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New research from Radboud University in the Netherlands confirms that switching to EVs will reduce emissions in virtually every part of the world.

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ICAO should not have unconditionally accepted the CDM or China’s GHG Voluntary Emission Reduction Program to supply the pilot phase of its global aviation offset system CORSIA due to environmental integrity concerns and a lack of transparency in their applications, according to public comments released Monday.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles unveils e-Bulli electric bus, bringing T1 Samba into electric era to celebrate the classic Kombi's 70th anniversary.

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Creatures are intelligent and patient but have been declared an endangered species along south coast

Most of us are familiar with the remains of cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, large chalky internal shells that are washed up on beaches and sold in pet shops as a source of calcium for birds.

This relative of the squid and octopus thrives in the seas around Britain and is caught in large numbers for our continental neighbours who regard them as a culinary delicacy. Europeans also use their ink as a colouring agent in food, ink and paint.

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) missed a deadline to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that found the California-Quebec cap-and-trade linkage did not violate the US Constitution’s Compact or Treaty Clauses, a lawyer involved in the case said.

New research shows how deeply entrenched "us" and "them" attitudes make it much harder to make a fair energy transition. Rebecca Colvin, Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rallied for a second straight day on Tuesday morning, though retraced somewhat after exchange ICE announced further margin rate increases.

Emissions trading systems covered just under 9% of the world’s total GHG emissions in 2020, increasing their global coverage as climate ambition grows and governments consider net zero emission targets, a report published on Tuesday found.

Activist says she self isolated and warns young people to take the outbreak seriously

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Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who inspired the global school climate strikes, says it is “extremely likely” she has had the Covid-19 virus.

The teenager, whose solo protest outside the Swedish parliament kickstarted the global youth campaign, said in a post on Instagram that she had self isolated after she and her father returned from a trip around central Europe about two weeks ago.

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The European Commission will examine the extension of the EU ETS to other sectors as part of its impact assessment for raising the bloc's 2030 emissions reduction target, a senior EU official said on Tuesday. 

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices swung back from 2018 lows this week as a result of higher demand, though some traders questioned the higher values amid the economic impacts of the COVD-19 pandemic.

Numbers of endangered primate thought to have shrunk by half in the last 36 years

Twin ring-tailed lemurs have been born at a UK zoo.

The endangered primates were born to mother Fiona and father Dog at Chester zoo on 2 March and have just begun to venture outside.

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EUAs climbed above €16 early on Tuesday, rising further from the previous session's 22-month low in line with wider market optimism about a slowdown in new coronavirus cases in some countries and the effect of government stimulus measures.

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, does not expect to operate any flights during April or May, it announced on Tuesday, as the carrier and the aviation sector as a whole struggles to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak.

A female peregrine has been spotted on a balcony nest, but Sally, star of Springwatch, hasn’t been seen

The rollercoaster saga of the Salisbury Cathedral peregrine falcons is continuing this spring, with one bird protecting an egg on a balcony of the great building but another missing in action.

A female that has been visiting the balcony regularly in recent weeks has laid one egg and can be viewed hunkering down on the nest via a cathedral webcam.

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A tiny, 555-million-year-old seafloor creature reveals why our bodies are organised the way they are.

Rightwing governments have denied the problem and been slow to act. With coronavirus and the climate, this costs lives

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The coronavirus pandemic has brought urgency to the defining political question of our age: how to distribute risk. As with the climate crisis, neoliberal capitalism is proving particularly ill-suited to this.

Like global warming, but in close-up and fast-forward, the Covid-19 outbreak shows how lives are lost or saved depending on a government’s propensity to acknowledge risk, act rapidly to contain it, and share the consequences.

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Beijing on Tuesday became the third Chinese region to bring the aviation sector into its local pilot emissions trading scheme, including the capital's massive new Daxing International Airport.

Across wild mammal species, females live over 18% longer than males because of genetics and environment.