower than the previous auction, despite the rising cost of materials to build windfarms.

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Total holdings of NZUs in the national registry were up around 9% in the June quarter year-on-year as speculators continue to take up a growing space in a market whose historical permit surplus keeps growing, an update by New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority showed.

Allowances in China’s carbon market edged up over the past week, although the lack of policy direction continues to dampen market participants’ enthusiasm.

Scientists call for limits on mining as study finds noise pollution could travel for hundreds of miles and from surface to sea bed

Noise pollution from proposed deep-sea mining could radiate through the ocean for hundreds of kilometres, scientists predict, creating a “cylinder of sound” from the surface to the sea bed.

An analysis by scientists from Oceans Initiative in the US, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan, Curtin University in Australia and the University of Hawaii, published in the journal Science, has found that noise from one mine alone could travel 500km (more than 300 miles) in gentle weather conditions.

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Some of Australia’s biggest carbon emitters surrendered a total of 1.1 million units and certificates in financial year 2020/21, according to a new report by the Clean Energy Regulator that for the first time tracks company progress towards voluntary commitments, though many heavy emitters have made minimal progress on meeting their goals.  

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Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has significant forest carbon potential, with officials aiming to create a “gateway” for carbon offset buyers and for investors to channel finance towards forest carbon sequestration projects, a local voluntary carbon market working group forum was told on Thursday.

Particles found in supermarket products and on Dutch farms, but human health impacts unknown

Microplastic contamination has been reported in beef and pork for the first time, as well as in the blood of cows and pigs on farms.

Scientists at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) in the Netherlands found the particles in three-quarters of meat and milk products tested and every blood sample in their pilot study.

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Scientists believe tiny limbs gave the giant predator - named Meraxes gigas - survival advantages.

Regulators look into actions of energy retailers who shed tens of thousands of customers and then cashed out of the market.

The post Regulators investigate energy retailers who shed customers and sold hedges appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While Australia worries about Chinese influence, Pacific nations are more worried about climate change. By boosting climate ambition, Australia could be the region’s security partner of choice. Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

IEA report warns that China’s across-the-board domination of the global solar supply chain stands in threat to the smooth transition to net zero emissions.

The post China’s solar supply chain domination a threat to net-zero, says IEA appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Offshore wind projects dominate the biggest and cheapest renewable energy auction run by the UK government to date. And it is good news for Australia.

The post Stunning low prices for offshore wind in UK bodes well for Australian plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Warren Buffett makes first big Australian solar play, buying two Australian solar farms and striking deal to co-develop a multi-gigawatt solar and battery pipeline.

The post Warren Buffett snaps up two Australian solar farms, and big PV and storage pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy.

After successfully rehabilitating Australia's climate stance in Europe, Albanese hopes hosting a future COP will help mend relationships in the Pacific.

The post Hosting UN climate talks could help mend Australia’s Pacific relationships, Albanese says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Greater gliders are fluffy, cat-sized possums with large ears. State governments have failed them at every turn, and continue to raze their habitat. Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Luke Emerson, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.