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A Colorado agency will commence a study this fall on the technical and economic feasibility of implementing a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) in the western US state, a government official said.

With fewer than 20 left in the South American country’s Gran Chaco forest – the big cats could be classed as a ‘non-human person’

Argentina’s supreme court has been asked to recognize the legal rights of the South American jaguar, of which fewer than 20 individuals remain alive in the country’s Gran Chaco region.

The largest cat in the Americas once roamed the continent as far north as the Grand Canyon, but is now in decline across the entire western hemisphere.

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Switzerland’s energy-related CO2 emissions continued falling in 2018, the government announced this week, though the decline was again mostly seen in the consumption of thermal fuels as transportation’s output was unchanged.

The animals will need feeding, and the woodland will require ongoing active management to minimise negative impacts on old trees, writes Edward Wilson – sentiments echoed by Abi Bunker

Rewilding is an attractive ecological concept urgently in need of an agreed definition. Bristol Zoo’s plan to introduce bears and wolves into ancient woodland requires greater scrutiny (1,000 years on, wolves and bears to get back together in UK woods, 17 July). Wild bears and wolves are creatures that roam over large areas of land. As top predators, they require a diversity of habitats to meet their life-cycle and dietary needs. When you are trying to put top-level predators back into an ecosystem, you need the other trophic levels, too. In short, bear and wolf conservation is a landscape-scale issue.

What we see at Bristol is a novel zoo exhibit. An enclosure of 1 hectare, 1.5 times the size of a typical football pitch is a tiny area for both species. The animals will need feeding, and the woodland will require ongoing active management to minimise negative impacts on old trees and to ensure adequate regeneration. There is nothing self-sustaining or “wild” about these conditions. Perhaps if visitors were exposed to a wolf pack hunting down a stricken deer they would get some sense of the rewilding reality.

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The Environment Agency takes steps to refill a river featured in some of the UK's best-loved paintings.

Pesticides are blamed for Russia's mass bee deaths, while French honey production is also down.

The pilot whales were spotted during a helicopter sightseeing tour over Longufjorur.

Firebugs in Russia, monkeys in India and penguin visitors in a New Zealand sushi shop

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Two Nordic utilities reported rises in EU ETS-covered output over the first half of 2019 as their thermal facilities ramped up to cover lower hydro generation, though they said fossil-based production may ease for the rest of the year as reservoirs have since filled.

European carbon prices emphatically rebounded from a six-day low on Friday's bullish auction result and forecasts of an impending heatwave, with buyers also taking comfort from strong technical signals.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

A study suggests the butts make up the most pervasive form of plastic pollution on the planet.

Project to recreate ancient habitat prepares for delicate process of reuniting species

On a summer’s day the spot is idyllic. Ancient English woodland tumbles towards the broad river valley. The birds sing, the squirrels scurry.

Then suddenly the mood changes as a bear ambles mightily into sight among the oak trees. Another clambers up a towering ash and seems to take in the view down to the River Severn and and across towards the Forest of Dean.

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Norway and Suriname are said to be exploring an arrangement where the South American country would earn carbon credits for keeping its tropical forest intact, according to a local news report.

Activists and residents demonstrate in Bermondsey in protest at pollution from lorries

Extinction Rebellion protesters have blockaded the entrance to the construction of London’s £4.2bn super-sewer project as part of a fifth day of protests.

About 50 activists – including mothers and children from the nearby Riverside Primary school – began a blockade to halt concrete pouring at Chambers Wharf, in Bermondsey, south-east London, at 7.30am on Friday morning.

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Even short-haul flights produce huge amounts of CO2, figures show

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SKM Recycling says its collapse could mean 400,000 tonnes a year more waste sent to landfill

A major recycling company feared to be at risk of going into administration has warned up to 400,000 tonnes of glass, paper, plastic and metals could be sent to landfill each year if it goes under.

Victoria-based SKM Recycling issued the warning in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the waste management crisis that has grown since China introduced an effective ban on most imported recyclable materials in 2017.

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Photographers and nature lovers capture the natural phenomenon that lights up the sea.

Our conditions have forced us to temper our expectations, but my friend and I won’t let them stop us pursuing what we love

A breakaway is a cycling term that refers to an individual or a small group of cyclists who have successfully opened a gap ahead of the peloton, the main group of cyclists. On 21 July, two of us are plotting a breakaway from the disease that hangs over our daily lives by tackling one of the most challenging amateur cycling events.

The Etape du Tour, which has been running since 1993, is a chance for amateur cyclists to test their mettle on a stage of the Tour de France, riding on the same routes and under the same conditions as the professionals.

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High numbers have reached UK in past six weeks and many of their offspring will emerge during Big Butterfly Count

Wildlife lovers are being urged to help record the greatest influx of painted lady butterflies for a decade as part of the world’s largest butterfly survey.

Unusually high numbers of the migratory butterfly have flown into Britain from continental Europe in the last six weeks and some of their offspring will emerge during the Big Butterfly Count, which starts on Friday.

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