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EUAs traded broadly sideways throughout Friday morning at a less-than 0.5% change to the prior settlement as traders consolidated gains seen on Thursday on continued thin volume due to a period of public holiday across Europe.

Exclusive: Environmental groups criticise NFU for helping companies to fight Defra rules on nitrates in waterways

Environmental groups have criticised the National Farmers Union for helping hundreds of agricultural businesses to push back against measures designed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to protect vulnerable rivers in the UK.

Working with the specialist consultancy Hafren Water, the NFU has helped at least 200 land users in nearly 40 river basins and groundwater catchments to fight against “nitrate vulnerable zone” designations, according to documents made available to the union’s members.

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Officers block access to vehicle to keep pair of herring gulls undisturbed

You may think they have plenty of conventional spots – cliffs, islands, seaside rooftops, chimney pots – to nest on.

But a pair of herring gulls have opted to construct their nest on the roof of a Dorset police car, taking it out of action because they are a protected species and cannot be disturbed.

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Allowance prices in China’s carbon market inched up over the past week, but market sentiment is turning bearish as participants expect mounting economic worries to hold back market development.

Pink sea fan, at risk from bottom-trawling, predicted to spread northwards around coast up to Scotland as sea temperatures rise

It is one of Britain’s rarest and most threatened species, primarily due to bottom-trawling fishing, but researchers have found that the pink sea fan coral could expand its range in the climate crisis.

A slow-growing coral found in shallow waters from the western Mediterranean to north-west Ireland and south-west England and Wales, the pink sea fan (Eunicella verrucosa) is classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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Oil and gas players are continuing to make ‘carbon neutral’ fuel deals despite a major drop off in announcements, observers told Carbon Pulse, with the firms believed to be making secretive trades involving millions of carbon credits to offset fossil fuel shipments even as they struggle to agree on how to report them.

Legislation makes no mention of skins, feet, ears and tails so these can continue to be bought and sold

Elephant skins, feet, ears and tails will continue to be traded in the UK even after next month’s ivory ban comes into force, it has been revealed.

The government has been praised for its Ivory Act 2018, effective from next month, making the purchase and sale of elephant tusks punishable by fines of up to £250,000 or up to five years in prison.

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Rising greenhouse gases have caused Lake Palcacocha to swell in size which makes the area at risk for a devastating outburst flood

In a global first for climate breakdown litigation, judges from Germany have visited Peru to determine the level of damage caused by Europe’s largest emitter in a case that could set a precedent for legal claims over human-caused global heating.

Judges and court-appointed experts visited a glacial lake in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca mountain range this week to determine whether Germany’s largest electricity provider, RWE, is partially liable for the rise in greenhouse gases that could trigger a devastating flood.

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The state government in Malaysia’s Sarawak will prepare a climate change policy document in a follow up to last week’s passing in the legislative assembly of a law that laid out a framework for setting up a statewide forestry-based carbon market.

The Beijing Power Exchange will impose initial price control measures in the emerging green power trading market to avoid price spikes, it said when laying out rules for the new scheme, a move tipped to lure away at least some participants from China’s carbon offset market.

Cannon-Brookes' Grok Ventures asks for two seats on AGL board to help Australia's biggest polluter plan for greener future.

The post Cannon-Brookes wants two seats on AGL board to help shape green future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Exploitation common in the Gulf is emerging in the UK – and will only get worse without government intervention

Impoverished migrant workers forced to pay thousands of pounds in illegal recruitment fees, housed in squalid accommodation and unable to leave their jobs voluntarily. Is this Qatar? UAE? Saudi Arabia? No, it’s post-Brexit Britain.

Revelations that Nepali workers have allegedly been forced to pay extortionate fees to agents in Nepal for their jobs on a British farm supplying some of our leading supermarkets are just the latest in a series of shocking reports. Such cases expose how the UK is adopting practices commonly seen in the Gulf, a region with an appalling record of labour abuse.

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The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including hungry seagulls, a puffin census and a shy stingray

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The soaring power prices expected to hit Australians are yet another reason the Albanese government should turbocharge its efforts on renewable energy and storage. Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Greens leader Adam Bandt on coal and gas, Snowy 3.0, Labor’s climate plan, transmission and high prices.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: No more coal and gas mines, says Bandt appeared first on RenewEconomy.

How do we ensure community batteries are installed where they will have the greatest economic, social and environmental benefits?

The post Community batteries offer great promise, but will need the right market settings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Financial losses from stranded fossil fuel assets could total $2 trillion, including a big hit to Australia's retirement savings. Food for thought for AGL investors.

The post Stranded fossil fuel assets could cost investors and retirement funds $2 trillion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Greens leader urges Labor government to abandon "hairy chested" approach to climate and energy, even if it does secure a majority in the House of Reps.

The post Not the right time for Labor to be hairy chested on climate and energy, says Bandt appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) from controversial human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects are steadily trading at a premium in the market, though that is primarily because buyers perceive some other project types to be worse more than HIR being better, according to analysts.