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An all-electric, zero emissions, battle taxi, or just cyber-punk: Auto industry gets ready for unveling of the Tesla ute.

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Porsche ups its game, releasing a stunning third Taycan model that will not only be cheaper but also offer longer driving range.

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Morrison government blocks debate and a motion moved by Greens and supported by Labor and cross-benchers to declare a climate change emergency.

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The European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition in Brussels is seeking a Researcher to work for 12 months starting in November/December 2019, possibly extendible beyond this period.

The US EPA will only factor in a portion of past compliance obligations exempted under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to project waived volumes under the federal biofuels programme next year, the agency announced on Tuesday.

Satellite launch site would be next to blanket bog that plays vital role in climate fight by storing carbon

A new rocket launch site has been proposed in the far north of Scotland to send small satellites into space. The plan is for a £17.3m spaceport on the A’Mhòine peninsula in Sutherland, a site chosen because it is so remote and surrounded by water and open countryside in case a rocket launch goes wrong.

But the proposed site is next to protected peatland, part of the Flow Country of northern Scotland, the largest blanket bog in Europe, estimated to store 400 million tonnes of carbon, which is vital in the fight against climate breakdown. A report this year by a team of researchers was critical of the development, saying: “The damage caused by the construction and operation of the spaceport will lead to the further destruction of this Highland ‘wild land’.”

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Yes, Australia naturally cycles through dry and wet periods. But that doesn't mean we can simply build more dams and trust they'll be filled. Emma Kathryn White, PhD Candidate, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A beefed-up MSR will be the most essential of a multi-pronged approach to EU ETS reforms to ensure the carbon market delivers its share of the bloc’s net zero emission aims, a report has found.

Regulated entities in the WCI-linked ETS are increasingly taking long positions in the programme as California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices retreat from record highs, while also selling call options further out on the curve, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data.

A camera set-up powered by a plant could pave the way for the remote monitoring of rainforests.

While many shires use grants for water infrastructure projects, Labor questions if money should go directly to farmers

Music festivals, cemetery upgrades, public toilets and a virtual gym are among the hundreds of projects to ­receive federal grants under the government’s signature Drought Communities Program.

As the government fends off criticism of its national drought response, a Guardian Australia analysis of $100m in grants awarded under the program in 2019 shows that while many shires have used the grant program for water infrastructure projects, much of the funding has been spent on events, the purchase of equipment and maintenance work.

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Shocking footage shows conditions ‘clearly breach’ EU standards on animal welfare, say campaigners

An animal testing laboratory in Germany that subjected monkeys to “barbaric” treatment and kept unwell dogs in squalid conditions is under investigation amid calls for its closure.

Undercover footage at the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) near Hamburg published by Cruelty Free International and Soko Tierschutz shows technicians with metal prongs grabbing macaque monkeys by the neck. The monkeys are restrained by braces during testing. The footage also shows primates being handled “violently” by technicians: in one incident a monkey has its head smacked against a door frame.

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It is a generation that contains veterans of Greenham, the miners’ strike and the poll tax and anti-Iraq war protests – and, with no need to worry about damaged CVs, they are perfect ‘arrestables’

Protest hits its mark when campaigners look as ordinary as possible, such as the platoons of grandparents swelling the ranks of Extinction Rebellion. Cameras seek out the picturesque – the luminously dreadlocked, tie-dyed stereotype. Although few and far between, they let the rightwing press dismiss the whole huge global uprising as “not people like us”.

But anyone who was on Saturday’s London march or joined this week’s protests has seen how the great majority are unphotogenic “normals” of all ages, with battalions of those well past retirement. Nor are there many of the usual bothersome far-left groupuscules trying to hijack a mighty, mainstream event.

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An EU without farmed animals would see a loss of biodiversity and spark a rural exodus, new campaign group claims

Meat and farmed animals are wrongly blamed for the climate crisis without considering their benefits for society, argues a new campaign launched by the livestock industry in Europe.

Billboards appeared this week in Brussels metro stations together with a social media campaign #meatthefacts. The adverts are being funded by European Livestock Voice, which is backed by organisations representing EU farmers, foie gras producers and the fur and leather industry.

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Last-minute lobbying forces delay to ambitious move by European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has balked at a proposal to halt new investments in fossil fuels, raising concerns that Germany and other nations are plotting to water down what would be one of the financial sector’s most ambitious climate moves.

The EIB, the largest public bank in the world, announced this year that it would end lending to new gas projects, having already curtailed funding for coal and oil. This would free up more money for renewable energy developments. The details of the plan were expected to be confirmed by a board meeting of EU finance ministers on Tuesday but last-minute lobbying has forced a postponement.

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European carbon prices climbed to their highest in almost two weeks early on Tuesday on building hopes that a Brexit agreement can be struck this week.

The Guangdong provincial government has issued some 200,000 carbon credits in a sign that its offset market is gradually returning to life after a 10-month hiatus due to restructuring of market regulations.

The group says "normal activities have been resumed" just hours after police ordered an end to activities.

The Metropolitan police cleared Extinction Rebellion protesters from Trafalgar Square after banning them from demonstrating anywhere in London by issuing a revised section 14 order on Monday. It said 'any assembly linked to the Extinction Rebellion "autumn uprising" … must now cease their protests within London' by 9pm.

On Twitter, XR’s London branch said the clearing of protesters from the square was 'an outrage'. Protests continued in the capital on Tuesday despite the risk of arrest

• Police ban Extinction Rebellion protests from whole of London
• Extinction Rebellion activists defy London-wide protest ban

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