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The UK government has sacked the president of this year’s UN climate talks in Glasgow, announcing that the position will made be a ministerial role.

The RGGI cap-and-trade system reported its lowest annual emissions figure in 2019 as reported fourth quarter GHGs dropped 12%, with much of those reductions coming from New York and Maryland, according to data published Friday.

The UK is due to commence its 2019 free EU ETS allocations within days and on Mar. 4 begin auctioning 2019 units, the British government confirmed late Friday as part of a Brexit transition deal that keeps UK emitters in the scheme for the next year.

Scientists put their concerns about giant satellite networks directly to the companies involved.

The UK government sacks the woman it appointed to run the crucial UN climate summit in November.

Source says officials in COP26 unit could not work with Claire O’Neill in run-up to Glasgow talks

Claire O’Neill, the former UK energy minister who was to lead the UN climate talks this year in Glasgow, has been removed from the post.

Her sacking comes as Boris Johnson prepares to launch the UK’s strategy for hosting November’s crunch climate talks, known as COP26.

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The German government has ‘named and shamed’ another handful of airlines for failing to comply with the EU ETS, admonishing flagship carriers from Russia and Iraq.

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I have just turned my “active” compost heap, which has received all the Guardian biodegradable bags since they were introduced last year. I am pleased to say the older bags are barely recognisable and are well on their way to forming nice new compost. By the time the “maturing” heap is emptied in the spring, I expect all the bags will have disappeared and will help grow the next crop of potatoes – a virtuous circle. Well done on your initiative.
Jonathan Hammonds
Shrewsbury, Shropshire

• Congratulations on your brave decision to stop taking money from companies that extract fossil fuels (Guardian drops ads from fossil fuel companies, 30 January). Greenpeace calls for others to follow suit, prompting this marmalade consumer (who merely adds the labels to his wife’s confection) to triple his admittedly tiny subscription to your inspiring newspaper.
David Yates
Eccles, Greater Manchester

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Massachusetts state senators approved a wide-ranging climate policy package on Thursday night, including the option of a cap-and-trade programme to link with the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI).

Jim Smith, who has died aged 75, devoted his entire adult life to the River Ouse in Sussex. In his role as head bailiff for the Ouse Angling Preservation Society for 55 years and a trustee of the Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust, he sold and checked fishing permits, policed the fishery, supervised the work of volunteers and helped monitor sewage and pollution.

With his battered tweed trilby and deep Sussex brogue, Jim was the archetypal river bailiff. I first met him some 20 years ago when I began fishing the Ouse for its elusive sea trout. In 2015 Jim was interviewed by the Guardian for a feature headlined The Old Man and the River, highlighting environmental problems facing the Ouse and other rivers throughout Britain.

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WCI market stakeholders remain unsure of whether regulator ARB can void California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) after their invalidation period expires based on the timing of a probe, with the most recent decision providing little clarity on the scenario.

The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including a plea for a crocodile trapped in a tyre

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EUA prices dipped early on Friday towards their recent two-month low as Britain readied to leave the EU with no indication yet as how the country will distribute its 2019 allowances.

Ugandan activist says she hopes storm over Davos photo will help shift narrative

The Ugandan climate activist who was cropped out of a press photo in Davos has said many African activists experience the same erasure but feel unable to speak up.

The Associated Press apologised last week after it cropped Vanessa Nakate out of a photo she had posed for alongside fellow activists Greta Thunberg, Loukina Tille, Luisa Neubauer and Isabelle Axelsson.

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday unveiled a A$2 billion ($1.34 bln) bilateral agreement on climate and energy, centred around efforts to produce more natural gas for domestic consumption.

Timelapse video shows a cloud of smoke rising behind houses in southern Tuggeranong, near the Australian capital, on Friday.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has declared a state of emergency  as bushfires continue spreading in the south of Canberra, and the Orroral bushfire has grown to 8% of territory’s land mass

• Australia fires live: Canberra bushfires threaten suburbs as heatwave hits NSW and Victoria – latest updates
• Hot, sticky and stormy weather forecast for parts of Australia's south and south-east

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New Zealand carbon allowances took another beating in Friday trade, shedding 2.7% as some emitters sold off allowances with a view to lock in profits by paying the NZ$25 fixed price option in May.

Hives that survived catastrophic Paris cathedral blaze are healthier than ever, says beekeeper

It is a crisp winter morning and the area around Notre Dame is sealed off as it has been since the fire last April that devastated the cathedral.

Those in the know, however, especially those with the keenest of eyes, might spot some small movement high up to the south of the stricken and blackened structure.

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The recent bushfire horror exposed fundamental flaws in the way we treat the land. First Peoples know the way out of this ecological crisis – if only Australia would listen. Zena Cumpston, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

On the morning of January 16, Antaisolar successively signed the 2020 strategic cooperation agreement with One Stop warehouse and Solar Chaser respectively.

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