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Off-road drivers and vandals damaged the fragile ecosystem, prompting fears it could take ‘300 years’ to bounce back

As Ethan Peck’s boots crunch through the desert sands, he stops to point out tracks on the side of the trail: not coyote or other wildlife, but dog prints. “It’s just sad that people would do this,” says Peck, who owns Joshua Tree Adventures and has lived in the area for seven years. “You’re not allowed to hike with your dog in any national park.”

Related: Joshua Tree national park 'may take 300 years to recover' from shutdown

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Firm hopes to build scheme within six years after ministers rejected it for being too costly

The backers of a pioneering project to harness energy from the tides off the Welsh coast have rebooted the scheme and believe they can build it without the help of government.

With the recent failure of two major nuclear projects, attention has turned to alternatives to fill the low-carbon power gap, with developers of windfarms and small nuclear plants among those vying for government support.

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Scientists say effects of global warming on ‘phytoplankton’ will intensify the colours

The blues and greens of the ocean will become even bluer and greener by the end of the century as a result of global warming, scientists have found.

Researchers say the colour changes are down to the effect of climate change on populations of tiny water-dwelling organisms, known as phytoplankton, that convert sunlight into chemical energy through photosynthesis, as well as effects on levels of other colourful components of the oceans.

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Verra seeks two Senior Program Officers and two Program Officers to join its growing program team. The ideal candidates will possess a strong technical knowledge of, and experience working with, environmental and/or social standards.

Verra seeks a Program Operations Manager to lead its growing program team. The ideal candidate will possess an ability to lead a technical team to ensure the smooth day-to-day operations of the Verra programs.

Verra seeks a dynamic Program Officer to join its market development team to support market engagement, research and external communications.

Climate Strategies is looking for a new project manager in their London offices.

Streaming case online will raise awareness of climate change, barrister argues

A high court challenge to the government’s controversial plan for a third runway at Heathrow could be opened up to a mass audience through livestreaming for the first time if judges accept a legal argument.

Although the supreme court has transmitted its hearings since 2009, photography and recording of court proceedings elsewhere are strictly controlled by the Crime and Courts Act 2013, which only permits cases in the court of appeal to be broadcast.

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Climate Advisers seeks a senior level professional to lead an exciting multi-year project dedicated to creating unprecedented transparency about the companies, financial institutions and investors that are contributing to deforestation and land sector greenhouse gas emissions around the world.

Climate Advisers seeks a Chief Economist for economic and financial analysis of global natural resources.

Climate Advisers seeks a Grants and Development Manager to join its team.

Climate Advisers—a research and public policy group dedicated to strengthening climate action in the United States and around the world—seeks a Director of Capital Markets to join its growing team.

Water birds and marine animals particularly at risk, according to new RSPCA findings

Wildlife and pets are under increasing threat from plastic waste and litter, according to new data from the RSPCA, which shows the number of incidents of animals hurt by plastic litter has risen sharply on previous years.

Plastic litter led to 579 cases of damage to wildlife or pets that were reported to the animal charity in England and Wales in 2018, up from 473 in 2015. That rise came against a background of falling damage to animals from other forms of litter, down from 4,968 reported incidents in 2015 to 4,579 last year.

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A scathing report about the Murray Darling Basin Authority highlights the importance of climate change risks to public sector companies. Arjuna Dibley, Graduate Fellow, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Elon Musk predicts Tesla's upcoming all-electric SUV, the Model Y, could be twice as popular as its current best-selling electric sedan.

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Tritium co-founder says the mobile battery storage in electric vehicles will have a major impact on the way consumers use electricity, and the grid.

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Indonesia's Terregra Renewables has announced plans to build a second 5MW solar farm in South Australia.

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Government mandated energy efficiency standards could deliver more than $1000 a year in electricity bill savings for average Australian households, a new report has found.

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There has never been a sustained boom of this magnitude occurring concurrently in every major state.

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Gas and hydro plants were the big beneficiaries as the unreliability of brown coal generation hit home in the January heatwave.

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