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In the face of growing criticism for its lack of environmental transparency, Amazon is attempting to keep its greenhouse gas emissions a secret in Australia.

Unesco committee says NSW proposal to raise wall incompatible with listing

Unesco’s world heritage committee has found that a proposal to raise the wall of the Warragamba Dam is incompatible with the world heritage status of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

The committee has urged Australia to submit an updated environmental impact statement for the controversial project before any final decisions are made.

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Australians have long been early adopters of new technology, but we're well behind the rest of the world when it comes to electric vehicles.

The NSW Government's plan to raise the height of the Warrangama Dam west of Sydney will be scrutinised by the World Heritage Committee.

Strictly enforced no-take marine areas benefit everyone, from the fish to fishers. Dustin Marshall, Professor, Marine Evolutionary Ecology, Monash University Liz Morris, Administration Manager, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

When we build marinas, ports, jetties and coastal defences we introduce hard structures that weren’t there before, and which reduce the amount of sunlight hitting the water. Martino Malerba, Postdoctoral Fellow, Monash University Craig White, Head, Evolutionary Physiology Research Group, Monash University Dustin Marshall, Professor, Marine Evolutionary Ecology, Monash University Liz Morris, Administration Manager, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Compliance entities' short positions on the V19 California Carbon Allowance (CCA) contract peaked at the end of June as prices rebounded slightly after their first major retracement, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data.

California fuel consumption continued to see year-on-year declines during the first quarter of 2019, as higher retail prices and greater renewable content in diesel lessened entities' compliance obligations under the state's WCI-linked ETS.

The European Commission registered a carbon pricing petition on Wednesday, in a move that could eventually spur tougher curbs on emissions amid mounting public anger over inaction on climate.

European carbon prices are holding at elevated levels in the €26.00-27.50 range, but according to a poll of analysts there appears to be a growing disparity in views as to the direction EUAs will go next.

The purple emperor, the second largest butterfly in the UK, is "officially" back.

A fifth of Brazilian chicken exports are contaminated with the potentially life-threatening food poisoning bug salmonella

Brazil is the largest exporter of frozen chicken in the world, exporting $750m-worth of the meat to Europe last year. But about one in five of its birds are contaminated with the food poisoning bug salmonella.

An investigation by the Guardian, Repórter Brasil and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found that thousands of tonnes of salmonella-contaminated chicken have been exported from Brazil during the past two years, including more than one million birds sent to the UK.

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Government will spend £193m on directly tackling climate-related issues in first initiative

The UK will have an “ethical” development policy that puts the climate emergency and environmental protection at the heart of overseas aid, with more than £190m to be spent directly on climate-related issues in the first initiative, the government has announced.

Rory Stewart, the international development secretary, said he hoped this sum would soon be doubled and “run to billions rather than hundreds of millions” within a few years.

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Russian school caretaker Nikoly Irgit got a nasty surprise when he went down to the woods – and ran into a bear. Somehow, he survived to tell the tale

Name: Nikolay Irgit.

Age: 35.

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A carbon price of around 50 yuan ($7.27) per tonne could be sufficient to help throttle new coal investments in China, especially in combination with other regulatory efforts to reduce the risks of new fossil fuel construction, according to an energy advisory group.

EUAs sank early on Wednesday after struggling to absorb Poland’s bumper auction, though prices soon recovered.

Trade group says change may have opposite intended effect towards low carbon future

Oil and gas companies listed on the London Stock Exchange have been reclassified under a non-renewable energy category in a move designed to distinguish between heavily polluting companies and greener producers.

The change has been made by the index provider FTSE Russell, which now groups companies such as BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Cairn Energy, Petrofac, Premier Oil and Tullow Oil, formerly labelled oil and gas producers, in the non-renewable energy index. Coal companies, previously classified under basic materials/mining, also now come under non-renewable energy.

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Eight companies missed the June 30 annual compliance deadline for Shenzhen’s emissions trading scheme, but have been given until Sep. 10 to make good before penalties kick in.

The rare feature exists inside the crater of the Mount Michael stratovolcano in the South Atlantic.