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Prime minister under fire as government backtracks on plan for more onshore turbines to keep voters on side

Rishi Sunak is facing mounting criticism for putting politics above the fight against climate change, amid clear signs that ministers are backtracking on plans to allow more onshore windfarms in England before a general election.

The Observer understands that a much-vaunted government consultation on ending what has in effect been a ban on new onshore wind projects will lead to a minimal relaxation of planning rules – because ministers do not want to anger potential Tory voters who oppose huge wind turbines in their neighbourhoods.

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Research suggests buried carcass unlikely to attract sharks so long as it is placed above water table and high tide mark

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A 30-tonne humpback whale has been buried in the dunes behind where it beached and died on Seven Mile beach on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

The adult whale became stranded early on Saturday morning and, despite attempts by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service to save it, died about 7pm.

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Prices go negative across Western Europe electricity markets on Saturday, and are expected to do so on most weekends over summer.

The post “Crazy world” of EU power – negative prices across western Europe, all day in Germany appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sea algae could take over coral reefs after an unknown disease decimated sea urchin populations.

Demands for an end to the ‘revolving door’ as ex-Ofwat directors are hired by key firms

Two-thirds of England’s biggest water companies employ key executives who had previously worked at the watchdog tasked with regulating them, the Observer can reveal.

Cathryn Ross, the new interim joint chief executive of Thames Water and a former head of watchdog Ofwat, is one of several ex-employees working for water companies in senior roles such as strategy, regulation and infrastructure.

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Met police make arrests after activists block parade in Piccadilly by sitting in front of Coca-Cola truck

Just Stop Oil protesters have disrupted London’s Pride march in protest over the event accepting sponsorship money from “high-polluting industries”.

A number of protesters were arrested after blocking the road in front of a Coca-Cola truck.

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The Liberian government has warned the public against participating in the ‘black market’ for carbon credits.

An all-female team tracked it down amid deadly snakes and 50C heat in a forest known as 'hell on Earth'.

Brazil expects to see a $9.1 billion mobilisation of clean energy investment in the country after a multilateral fund’s board on Friday endorsed a $70 million plan to support renewable power onto the grid.

South Korea and Vietnam have signed a deal to collaborate on carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Emitters trimmed their net short position in California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) while depleting their RGGI Allowance (RGA) net length this week, as financial entities did not alter their holdings to a significant degree, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

The number of entity accounts pending approval to participate in California’s WCI-linked cap-and-trade system continued to balloon during the second quarter, according to Carbon Pulse analysis of government data published Friday, as more speculators sought physical exposure to the market.

A summary of legislative, regulatory, and policy action on carbon, clean fuel standard, and clean energy markets at the US federal and subnational levels this week, including a Maryland climate plan that features an economy-wide cap-and-invest programme, and a California Senate committee advancing two carbon credit related bills.

Washington state will offer an identical number of current vintage allowances at the August auction compared with the Q2 sale, according to a notice published Friday, with some of the volume stemming from consigned permits under the cap-and-trade programme.

Most emissions reductions needed for the EU to meet its 2030 climate ambitions fall under the bloc's Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR), with signs that nations will struggle to meet their binding annual national targets in non-ETS sectors even if they make use of provisions to tap abatement from the ETS or land use sectors.

LGBTQ+ rights and the climate crisis are not separate, when the forces working against them are so often one and the same

Queer members of Just Stop Oil issued Pride in London with a set of demands this week, arguing that “the climate crisis is the biggest threat to LGBTQ+ rights, due to social collapse”. This comes after Pride faced accusations of “pinkwashing” over its decision to make United Airlines the headline sponsor of this year’s event.

Just Stop Oil is calling for transparency around which companies Pride in London accepts money from, and how these decisions are made; a statement from the organisers demanding an end to new oil and gas; and a public meeting with its volunteers about joining the fight for climate justice. Failure to meet these demands, Just Stop Oil suggested, “may or may not” result in protest action during Saturday’s event.

James Greig writes about culture and society

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Carbon credits from a mangrove project in Colombia have been downgraded to a moderate chance of achieving a tonne of carbon avoidance or removal , while credits from three other projects, including a cookstove project in Somalia, have been given low chances.

Representatives of EU nations failed to find a deal on Friday to reform the bloc's electricity market to help speed decarbonisation amid continued squabbles on how nuclear and coal should be treated.