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Rooftop solar has helped push grid demand in Western Australia to its lowest levels in more than eight years.

Extreme weather events are inevitably followed by disease outbreaks. So why not team health professionals with climate experts? Aparna Lal, Research Fellow, Australian National University Rebecca Colvin, Knowledge Exchange Specialist, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Ineos exaggerated the threat posed by protesters to justify its temporary legal action, court hears

A multinational firm has been accused of using “flimsy and exaggerated” evidence when it obtained an “astonishingly broad” injunction against all anti-fracking protesters, a court has heard.

Petrochemicals giant Ineos is seeking to enforce a sweeping injunction to prevent any protester from obstructing its fracking operations. Campaigners face being jailed, fined or having their assets seized if they break the injunction.

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There will be further autumnal signs in the northern hemisphere in November, while the southern hemisphere can finally begin to enjoy springtime. We’d like to see your photos of this month’s wildlife near you

What sort of wildlife will we all discover on our doorsteps this month? We’d like to see your photos of the November wildlife near you, whether you’re a novice spotter or have been out and about searching for wildlife for years.

Related: Your best pictures of insects around the world

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Wildlife officials rushed to help when the elephant was found trapped.

The former US Secretary of Defence, William J. Perry says Donald Trump's statements may embolden North Korea to use nuclear weapons against the US.

Exclusive: report says outcomes of climate negotiations have been skewed to favour biggest corporate polluters

Global negotiations seeking to implement the Paris agreement have been captured by corporate interests and are being undermined by powerful forces that benefit from exacerbating climate change, according to a report released ahead of the second meeting of parties to the Paris agreement – COP23 – next week.

The report, co-authored by Corporate Accountability, uncovers a litany of ways in which fossil fuel companies have gained high-level access to negotiations and manipulated outcomes.

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As the peace deal opens up new areas to extractive industries, a long-running fight for land and the environment has erupted anew as indigenous communities try to reclaim their territory

• Read more: Indigenous people of Colombia fighting for their lands

• The defenders: 158 environmental defenders killed so far this year

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RSA launches food and farming inquiry as it highlights small quantity of these crops grown in UK and picked by non-EU staff

The UK faces serious health implications if the government fails to agree a Brexit deal, finds a report that says of 35 portions of fruit and vegetables, a figure relating to the five-a-day recommendation for individuals, just one “portion” is grown in the UK and picked by British or non-EU workers.

The report, to mark the launch of a new RSA commission examining the impact of Brexit on food and farming, found that the five-a-day health target – which adds up to the 35 portions of fruit and vegetables a week – was overwhelmingly met by food grown in the EU or harvested by EU workers in the UK.

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Wenlock Edge, Shropshire Scratch-calls and white strobing underwings announce a flock of fieldfare in the abbey ruins

Yew berries glow brilliant red at the green edges of the tree’s inner darkness. It is five minutes to closing time when I slip into the Wenlock Priory ruins. Lawns have been freshly cut; towering stones radiate warmth on one of the last of the fine autumn days; no other feet tread the paths.

It is still bright as the church clock strikes five. Lime, hazel and beech have the smouldering brassy ochre of a slow autumn’s burn, only now reaching their peak. A large horse chestnut bough has been downed in a recent gale. Tall pines rise skyward like those marking drover roads in the hills. Where they end the sky is blue beyond smoky clouds.

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Billionaires get it. A million households get it. And so do thousands of businesses. So why does Australia's government - and its principal regulators - fail to understand that the way to a cheaper, cleaner and more reliable grid is with more renewables, not less.

Sudden jump in shipping rates from China to Australia is adding 20-30% to costs of suppliers to Australian wind and solar developments.

A web-based interactive map – dubbed the Uber of the electricity market - will help pave the way for a smart and renewable grid.

Fatal shark bites are very rare. But the stats do suggest that the likelihood of an attack proving fatal is higher in Australia - probably because our waters are home to the "big three" dangerous species. Blake Chapman, Adjunct Research Fellow, Science Communicator, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Human activity, along with a strong El Nino, drove 2016 greenhouse gas levels to new heights with an unprecedented jump in annual emissions.

The UK cities with atmospheres considered harmful to health by the WHO are revealed in a new report.

Scientists are now clearer on the freezing climate conditions that forced dinosaurs from the Earth.

Peruvian lawsuit in London claims Xstrata should be liable for alleged police violence against demonstrators near Tintaya mine

A UK-registered mining company, which is now part of Glencore, is facing claims in a London court that it hired security forces to mistreat environmental activists protesting about a copper mine in Peru.

Two demonstrators died and others were left with serious injuries following the confrontations which lasted for several days during May 2012 on a remote hillside in the Andes, the court has been told.

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Without "much stronger pledges" in 2020, the world is heading for at least three degrees of warming by 2100, according to the 2017 UN Emissions Gap report.

The fourth Aussie Backyard Bird Count, which has just finished, has some potentially worrying news about one of our best-loved species. Kerryn Herman, Research Ecologist, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.