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Ashton, Northamptonshire: Woodland management changes did for this butterfly as the woods were drained, rides narrowed and glades shaded. But now it is to be reintroduced

This May the small brown and gold wings of the chequered skipper will once again beat in the woods of England. Susannah O’Riordan from Butterfly Conservation is here in the butterfly’s spiritual home, the Chequered Skipper pub in Ashton, to reveal the plot to an enthusiastic audience of 80 or so.

Related: 20 great UK walks with pubs, chosen by nature writers

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SA Labor promises to waive stamp duty, five years of registration costs, on purchase of zero emissions cars, if it wins election.

There are some significant issues still to be resolved around the NEG – complexity and potential costs are concerning.

In the past, switching from coal to natural gas has driven US power sector emissions cuts. In 2017, it was declining load and greater renewable generation.

Everyone hates the fixed charges on their electricity bills, so why do they keep going up? Is it because retailers take us for mugs?

Further rises in Australia's already ridiculously high grid prices, South Australian incentives, and the first battery storage manufacturing plant in the country suggest the battery storage market is about to take off.

Comedian Shaun Micallef sends up opponents to battery storage and wind farms in the best skit on energy matters since Clarke and Dawe.

Satellite images obtained by the BBC show that fishing continued for days after a massive oil spill

Co-pilot of world's first solar plane to circle globe starts new company, to drive “new aviation solutions” – including flying cars.

New analysis says performance of Tesla big battery shows advantages of distributed storage rather than a single "monster" project like Snowy 2.0.

Rare chimps, leopards and pangolins have been caught on camera in the forests of Nigeria's largest national park.

Forest peoples affected by plantations urge EU to enact ban despite diplomatic opposition

If Britain and other European nations are to fulfil forest protection goals, they must ban the use of palm oil for biofuel and tighten oversight of supply chains, a delegation of forest peoples told parliamentarians this week.

The call for urgent, concrete action comes amid an increasingly heated diplomatic row over the issue between the EU and the governments of major palm-producing nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Costa Rica.

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CEC says all inverters by Shenzhen Sofarsolar “de-listed” from organisation’s catalogue of compliant products, after tests turned up a potential safety issue.

South Australia Labor government offers "interest free" loans to 10,000 households to install rooftop solar and battery storage

ARENA backs NSW start-up pilot to pool Australia's backyard pools: slashing their share of household energy consumption and making them work for the grid.

Researchers find that mainstream media in New Zealand tend to present fossil fuel development as positive for the economy, while framing opponents as irrational and extremist. Sophie Bond, Senior lecturer in geography, University of Otago Amanda Thomas, Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Victoria University of Wellington Gradon Diprose, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, Open Polytechnic Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The future of a retired brown coal power plant in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley paints a neat picture of the current state of Australia's energy debate: enshrine fossil fuels, or embrace the new energy future?

With state elections looming, those concerned about climate change should know one thing: How will states lead on climate change in 2018?

Ocean acidification poses an increasing threat to the sediments that form the framework of coral reefs - within around 30 years, these carbonate sands may no longer be able to form. Bradley Eyre, Professor of Biogeochemistry, Director of the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Contrary to the traditional view of them as brutes, it turns out that Neanderthals enjoyed making art.