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Extinction Rebellion calls for British Fashion Council to declare climate emergency

Protesters from the environmental action group Extinction Rebellion have disrupted London fashion week in an attempt to urge the British Fashion Council to declare a climate emergency.

A group with a banner saying “rebel for life” blocked the road outside Victoria Beckham’s show at Tate Britain for about half an hour on Sunday, holding up Mercedes cars provided for the event.

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Experts warn that failure to act risks spike in global temperatures

Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold global temperature rises to 2C, scientists have warned.

In a paper published this month by the American Geophysical Union, researchers say sharp rises in levels of methane – which is a powerful greenhouse gas – have strengthened over the past four years. Urgent action is now required to halt further increases in methane in the atmosphere, to avoid triggering enhanced global warming and temperature rises well beyond 2C.

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Population growth and climate change mean we need hi-tech to boost crops, says a new report

It is 2040 and Britain’s green and pleasant countryside is populated by robots. We have vertical farms of leafy salads, fruit and vegetables, and livestock is protected by virtual fencing. Changing diets have seen a decline in meat consumption while new biotech production techniques not only help preserve crops but also make them more nutritious.

This is the picture painted in a report from the National Farmers Union which attempts to sketch out what British food and farming will look like in 20 years’ time.

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From teachers to traditional owners, local people make the case for resisting coal mining in their ‘beautiful’ and ‘sacred’ valley

We bought our house less than a year ago, having exercised due diligence. We determined that the supposed last appeal by Gloucester Resources, the owners of the proposed Rocky Hill mine, was almost certain to be dismissed. It was. We thought that any lingering worries that we had about the proposed mine were over.

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The 41-year-old man, who was surfing at Belongil Beach, was airlifted to Gold Coast University hospital

A man has been bitten on the leg by a shark on the New South Wales north coast, which has led to the closure of the beach.

Forty-one-year-old Sam Edwardes was surfing at Belongil Beach near Byron Bay about 6.40am on Sunday when he was bitten on the leg.

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Techniques used to analyse data are producing misleading and often wrong results, critics say.

Marlon Brando bought an island in French Polynesia, and dreamt of a creating a luxury resort there that fuelled science and conservation. Has it worked?

Marine scientists at the National Sea Simulator are trying to help corals adapt to harsher conditions in the ocean. They use the brief windows of annual coral spawning events for much of this research.

Scientists have called for a ban on the development of weapons controlled by AI.

Travis Kauffman was hiking in Colorado when he came toe-to-toe with a young mountain lion.

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California's ARB could amend its carbon allowance allocations to account for the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power's (LADWP) post-2020 power plant closures, as the state agency also looks to adapt ETS regulations to account for higher Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) targets, sources said.

The oil industry is expected to mount an opposition campaign against a Washington state proposal to enact a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) that is currently advancing through the legislature, stakeholders said Friday.

Researchers in Edinburgh develop gene-edited farm animals for poor farmers in Africa.

A summary of legislative action on carbon pricing and clean energy bills at the US state level taken this week, including Virginia Republicans’ move to block a RGGI linkage, carbon pricing developments in New York, and the defeat of a carbon tax bill in Montana.

Students have protested across the UK to air their views on the issue of climate change. We talked to some of those in Manchester.

EUAs climbed back above €20 on Friday, partially reversing this week’s volatile plunge to a two-month low that saw carbon enter bear market territory, though traders said prices remain vulnerable to further falls.

Ancient alcohol making a comeback; grape stomping competition marks the start of harvest; waterhole springs back to life as Indigenous rangers tackle feral buffalo damage; historic farm in the centre of Hobart provides food for Government House guests.

After tripling in price and being hailed the best performing commodity of 2018, the party could be over for once irrepressible European carbon - at least for now - with experts forewarning of a hangover fuelled by falling gas and other bearish factors.