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US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states should establish a cap-and-trade programme with a floor price that regulates fuel emissions high in the supply chain, several experts said at the Transportation and Climate Initiative's (TCI) first workshop on Tuesday.

EUAs remained above €26 on Tuesday as stronger auction demand lent support on the 2018 compliance deadline day to notch a huge 22% monthly gain.

A group of locals are the only thing preventing human-elephant conflict in a deforested area of Indonesian rainforest.

As Indonesian orangutans come into closer contact with humans, they are at increasing risk of capture.

Labour leader urges emissions cuts and boost for renewables in ‘green industrial revolution’

Jeremy Corbyn will urge MPs to take on their “historic duty” over climate change and back a Labour motion calling for the UK to declare a national environmental and climate-change emergency.

Speaking in the wake of climate strikes by young people and the wave of protests by Extinction Rebellion, the Labour leader will open an opposition day debate on Wednesday by also seeking a so-called green industrial revolution to transform the economy.

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The UK government has agreed to give a £100 million emergency loan to British Steel to help it buy enough EU ETS allowances to cover 2018 compliance, Sky News reported late Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.

Researchers now fear a range of high profile species, such as the Lemuroid Ringtail Possum, could disappear from the world's oldest rainforest within three years.

Adani has promised to fix its groundwater plan – but that might not be possible. Matthew Currell, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University Adrian Werner, Professor of Hydrogeology, Flinders University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programme participants offered competing opinions on regulator ARB’s proposal to explore a price ceiling and an advance crediting system, as some said the concepts will hurt future clean fuel investments and unfairly favour utilities.

Renowned amphibian and reptile photographer Matthijs Kuijpers has released his first book, Cold Instinct. Kuijpers says the aim of the work is ‘for the viewer to abandon the fear and negative thoughts that often surround these animals’. What’s left is the bizarre beauty of these creatures in their simplest form – no backgrounds and no distractions

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Water mining is big business in rural Australia but many growers fear for the future of their groundwater

It’s the middle of the night and the roar of a massive truck echoes through the tiny village of Uki in northern New South Wales.

The prime mover, hauling large stainless-steel containers laden with groundwater, is headed north, down narrow country roads, to bottling plants across the border in Queensland.

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NSW campaigners say they have footage of water transport trucks operating through the night despite curfew

Lawyers for a northern New South Wales council are investigating claims that bottled water businesses have broken the law with recent groundwater extractions.

Tweed Shire council’s planning and regulation director, Vince Connell, says the council is “carefully considering its legal options” after receiving a large number of “non-compliance” allegations from the public about water extraction businesses.

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The EU should consider tying trade deals to climate action and using carbon border adjustments to help its industry compete globally as it strives to decarbonise, according to European trade association BusinessEurope, ending its longstanding opposition to border tariffs.

The poll tax rebellion still takes some beating, writes Dave Nellist MP. And 1,314 people were arrested in Trafalgar Square on 17 September, 1961 as part of the Committee of 100, writes Dennis Gould

Much as I share the view that the Extinction Rebellion protesters’ anger over government inaction has catapulted climate change into the spotlight, I think they still have a way to go to meet the claim that it is “the biggest act of mass civil disobedience in the UK for generations” (Extinction activists to stand on ‘climate emergency’ ticket, 27 April).

The House of Commons library collated statistics for me, from the Home Office, of cases taken to the magistrates’ courts of refusal or inability to pay the poll tax. At over 25 million, between April 1990 and September 1993, compared to just over 1,000 climate change protest cases so far which may end up in the courts, the poll tax rebellion still takes some beating. It not only ground the legal system to a halt across the whole country but led directly to the downfall of the prime minister of the day.

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As we approach International Dawn Chorus Day, Alison Steadman, Grayson Perry and 76 others say nature is falling silent and the UK must take a leading role in its recovery

With 40 million fewer birds today than in 1966 (Report, 29 April), the UK is one of the most nature-deprived countries in the world. Nature is falling silent, and the impact on our environment, culture, health and happiness should not be underestimated.

Nature’s influence runs through the fabric of our culture, its creations woven into myth and legend. Birds in particular have been revered in every age. From the Bard to the Beatles and Elgar to Emin, birds have inspired works of music, art, the written and spoken word, while naturalists from Darwin to Attenborough have shared the lives of these remarkable creatures with us, ensuring their status as national treasures for eternity.

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Extinction Rebellion says the environment secretary refused declare a climate emergency.

The heatwave of 2018 will become the capital’s new normal, claims Green party in report outlining severe daily disruption to capital

Hundreds of schools, hospitals and tube stations in London are at risk of flooding or overheating as the climate crisis accelerates and global temperatures continue to rise, according to a new study.

The report, commissioned by the Green party on the London Assembly, paints a bleak picture of life in the capital as global temperatures increase by 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – a conservative estimate based on current projections.

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The environment secretary agrees with some of Extinction Rebellion's demands, but says there are "open questions" about the timescale for action.

Part of the world's largest ice shelf is melting 10 times faster than the rest, shedding light on how it might respond to climate change.

Activists meet Michael Gove and John McDonnell in push for net zero carbon emissions

Extinction Rebellion activists have met leading politicians including the environment secretary, Michael Gove, and the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, in an attempt to persuade the UK government to declare a “climate emergency”.

On Wednesday, the government’s statutory advisers on climate change are expected to set out ways in which the UK can reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, including reductions from transport, heating and energy production.

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