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Scientists applaud some COP26 policies but fear measures don't go far enough and won’t be delivered.

The claims that went viral in the lead-up to the COP climate summit – and what you need to know about them.

Traders are largely unsure where the November WCI current vintage auction on Wednesday will settle, with participants pointing to the recent acceleration of a year-long, speculator-led bull run in California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices as further differentiating the quarterly sale from any other in the past.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) on Tuesday confirmed that the state is abandoning plans to operationalise the Transportation and Climate Initiative Programme (TCI-P), citing high gasoline prices as obstacles to joining the regional fuel sector cap-and-trade system.

Countries are unlikely to raise the ambition of their Paris Agreement emissions pledges by next year, with richer nations already dismissing the idea and emerging economies not under enough pressure to do more, experts said on Tuesday.

We can evaluate the plan’s sincerity through a lens of good practice policy making. So how does the government’s net-zero plan rate? Dr Nadeem Samnakay, Research fellow, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Europe’s industries are clamouring to use North Sea CO2 storage facilities, with more than half of carbon-cutting projects awarded public funding on Tuesday seeking to bury their emissions there.

Ben Taylor, 27, was one of nine members of group accused of breaching injunction over M25

An Insulate Britain activist has told the high court he will “block the highway at the earliest opportunity” if he is not jailed for breaching an order banning the group from protesting on the M25.

Ben Taylor, 27, was one of nine members of the climate activist group to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday accused of breaching the injunction, granted to National Highways, by blocking a roundabout on London’s orbital motorway.

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Russia has destroyed one of its own satellites in orbit, prompting international condemnation.

Electric cars are hailed as the best way to cut transport emissions, but it’s an illusion to think we can reduce our environmental impact without changing the way we design and move about in cities. Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

With the rapid growth in carbon markets driving a new wave of innovative new approaches, Verra is seeking a Finance Registry Assistant to support the finance team!

The US earlier said Russia "recklessly" destroyed a satellite, endangering astronauts in space.

Australia during the Glasgow COP26 summit launched its Indo-Pacific Carbon Offset Scheme (IPCOS), though analysts expect voluntary buyers will continue to prefer cheap UN-issued credits unless next year’s election brings a new government wanting to incentivise more compliance buying.

EUAs leaped to a new record high on Tuesday after Germany said it had suspended the certification process for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and carbon traders continued to report strong demand, including from non-compliance players.

Around 256,000 Americans live in areas where incidences of cancer caused by air pollution exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s current upper limit of ‘acceptable risk’

How do you calculate the price of a human life? What about 256,000 human lives?

Around a quarter of a million Americans are living in parts of the United States where rates of cancer caused by air pollution exceed the US government’s own limit of “acceptable risk.” Environmental experts have a chilling name for these sites:

Adrienne Matei is a freelance journalist

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Steve and Dee Allen say sponsorship deal and ‘gagging clause’ show it is no longer a credible scientific institution

Two prominent scientists are refusing to allow their work to be included in the Science Museum’s collection because of the institution’s links to Shell.

Steve and Dee Allen, who have carried out some of the most important research into global plastic pollution, say the museum’s sponsorship deal with the fossil fuel company – and a subsequent “gagging clause” – meant it was no longer a credible scientific institution.

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Green group WWF is urging regulators to scrutinise a massive forest carbon deal that Malaysia's Sabah state government is negotiating with a Singaporean investor for a project the size of Israel.