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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 Associate Director of Legislative and Administrative Advocacy for Climate Policy and Impacts has program responsibility and participates in the development of strategies and priorities for the Federal and International Climate Campaign.

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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Acclimatise is looking for a self-motivated Senior Consultant in Climate Finance with strong technical knowledge of climate change adaptation and resilience, combined with hands-on experience in navigating the operational modalities of climate funds and developing investment-grade adaptation projects.

Inspired by long-distance tracks such as Canada’s 15,000-mile Great Trail, a proposed 4,970-mile trans-Brazil hiking trail would provide a continuous coastal corridor from its southern border with Uruguay to its northern frontier with French Guiana

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E3G is looking for an experienced practitioner to lead E3G’s day-to-day engagement with the UK government on COP26, coordinate a London-based hub for non-state actor engagement in the run up to the COP and manage E3G’s internal COP26 working group.

Phasmids hailing from New Zealand become asexual after arriving in the UK

A New Zealand stick insect that migrated to the UK more than seven decades ago has given up having sex and become asexual, prompting biologists to wonder about the use of sex at all – especially in Britain.

The Clitarchus hookeri is native to New Zealand but migrated to the UK sometime between 1910 and 1935, catching a ride on shiploads of New Zealand plants that were transported to the sub-tropical Tresco Abbey Garden on the Scilly Isles islands off the coast of Cornwall.

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ENERGY NEXT 2020 to be held from the 14-15 July 2020 at Sydney’s International Convention Centre.

The post Reed Exhibitions Australia & Clean Energy Council launch 2020 energy event appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NASA data reveals global toxic air pollution hotspots over Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and Lake Macquarie and the Hunter Valley in NSW – homes to Australia's old coal plants.

The post Ageing coal plants put Australia on map of global air pollution hotspots appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO's plan to layout a pathway to largely decarbonise the Australian grid by 2050 is hugely significant.

The post Finally, Australia is about to have a plan to de-carbonise the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hearing the New South Wales government rush through two import gas terminals approvals is like revisiting the fantasy world of Mary Poppins.

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Here are seven ways the Victorian government (and opposition) can supercharge the community response.

The post Seven ways to supercharge community action on climate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

VCAT upholds local council decision that 200MW Bookaar Solar farm should not go ahead in south-west Victoria, due to "deficiencies" of planning application.

The post Back to drawing board for 200MW Victoria solar farm, as VCAT dismisses appeal appeared first on RenewEconomy.