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It was also the hottest summer for England since records began in 1910, the Met Office says.

Consumers face a double whammy of prices rises brought on by the long hot summer and Brexit

Yields of key crops have fallen significantly in this year’s harvest as a result of the hot summer and massive swings in weather, leaving farmers counting the cost and consumers facing higher prices for food.

After record heatwaves and drought, when rain finally arrived it caused problems in some areas, particularly the north and west, as farmers have struggled to bring in wet crops.

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Environmental campaigner who as executive director of Greenpeace UK headed action against GM crop trials

The campaigner, environmentalist and politician Peter Melchett, Lord Melchett, who has died aged 70, is probably best remembered for leading a group of protesters who destroyed a trial crop of genetically modified maize in Norfolk in 1999.

He was one of 28 Greenpeace activists who were subsequently charged with theft and criminal damage, but were unexpectedly acquitted by a jury at Norwich crown court the following year. The result was a great victory for the anti-GM movement and the trial was seen as an important reflection of UK public opinion on the GM debate. That position has barely shifted in 20 years.

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California’s Democratic leaders are determined to fight the climate change that’s ravaging their state

In America today, it’s rare to see political leaders respond to a threat with an appropriate evidence-based policy solution. At the national level, more often we see actions that aggravate existing problems or create new ones. California – the country’s most populous and economically powerful state – has been a welcome exception.

California has been battered by extreme weather intensified by climate change. From 2012 to 2016 the state was scorched by its worst drought in over a millennium. Weather whiplash struck in 2017, when much of the state broke precipitation records. This combination led to devastating mudslides and created the conditions for the most destructive and costly wildfire season on record in 2017, followed by the state’s largest-ever wildfire in 2018, which broke the previous record (set in 2017) by more than 60%.

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New Zealand carbon allowances fell marginally on Monday but remained above the NZ$25 price ceiling, causing some observers to speculate whether foresters that have joined the ETS voluntarily might pull out of the scheme to bank their profits.

EU carbon prices slid early on Monday as the market struggled to absorb the first regular-sized sale following a month of half-volume holiday auctions.

Italian group Piaggio says an electric version of the iconic Vespa scooter is finally going into production this month.

The post Vespa says its electric scooters are finally going into production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The National Museum of Brazil, home to some 20m items spanning centuries, is devastated.

Invaders continue to seize land within the Chaparrí ecological reserve, one of Peru’s most biodiverse forests

Shortly after sunset, along an isolated stretch of highway leading out of a dusty hamlet in northern Peru, a band of five weary farmers clad in reflective neon vests and armed with traditional whips made of bull penises set out on a solemn march.

The Ronderos – self-governing peasant patrols – are resuming their nightly rounds five months after the brutal killing of their lieutenant governor, Napoléon Tarrillo Astonitas.

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Australia's largest honey producer has been accused of selling fake honey. But what is fake honey – and why has it only been found now? Emma Beckett, Postdoctoral Fellow (Human Molecular Nutrition), School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Swine fever has made its way into China, home to half the world’s pigs. Farmers in Estonia are already counting the cost

Ott Saareväli, the owner of a pig farm in Lääne county in Estonia, is starting all over again. In September last year, government vets diagnosed an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in a section of the farm where pregnant sows are held ahead of farrowing. It made no difference that the outbreak had been limited to one area – all seven thousand of his pigs would have to be slaughtered immediately.

“We have the strictest biosecurity measures here, and still no one is quite sure how the disease got in – it may have been a truck that wasn’t washed properly after visiting an infected farm,” says Saareväli. “But if you find just one pig, then everything has to go.”

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An Asian sheepshead wrasse, wild dogs and a pygmy goby are just a few of animals featured in the photos shortlisted for this year’s competition

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Business has given up on the Coalition and is now looking to the states and federal Labor to move forward on climate and energy policy, and even maintain some of the better aspects of the NEG.

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Specialist power and water consulting firm Entura will join the Tasmanian Premier and senior public officials on a trade mission to China this month.

The post Trade mission exports Tassie smarts, drives investment in Australian renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

At a glittering awards ceremony at the Adelaide Convention Centre Friday night, SA-owned Suntrix won a NECA Excellence Award for its 100kW floating solar system at East Lismore’s Sewage Treatment Plant.

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