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There has been no sign of Naya or the pups she was carrying since May

The first wolf to have been spotted in Belgium for more than 100 years has not been seen since May, and environmentalists believe she is likely to have been killed.

The wolf, given the name Naya, was first sighted in Belgium in the north-east province of Limbourg in January 2018. She was fitted with a collar containing a transponder to track her movements.

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Sailing ship leaves Amsterdam for COP25 climate summit with 36 campaigners on board

A group of environmental activists have set sail from Amsterdam on a seven-week voyage to South America to attend the UN climate conference.

It had been raining on the Amsterdam waterfront on Wednesday but the sun came out in the early afternoon as a small crowd waved farewell to the 36 activists and five crew on the boat.

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US biofuel credit (RIN) prices surged over the past two days as media outlets reported that President Trump was once again close to agreeing a plan that will boost next year’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) quotas.

Initiative aims to improve the animals’ feeding efficiency and reduce methane emissions

Scientists are working to breed sheep that produce less greenhouse gases in order to reduce their impact on the environment.

The Grass to Gas initiative will combine international scientific and industry expertise to measure two major factors affecting the environmental consequences of the livestock – feed efficiency and methane emissions.

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Taking all the available data, it was clear something was amiss with the tsunami-generating volcano.

Launch towers and "antenna farms" have been proposed for the 815-acre site in the north Highlands.

As North Sea cod and wild Atlantic salmon added to at-risk list, calls grow for simplified rules

• Shoppers told to avoid North Sea cod and wild Atlantic salmon

Overfishing is the greatest single threat to marine life, and at least a third of the world’s key populations of fish species are currently overexploited while most of the remainder are reaching their limits. Meanwhile, climate chaos and the scourge of plastic are only adding to the oceans’ problems.

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EUAs again dropped below €25 on Wednesday to approach yesterday's four-month low, as analysts continued to flag bearish technical signals.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator this week issued slightly more than 100,000 carbon credits, with all the units awarded to vegetation-based projects.

Victoria has responded with a firm "no" to pressure from the Federal Government to build more dams, as Australia faces the threat of serious water shortages over summer.

The Climate Action 100+ intitiatives finds investor pressure helps change company approaches to climate change, but movement on lobby groups remains slow.

The post Investor push for companies to target zero emissions stymied by fossil fuel lobbies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Conditional trade agreement covers eggs from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

A trade agreement to import produce into the European Union is set to be conditional upon animal welfare requirements for the first time.

Eggs imported from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to member states will only be duty-free if the hens are kept in line with EU standards under the provisional terms of the new EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

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Exclusive: species added to at-risk list as numbers fall, but hake and plaice are booming

Consumers are being urged to steer clear of North Sea cod and wild Atlantic salmon – and eat more herring, plaice and hake – in a fresh attempt to alleviate pressure on threatened stocks.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) will publish its updated 2019 Good Fish Guide this week, setting out which is the most sustainable seafood and what to avoid in order to help safeguard of at-risk species in UK waters.

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Europe's largest CO2 emitter and brown coal generation giant RWE has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2040.

The post German coal giant RWE pledges to become carbon neutral by 2040 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Transgrid highlights absurdity of "do no harm" rule that requires new wind and solar farms to install machinery that raises costs and may be making grid less stable.

The post Red flags across the grid: New technologies hobbled by old thinking appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian supermarkets and fast food chains will soon be stocking a homegrown meat alternative that tastes and feels like meat and even sizzles on the barbecue. Martin Cole, Deputy Director of Agriculture and Food, CSIRO, CSIRO Mary Ann Augustin, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Agriculture & Food, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Melbourne Water adds new electric vehicles as part of drive to a zero emissions fleet within 10 years.

The post Melbourne Water adds two new Nissan Leaf hatchbacks in drive towards zero emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chinamay shutter nearly 8.7GW of coal-fired power by the end of the year in an effort to further curb smog and greenhouse gas emissions.

The post China to shutter 8.7GW of coal power by year’s end appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An electronic petition calling for a climate emergency declaration by federal parliament sets a new record.

The post Climate emergency petition surges towards 200,000 signatures, but will Morrison listen? appeared first on RenewEconomy.