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Discussions about climate change often skirt around the issue of population growth, but it is the main driver of rising carbon dioxide levels and many other environmental changes on a planetary scale. Michael Petterson, Professor of Geology, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Canada's federal and provincial compliance offset markets have received a boost from the re-election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta's proposed new emission mechanism, but industry stakeholders believe several outstanding issues must be resolved before investments can take off.

Why has the huge amount of rainfall that hit South Yorkshire had such a large impact on people and property?

Dave Morris on the collective power of research and Alastair Leake on the decline in moth populations

The efforts of campaigners to highlight important issues can often be overlooked by a historical approach that focuses on individuals, often academics or politicians. An example is in the obituary of the biologist Victoria Braithwaite (Obituary, 9 November), which asserts that “until the early 2000s everyone knew that fish do not feel pain”. But almost 20 years earlier, we had produced and started to widely distribute a leaflet called Fish Feel Pain. And of course hundreds of thousands of people were already refusing to eat fish on those very grounds.

In that same era, our group and others were campaigning on a range of other matters – such as traffic pollution, junk food, the arms trade, non-renewable energy, single-use plastics, environmental destruction – which may have seemed marginal at the time but are now acknowledged as mainstream concerns.

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Utilities CEZ and Uniper advanced their hedging considerably over the third quarter, but the amount of EUA buying is likely to have been lower in absolute terms amid coal generation declines.

Big floods likely to become more frequent because of climate breakdown

Poor management of the rural landscape along with global heating and building on floodplains are the main factors that led to the floods that have engulfed towns in northern England, according to experts.

Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster are among the places flooded, 12 years after they were badly hit when the River Don burst its banks in 2007. Many affected areas, including Meadowhall shopping centre, where customers were stranded overnight, lie within the river’s floodplain – low-lying land next to the river that naturally floods during high flow.

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PM to chair Cobra meeting after being criticised for not declaring national emergency

Boris Johnson has been accused of displaying an “utterly outrageous” lack of concern about the severe floods that have devastated hundreds of homes and caused more than 1,200 properties to be evacuated in northern England.

The prime minister will chair a meeting of the government’s emergency committee Cobra on Tuesday after he was criticised by Jeremy Corbyn for not declaring a national emergency.

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EUA prices sank below €25 to the bottom of their recent range early on Tuesday, reversing an early spike linked to a major nuclear outage from France's EDF.

Plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow, according to research.

The Conservatives are accused of harbouring ambitions to revive fracking after the general election.

An inherited gene makes certain healthy foods taste exceptionally bitter and unpleasant, according to researchers.

NZUs remain range bound near the NZ$25 fixed price option (FPO) level where prices have been stuck for over two months as many buyers are reluctant to pay a premium for compliance.

South Korean CO2 allowances could climb to as high as 52,000 won ($44.71) by the latter part of next year as the market's shortage is expected to deepen, analysts at Ecoeye said Tuesday.

Tribal leaders to testify before Congress in battle against Trump administration’s assault on environmental protections

Tribal leaders, fishermen and environmentalists from Alaska will testify before Congress on Wednesday in an effort to save America’s biggest national forest – the latest battle against the Trump administration’s assault on environmental protections.

The Tongass national forest, one of the world’s last intact temperate rainforests which plays a crucial role in fighting the climate crisis, is under threat of logging as Alaska seeks exemption from the Roadless Rule, which protects millions of acres of pristine forests across the US. The Tongass is considered the “crown jewel” of the national forest system, sequestering huge amounts of carbon dioxide to keep the greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere.

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Australia’s environment ministers have agreed to the National Waste Policy Action Plan, which sets the direction for waste management in Australia until 2030.

Australia’s environment ministers have agreed to the National Waste Policy Action Plan, which sets the direction for waste management in Australia until 2030.

S&P analysts finds renewables industry has become a mature market, but installs will need to be double BAU by 2040 to meet 2 degrees warming limit.

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UNSW research shows Australia is missing opportunities for sustainable growth by failing to meet Sustainable Development Goals.

The post Australia fails on Sustainable Developent Goals, will miss targets and benefits appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia’s leading solar battery storage installation company, Solar SG, has appointed a new chairman and new CEO to help guide it through the next phase of its rapid expansion.

The post Solar SG Pty Ltd appoints new chairman and CEO appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Risen Energy (Australia) has announced that the company now offers a 15-year limited warranty across its entire Crystalline PV Modules and Dual Glass Crystalline Modules range .

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