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Molycop Australia inks solar and wind PPA with Flow Power, to cover more than half its NSW electricity needs and tap into the demand response market.

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Many vegans boycott woollen clothing on the basis that it is cruel to sheep.

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A zoologist will join a camel expedition into the Queensland desert today as part of a crowd-funded search for a potentially extinct rabbit-sized kangaroo.

Shadow Defence Minister Richard Marles joins RN Breakfast to discuss Papua New Guinea's request for budget support from Australia.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) has vetoed a bill that would have both ended consumer rebates from proceeds obtained by RGGI and removed a clause that allows the state to opt out of the regional cap-and-trade programme.

The singer said he lent his private plane to the royal pair - but he paid to carbon offset the trip.

Endangered animals such as giraffes, sharks, and elephants may get boosted protection at a UN wildlife summit meeting in Geneva this week.

Replacing California’s fossil fuel power generation with 100% renewables and safeguarding low-income communities against price hikes present challenges for achieving the state’s 2045 carbon neutrality goal, experts said at a multi-day hearing.

A warming climate will affect the way waves hit over 50% of the world's coastlines, increasing erosion and the risk of flooding. Mark Hemer, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO Ian Young, Kernot Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne Joao Morim Nascimento, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Nobuhito Mori, Professor, Kyoto University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Conservation groups split on impact of move agreed at international wildlife summit

South Africa has won permission to almost double the number of black rhinos that can be killed as trophies after arguing the money raised will support conservation of the critically endangered species.

The decision was made at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) after receiving support from some African nations and opposition from others.

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The Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) recorded its largest-ever credit deficit during the first quarter of 2019, dropping the low-carbon fuel standard’s surplus bank below 500,000 tonnes, state data showed Friday.

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National Farmers’ Union says only farms in south-east England able to start harvest

August’s wet weather has brought this year’s wheat harvest to a “shuddering halt”, the deputy president of the National Farmers’ Union has said.

Guy Smith said farmers outside the south-east of England had been left unable start their harvest their crop because of heavy rainfall this month.

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EUAs climbed back above €26 early on Monday as firmer demand at the day’s auction helped stir more bargain-hunters despite observer warnings of a prolonged bearish technical picture.

The head of a Swedish energy company has slammed carbon analysts for their failure to accurately predict EUA prices, calling it a “major problem” that has limited investment in renewables and caused avoidable CO2 emissions.

They destroy sweaters, carpets and even wall insulation – and their population has tripled in five years. But there are ways to quell these insatiable insects

When Janine Christley moved into her new house, she thought buying woollen carpets would be the sustainable option. She had the stairs and two floors of her cottage carpeted, at a cost of thousands of pounds. Then the moths moved in. She first noticed them about four years ago, just a few at first. But then they started devouring the carpets, creating big bare patches. Gradually, Christley has had to rip them up and replace them with synthetic carpet. “I’ve still got woollen carpet in my room and the front room, but there are big holes where they’ve eaten it away,” she says. To a family of moths, it turns out, a wool-carpeted house is essentially an all-you-can-eat restaurant.

“Of course, they’re into clothes as well,” she says. They have eaten woollen jackets and gorged on the bags of wool she keeps for felting projects – as well as the finished crafts themselves. She has avoided chemical controls, but clothes regularly go into the freezer in an attempt to kill the moths’ eggs. “I’m constantly checking where they might be,” says Christley. “I go into the wardrobe and shake all my clothes regularly because they like to be dark and undisturbed. I check under furniture, swat any I can find. I’m always jumping up to try to catch them; I see them flying around. I’m encouraging spiders in my house now; they’ve got lots of cobwebs and I’m trying to get them to catch the moths.” It has been frustrating – and expensive. “And it’s all been a waste of time.”

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Animal welfare groups highlight practice that forces a fish’s gills open and prolongs its suffocation to keep it fresh for longer

All photographs by Jo-Anne McArthur in Taipei/The Guardian

Campaigners in Taiwan are calling for an end to the centuries-old practice of fish tethering – which sees live fish tied into a crescent shape to entice buyers – claiming the custom “is a form of torture” and contravenes animal welfare standards.

Fish tethering is popular in Taiwan, where it is believed that “bow fish” stay fresher for longer if they are bent into a curve and sprinkled with water to keep them alive. They remain this way until they are purchased, which can be up to 10 hours after they were caught, say activists.

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