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EU lawmakers are prepared to examine with fresh eyes whether to deploy the carbon border measures they once rejected, as the bloc’s higher carbon prices and the ongoing global trade conflict raise the stakes.

The Mexican environment ministry (SEMARNAT) published a largely unchanged final regulation for its pilot cap-and-trade programme on Tuesday, with the agency yet to determine the market’s annual CO2 caps and free allowance totals for the Jan. 2020 start date.

Carbon emissions from international air travel show no sign of abating. In the absence of a tax on jet fuel, are sail boats the best way to travel the world sustainably? Christiaan De Beukelaer, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Individual actions to reduce emissions are important in two ways. First, they have an immediate impact, and secondly, adopting low-carbon life choices sends a clear message to political leaders. Nick Golledge, Associate Professor of Glaciology, Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

German emitters maintained solid interest in the country's EUA auctions in August, buying up three quarters of the supply on offer, a government report shows.

The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) is aiming for member jurisdictions to commit by spring 2020 to develop a regional cap-and-invest programme for the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, while planning to auction off nearly all carbon allowances in the future ETS.

Plastic is everywhere – in our food, air, water and oceans. But do we know enough to determine how harmful it is to our health?

If you enjoy a spot of food, like to breathe air and partake in the occasional drink of water (tap or bottled), then you’re almost certainly an unwitting consumer of microplastics.

People who use triangular nylon tea bags are the latest group to be shocked at their exposure to plastics. According to one study, they could be getting about 11bn or so particles of plastic with their Earl Grey or breakfast tea.

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Move comes after Minerals Council attacked planning decisions that cited carbon emissions as a reason for rejecting or imposing conditions on a mine

The New South Wales government is considering legislation that could limit the ability for planning authorities to rule out coalmines projects based on the climate change impact of emissions from the coal once it is burned.

It comes after a campaign from the NSW Minerals Council over decisions that have referenced the impact of “scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions” as a reason for either rejecting a mining project entirely or for imposing conditions on it.

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Biggest offshore windfarm in North Sea will generate electricity for 4.5m homes

The largest offshore wind turbines ever built will begin powering millions of British homes using blades more than 100 metres long by the early 2020s.

Each of the new mega-turbines planned for the world’s biggest offshore windfarm at Dogger Bank in the North Sea will reach 220 metres high and generate enough electricity for 16,000 homes.

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Air France will from next year offset the emissions from all of its nearly 500 daily domestic flights, the airline’s CEO announced late Monday.

California Carbon Offset (CCO) demand has retraced on the secondary market following the slide in WCI allowance prices after the May auction, removing some incentives for compliance entities to procure credits early.

European carbon prices dropped to a new four-month low early on Tuesday on carry-through selling, though buyers helped prevent further losses by pushing EUAs back up to the technical levels breached yesterday.

A remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean reveals the scale of the problem of plastic waste facing our seas.

China has released a draft allocation plan for its power sector emissions trading scheme trial run, proposing strict efficiency levels for coal-fired power plants that analysts say would force changes at old, inefficient plants despite the lack of an overall CO2 cap for the market.

There were some 1,100km (700 miles) of jams as farmers reacted to plans to cut nitrogen emissions.

Australia’s mangroves and seagrass meadows absorb 20m tonnes of CO2 a year but report warns damage to ecosystems contributing to climate change

Australia’s mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are absorbing about 20m tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, according to a major new study that is the first to measure in detail the climate benefits of the coastal ecosystems.

But the study, published in the journal Nature Communications, warns that degradation of these “vegetated coastal ecosystems” was already seeing 3 million tonnes of CO2 per year being released back into the atmosphere.

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Scientists use new 'environmental DNA' technique to identify each polar bear and their relationship.

The UK-led project to break the land speed record is ready to start testing in South Africa.

Scientists have revealed that Australian seagrass, mangrove and salt marshes absorb 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.

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