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Major hurdles to Carmichael mine remain despite comments by Karan Adani that the company has ‘completed financing’

Adani says its Carmichael coalmine remains contingent on a loan to build a rail line to the Galilee Basin – comments that analysts believe will ramp up pressure on the Australian government to further subsidise the project.

Karan Adani, the son of company boss Gautam Adani, and the head of the conglomerate’s ports business, told India’s Economic Times the company had “completed financing on the mine” and that it had received all necessary approvals.

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Ancient Britons were eating dairy, peas, cabbage and oats, according to gunk trapped in their teeth.

More and more young people are living without the car. Will the government change its road-building plans?

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Phosphate fertilisers are causing dangerous levels of pollution in waterways that harm aquatic plants and animals

Much of the environment is awash with fertilisers, boosting thuggish weeds such as stinging nettles that swamp other wild plants. Nitrate is a big villain in this onslaught, but far less notice is taken of phosphate.

Phosphate is crucial for plant growth and development, and it is estimated that half the world’s food supplies rely on phosphate fertilisers, but this is a dwindling resource that is used very inefficiently, which is leading to widespread pollution. Unlike nitrate, phosphate binds very strongly to the soil, which makes it difficult for plant roots to get hold of. And so farmers apply even more phosphates in fertilisers and manure, although much of that phosphate then sticks to the soil again, driving the levels of phosphate in the soil even higher.

Related: Conservationists claim 'legal victory' in dispute over government protection of rivers

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A new map shows that more than 25% of all land outside Antarctica is held and managed by Indigenous peoples. This makes these communities vital allies in the global conservation effort. Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Researcher, University of Helsinki Catherine Robinson, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Erle C. Ellis, Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Hayley Geyle, Research Assistant, Charles Darwin University Ian Leiper, Geospatial Scientist, Charles Darwin University James Watson, Professor, The University of Queensland John E. Fa, Professor of Biodiversity and Human Development, Manchester Metropolitan University Kerstin Zander, Senior Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University Micha Victoria Jackson, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland Pernilla Malmer, Senior Advisor, Stockholm University Tom Duncan, Charles Darwin University Zsolt Molnár, Scientific Advisor, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Share index compiler S&P Dow Jones has launched a series of equity market indexes to measure the performance of companies against their valuation at risk from predicted 2030 carbon prices.

Debates over a nationwide US carbon tax are heating up this week as a Republican lawmaker’s proposal to phase out environmental regulations in favour of a CO2 fee circulated on Tuesday, while other GOP lawmakers moved closer to voting on a symbolic anti-carbon tax resolution.

EU carbon prices lifted back above €16 on Tuesday as buyers stepped in despite another weak auction and lower energy prices.

The UK's partly-devolved Scottish government has fined two installations operated by energy majors Shell and Engie a total £75,000 for non-compliance under the EU ETS.

Research suggests new kinds of shark could migrate to UK waters as the oceans warm.

Democratic lawmakers and scientists denounced proposal to allow administrators to reject study results if research isn’t public

Democratic lawmakers joined scientists, health and environmental officials and activists on Tuesday in denouncing a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), backed by industry, that could limit dramatically what kind of science the agency considers when making regulations.

Related: Andrew Wheeler: 'point man for Trump' focused on undoing Obama's EPA agenda

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While the bird is dying out in parts of Europe, the population on one Welsh island is thriving.

United Utilities, imposing ban on 7m households, is second worst for leaking pipes

The water company ordering a hosepipe ban on 7m households in the north-west of England has the second-worst record for leaking pipes of any supplier, industry data shows.

The temporary use ban being imposed by United Utilities from 5 August has led to calls for water firms to do more to tackle leakage on their networks.

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The UK is set to get its first space port in Sutherland, Scotland. But it already has a long history in space.

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Britain should impose an economy-wide carbon tax with border adjustments should it exit the EU ETS along with the wider bloc from at the end of 2020, according to an influential UK think-tank.

As hunters hold immense clout in the Trump administration and most of the council’s members are advocates of the sport, critics worry the board will protect their hobby, not the animals

Donald Trump has called big-game trophy hunting a “horror show”, despite his own sons’ participation in elephant and leopard hunts, and in 2017 he formed an advisory board to steer US policy on the issue.

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New Zealand carbon allowances rose to fresh record highs on Tuesday as the lack of available supply in the market continued to push up prices.

ACT Climate Minister Shane Rattenbury has thrown fresh doubt on the Australian federal government’s ability to pass the proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG), saying his state won’t sign up to the scheme unless its emission reduction ambition is raised.