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After the government said the opposition’s emissions reduction policy would cost $26bn, should you believe it?

Short answer: no.

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Musk says Tesla battery storage business expected to grow 300% after being crimped by the focus on Model 3 production.

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A new Climate Action Reserve (CAR) protocol aims to reduce costs for voluntary urban forestry projects, but the methodology would have to demonstrate success and pass other regulatory hurdles to become eligible for WCI compliance-grade offsets, a company official said.

London roads were blocked, reducing buses and taxis’ flow

While Extinction Rebellion blocked roads in London, the capital was awash with particle pollution, causing the mayor to issue alerts on bus stops. But this poor air had nothing to do with the protests, quite the opposite. Analysis by King’s College London found that air pollution improved close to the protest locations. This was especially clear on Oxford Street, without the constant flow of buses and taxis, but was also seen at Aldwych close to Waterloo Bridge.

There was no sign of deteriorations on the surrounding roads, which might be partially explained by lighter traffic because of the Easter holidays. The pollution alerts were part of the all-too-familiar rhythm of spring, when exhaust from traffic, emissions from industry chimneys and ammonia from fertilised fields combines to form particle pollution that drifts over western Europe. Unusually, this covered all of the UK and prompted the Irish Environmental Protection Agency to issue warnings for the east of the country.

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Global pork prices could rise sharply as African swine fever decimates China's pig population.

The second largest emperor penguin colony in Antarctica disappears, satellite images show.

So far, the proposed Adani coal mine has captured quite a bit of attention. The divisions are writ large in Queensland, the home of the proposed project, and Australia's most decentralised state.

Prince Edward Island’s Progressive Conservative party won the right to form a minority government in Tuesday’s election, but a historic showing by the Greens offers the possibility of changing climate politics in Canada’s smallest province.

Privately-held Czech company EPH will purchase two Northern Ireland thermal plants from US firm AES, consolidating its position as the second biggest emitter in the EU ETS.

Researchers from California have found populations of endangered green sea turtles are rising in Pacific coral reefs. It's the first major in-water survey of turtle populations in the Pacific and one of the biggest sea turtle surveys ever carried out.

California regulator ARB distributed 125,900 California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) this week, in the lightest issuance of the year to date.

California should drop its move toward allowing REDD tropical forest protection credits in its carbon market, because it won’t ensure emission cuts and could pave the way for much greater use by airlines under the UN’s CORSIA offsetting mechanism, a cross-party group of EU lawmakers warned on Wednesday.

EUAs slipped on Wednesday as a weak auction result pushed carbon back to technical support levels and further away from the 11-year high near €28 that was approached a day earlier.

The technology could eventually help those who have lost their voice to speak again.

Inventor crowdfunds to produce reviver sachets after prototype success

If you’ve ever felt a pang of pity for a starving bee struggling on the pavement in front of you, then help may soon be at hand. Or more precisely, in your wallet.

A community development worker has invented a credit card-style reviver for bees containing three sachets of sugar solution, which can be placed beside the insect to feed it.

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Virginia’s final cap-and-trade regulation includes language to implement the programme even if it faces any delays from the Republican-controlled legislature, while deferring a decision on regulating biomass emissions to future programme reviews, according to a Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) presentation.

Climate campaigners will voluntarily stop occupations and blockades on Thursday

The climate “rebellion” that has led to protesters occupying sites across London for more than a week to highlight the escalating ecological crisis will draw to a voluntary close on Thursday with a day of disruption and a “closing ceremony”.

Extinction Rebellion, which has been backed by senior academics, politicians and scientists during nine days of peaceful mass civil disobedience, said it would leave its remaining blockades, but added: “The world has changed … A space for truth-telling has been opened up.

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Natural England scraps general licence to kill ‘pest’ birds after launch of legal challenge

“Pest” bird species such as crows, woodpigeons and jays can no longer be freely killed in England after the government’s conservation watchdog revoked the licence permitting it.

The move by Natural England came after a challenge to the legality of the “general licence” by a new environmental group, Wild Justice, created by conservationists Mark Avery, Ruth Tingay and Chris Packham.

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South Korean carbon allowances rose to 10-month highs in Wednesday trade as available supply remained elusive, driving buyers to bid higher with just over two months left to the compliance deadline.

Climate activists say pressure growing on politicians to act as donations flood in

Support for Extinction Rebellion in the UK has quadrupled in the past nine days as public concern about the scale of the ecological crisis grows.

Since the wave of protests began more than a week ago, 30,000 new backers or volunteers have offered their support to the environmental activist group. In the same period it has raised almost £200,000 – mostly in donations of between £10 and £50 – reaching a total of £365,000 since January.

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