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Nairobi's National Park is vital for the city's fight against climate change - so why is it being built on?

Georges Brossard devoted his life to helping us appreciate "the most misunderstood animals".

University gardeners are ready to remove a glasshouse roof after the plant had a sudden growth spurt.

Union membership is a fraction of what it was but people power is finding a voice through new platforms and movements.

Union membership is a fraction of what it was but people power is finding a voice through new platforms and movements. People power has given us revolutions, political parties and unions. In part four we look at how people power is now helping to put a range of issues on the political agenda through new platforms, movements and voices in Parliament. We also hear how Parliament itself could be changed.

Power has been restored to most homes that lost it in the 7.1-magnitude earthquake.

Supermarket to create olive crostini and bread pudding from baguettes to reduce waste

Britain’s largest supermarket chain is launching a drive to reduce food waste from bread by turning unsold baguettes and batons from its in-store bakeries into new products.

Surplus bread is one of the biggest waste problems for food retailers, according to the government’s food waste adviser Wrap, particularly from freshly baked lines which have a short shelf life.

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The US state, part of which lies inside the Arctic Circle, registers 90F (32C) in Anchorage.

More than 900 badgers have been reported dead by the side of UK roads so far this year.

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A growing trend of right-wing populist politicians embracing anti-climate change and anti-carbon pricing rhetoric is putting more pressure on governments to develop and communicate 'just transition' plans to help affected communities.

The Ontario Industrial Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) finalised by the province's Progressive Conservative government won’t take effect until the jurisdiction is removed from coverage under the ruling federal Liberals’ output-based pricing system (OBPS), the government announced Friday.

California and Quebec regulators have retired carbon allowances to account for Ontario’s abrupt exit from the WCI cap-and-trade programme last summer, while California also shifted more permits into the state’s Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) and retired units on behalf of a bankrupt power utility during Q2 2019.

The new mayor had suspended fines for five days, during which there was a "surge" in pollution.

What do dead fish, ancient river red gums and new irrigation development have in common? They're all happening along the complex system of the Murray-Darling Basin where dusty river beds in the north, and overflowing banks in the south, are the current reality. And the revamped Pacific Island Worker scheme has seen several workers from Samoa head to the Cowra abattoir.

You might think you know the story of the lyrebird. Think again. Female lyrebirds could be rock stars in their own right.

The US EPA proposed a less than 1% increase in renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on Friday, as biofuel groups hit back against the agency for its refusal to reallocate waived compliance volumes granted through exemptions.

Germany could impose a rising CO2 price averaging €80/tonne in the non-ETS sectors of buildings and transport during the next decade, but the country would still require additional measures to meet its 2030 climate goals, according to a government-commissioned study published Friday.

A report finds that 28% of LGBT+ people working in the physical sciences have considered leaving their jobs due to discrimination.

Activists say comments by Opec head prove world opinion is turning against fossil fuels

Greta Thunberg and other climate activists have said it is a badge of honour that the head of the world’s most powerful oil cartel believes their campaign may be the “greatest threat” to the fossil fuel industry.

The criticism of striking students by the trillion-dollar Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) highlights the growing reputational concerns of oil companies as public protests intensify along with extreme weather.

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