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Project already showing signs of deterioration months after it was officially completed

A multimillion-pound flood defence project protecting thousands of homes has started to deteriorate just months after it was unveiled.

Engineers from a construction company were on Monday accused by local councillors of botching the four-year scheme in Blackpool, which cost £27.1m.

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Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile

A domino-like cascade of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a “hothouse” state beyond which human efforts to reduce emissions will be increasingly futile, a group of leading climate scientists has warned.

This grim prospect is sketched out in a journal paper that considers the combined consequences of 10 climate change processes, including the release of methane trapped in Siberian permafrost and the impact of melting ice in Greenland on the Antarctic.

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EU carbon prices dipped slightly on Monday but kept within reach of last week's seven-year high as observers expect further gains this week to push carbon above €18.

Quebec’s environment ministry announced on Friday that the province will hold its second anticipated sale of carbon units by mutual agreement on Oct. 3, giving firms covered under the province’s cap-and-trade programme an additional opportunity meet the scheme’s upcoming compliance deadline.

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When the Bloodhound supersonic car attempts to break the land speed record, managing heat around the vehicle is going to be important.

Three Australian state governments on Monday refused to commit to backing the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) proposal ahead of this week's crunch meeting, even as federal Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg accused them of “politicking and posturing”.

The New York Times magazine blames ‘human nature,’ but the true culprits have already been fingered

Last week’s issue of the New York Times magazine was devoted to a single story by Nathaniel Rich that explored how close we came to an international climate agreement in 1989, and why we failed. The piece is worth reading – it’s a well-told, mostly accurate, and very informative story about a key decade in climate science and policy history. But sadly, it explicitly excuses the key players responsible for our continued failure.

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The Greens are calling for all state and territory governments to reject the National Energy Agreement.

The Coalition is mustering friends – in business and media – to put major pressure on the Labor states to "sign on" to the National Energy Guarantee this Friday. It's a war of words, and not facts.

10 August 1918 A marbled butterfly is on the ragwort, wild clematis trails down from an overhanging thorn, a finch settles on the marl

Surrey
Flowers are abundant on the scarred sides of huge chalk-pits, sometimes hundreds of feet high, hewed in past years. Purple and yellow grown above grey flints turn to a maze of colour when a summer mist comes from the south. Then the sun pierces through, and you see and hear bees along the snapdragons and on thistles. A marbled butterfly is on the ragwort, wild clematis trails down from an overhanging thorn, a finch settles on the marl. A stone falls with perceptible sound, rain has so loosened the sheer sides of the cliff. Above and beyond the topmost edge there is heather with more bees; away over the down “fingers and thumbs” are in full bloom; a little lower great circles in the grass – “fairy rings” – are deep green; a subdued low comes from the meadow. Imagination tells you that at dusk these broad, still places will, as of old, be peopled with gnomes.

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Nuclear reactors shut down or curbed in France, Sweden and Finland, as record heat threatens either the safety of the power plants, or the health of nearby river systems.

Which cars are most likely to be traded in for a Tesla electric vehicle? The answer may surprise.

Buying reusable bags every time you shop is worse than just using plastic. Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In 2007 the solar PV industry could only boast 8 GW worth of installed capacity. Fast-forward a decade and we see wind and solar accounting for more than 1,000GW.

With this strategic acquisition and collaboration, the newly formed company aims to further drive the development of battery storage technology.

Why did Port Pirie council vote to reject half-billion dollar project in wind, solar and storage when the only poll showed massive support?

Growing tropical oysters in the Pilbara; bringing the spiny daisy back to life; sharing horse skills with the world; and meet an 81-year-old blacksmith and his apprentice.

Developing economies around the world are investing in hydropower.