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African climate negotiators want next year's COP27 UN summit to go ahead in Africa as planned, despite this year's postponement of the UK-hosted talks to 2021.

UK police department takes advantage of new electric vehicle fleet's silent running to sneakily listen for wildlife poacher's gunshots.

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South Korea’s monthly CO2 auction failed to sell out on Wednesday as secondary market allowances suffered a second consecutive day of heavy losses, closing nearly 10% below the previous session.

European commission finds welfare gaps, non-compliance and poor planning in trade of animals to North Africa and the Middle-East

The welfare of millions of cattle, sheep and goats exported from the EU is being put at risk by failings including heat stress, bad planning and a lack of information from the destination country, a new European commission report has found.

Among the systemic problems identified were poor planning for high temperatures, an issue that has been raised repeatedly by campaigners. In summer, the report said, animals “in many vehicles arriving to ports” must sometimes “endure temperatures of over 35C”.

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Survey shows food waste generated has risen from £111 to £148 per restaurant per week

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Food waste generated by UK restaurants dishing up takeaways during the lockdown has risen as a result of consumers’ “unpredictable ordering patterns” during the pandemic, research has revealed.

Unusual fluctuations in demand have led to an increase in food waste generated in takeaway outlets rising from an average of £111 per restaurant per week in normal times to £148 – equivalent to a £16.7m rise for the sector as a whole since lockdown, according to the research.

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A crediting mechanism for big Australian emitters beating their CO2 targets would put a downward pressure on offset prices without adding fresh demand and could force the need of a new type of carbon credits to distinguish higher-value land-based units, analysts said Wednesday.

Companies want to power greener economic recovery following Covid-19 pandemic

Britain’s biggest green energy companies are on track to deliver multi-billion pound wind farm investments across the north-east of England and Scotland to help power a cleaner economic recovery.

Scottish Power plans to “repower” Scotland’s oldest commercial wind farm as part of a £150m scheme to develop a clean energy cluster in central Scotland capable of supplying 100,000 homes with green electricity.

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Environmental groups warn of the influence the fossil fuel industry is exerting over the Morrison government's economic response to Covid-19.

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Missed the Stimulus Summit? SEC has you covered with new website and links to recordings of all of the day's presentations.

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Lion is proud to announce that it has become Australia’s first large-scale carbon neutral brewer.

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Greenpeace investigation highlights how Murdoch press used misinformation to protect the fossil fuel industry from blame for climate fuelled bushfires.

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BP's proposed renewable hydrogen plans in W.A. involves 1.5GW of new wind and solar plants, three times the current renewable energy capacity in that state.

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Why is England pressing ahead with plans to ease lockdown rules ahead of the rest of the UK?

FRV's Goonumbla solar farm – one of eight wind and solar projects contracted to Snowy Hydro – has begun sending power to the NSW grid.

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Tasmania Liberal government unveils action plan for 200 per cent renewables goal, including interim target to unlock $7 billion of renewables investment in next decade.

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Exclusive: FoI documents reveal struggling systems were ‘clear candidates’ for protection but Sussan Ley ‘unlikely to support’ it

Struggling river and wetland systems in the Murray-Darling Basin were not assessed for listing as critically endangered after officials warned the Morrison government would not support protecting them.

Environment department staff said the two ecological communities were “clear candidates” for assessment for a critically endangered listing, documents released under freedom of information show. But the environment minister, Sussan Ley, was “unlikely to support” their inclusion on the 2019 list of species and habitats under consideration for protection, they told the threatened species scientific committee.

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JA Solar says its 500W PV module due for release in H2 2020 has set a new industry record for power output, surpassing 525W under standard testing conditions.

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Fluttering creatures of the night are also vital pollinators of plants and flowers, say scientists.

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Hormone-fed beef and chlorine-washed chicken should remain banned in England. the government is warned.