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Researchers produce cattle that lack horns, meaning they cannot use them to injure other animals or humans.

Two of Europe’s biggest low-cost airlines posted a month-on-month decline in their carbon emissions in September.

Shortlisted entries for the Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition.

Region’s first conference on the trade hears of growing demand for live and dead animals from world’s most biodiverse continent

The illegal wildlife trade is increasing all across Latin America, the first high-level conference on the issue in the Americas was told.

After drugs, guns and human trafficking, wildlife trafficking is the world’s most lucrative organised crime with an annual value of around $20bn (£16bn) each year, according to a 2016 report by Interpol and the UN environment programme.

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The Planning Inspectorate had ruled against new gas-fired turbines on climate change concerns.

EUAs fell to a fresh six-month low early on Monday, breaking another technical support level and continuing their recent rout as bearish economic data weighed.

South Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.4% in 2017, the government announced Monday, with the increase largely driven by higher coal use for electricity generation and steel production.

William Kaelin, Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza win 2019 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

Anti-climate change protestors are planning a week of chaos in some of the country's biggest cities in a bid to highlight the threat of climate change.

As temperatures soar across parts of the country, climate activists are turning up the heat on State and Federal Governments to declare a climate emergency.

The Head of Operations oversees Human Resources and Development (HR&D), Finance and Administration at CAN, and manages up to 3 positions within the Operations department. As a member of the Senior Management Team, the role also includes responsibility for the strategic direction of the organization and plays a central role in its operations.

Bellona is looking for an expert who can help in its work to put in place market regulations that drive clean consumption and enable rapid investments in decarbonised industries.

The Policy Manager will be responsible for driving CDSB’s engagement and support of Government departments, supervisors and regulators.

Protests take place in Melbourne, Brisbane and other Australian cities to kick off a week of activity by Extinction Rebellion

Four teenage girls are among dozens of protesters demanding government action on climate change to be arrested in Sydney on Monday.

The Extinction Rebellion climate protests movement has planned a “spring rebellion” from Monday to Sunday, including marches aimed at blocking traffic.

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The Environmental Specialist role is focused on developing technical resources aimed at companies and regulators/policymakers – both of which are needed to drive momentum in corporate reporting of environmental information to influence investor decision-making.

The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) is looking for a policy specialist to join its Inclusive Green Finance Team.

New Zealand carbon permits on Monday fell back to the lower end of their recent range, curbed by the ongoing policy inertia and the fixed price option (FPO).

Queensland government celebrates 4GW solar milestone in state, while confusion reigns over reported early closure of state-owned coal generator.

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Italian oil and gas giant ENI buys another two solar farms in the Northern Territory.

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Environment officials are unsure whether the poisoning of the birds in northeast Victoria was an accident

An insecticide is likely to be behind the deaths of almost 200 native birds in northeast Victoria, environment officials believe.

After dead wedge-tailed eagles were found near Violet Town in August the state’s environment department found more – along with hawks and falcons – on a nearby property.

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