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The likely biggest losers from the NSW poll result were the coal loving Nationals, and the large scale wind and solar industry.

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Big retailers must back customers’ wishes and phase out microplastics, campaigners say as petition is launched

It is a familiar adornment of both Mother’s Day and Easter gifts, and brings dustings of sparkle to everything from children’s craft projects to greetings cards and even flowers and pot plants. But campaigners are calling for a ban on glitter, branding it an environmental scourge that contains damaging microplastics.

“Glitter might look lovely but, because it’s plastic, it sticks around long after the sparkle has gone – often in the stomachs of fish and birds,” said David Innes, from the campaign group 38 Degrees, which has launched a petition calling on environment secretary Michael Gove to outlaw the product. Innes cites a recent study showing that up to a third of fish caught in the North Sea contained microplastic particles – including glitter.

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A cities are grappling with air pollution but the small capital of Mongolia is suffering from some of the worst in the world.

The number of planets detected around other stars - or exoplanets - is set to hit the 4,000 mark.

A Russian is arrested on suspicion of trying to take it back home to keep as a pet.

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Surviving in the Arctic's freezing environment has helped glacial microbes develop special powers.

A summary of legislative action on carbon pricing and clean energy bills at the US state level taken this week, including Colorado legislation to implement formal GHG targets, a court case on Washington state’s blocked Clean Air Rule, and a California bill to pursue aggregated offset project methodologies in the state’s carbon market.

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EUAs dropped to a fresh three-week low on Friday as carbon continued to be dragged down by tumbling gas prices and Brexit uncertainties.

Italian utility Enel remained substantially behind on its hedging rates by year-end, it said in financial results late Thursday, potentially giving a bullish signal for carbon.

Supermarkets lift cheap milk prices, Beef processors warn of looming closures, A US court finds glyphosate contributed to a Californian man becoming seriously ill, fruit and veg producers band together to cut down on plastic; commercial fishermen prepare for Cyclone Trevor.

It’s a momentous night for this teenage eastern quoll – she’s leaving home.

California's Air Resources Board (ARB) is seeking an Air Pollution Specialist with experience in, or knowledge of, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions monitoring, reporting, and verification, or GHG lifecycle assessment or GHG inventory development.

The successful candidate will contribute to environmental policies or programs as part of Environmental and Climate Change Canada. Task performed may include – but are not limited to - policy analysis, research, preparation of briefing material and reports, engagement with stakeholders, response to recommendations, and performance measurement and program improvement.

EU carbon prices could spike to €40 or higher over the next two years as industrial companies are increasingly likely to hoard units, leaving others scrambling, analysts said this week.

New science is ending the longstanding perception that Venus is a dead planet.

The UK government is to further extend the country’s 2018 EU ETS compliance deadline, giving emitters a bit more time to buy and surrender required carbon units, as the scheduled Brexit date was also pushed back amid negotiations nearing climax.

Swiss lawmakers have given final approval to the country’s carbon market link with the EU ETS, paving the way for the connection to start next January.

A playful polar bear cub in Berlin, a hopaway wallaby in Texas and a roaming vicuna in Ecuador

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