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The biggest battery project in Australia - just 25 kms from the Melbourne CBD - has gained federal environmental approval.

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Voracious, furry-clawed crustaceans are being controlled ‘to protect the environment’

It is classified by conservationists as one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world. Now, a group of scientists are hoping they have found a way to deplete the UK’s rapidly growing Chinese mitten crab population and prevent the crustaceans, which can grow bigger than a 10-inch dinner plate and have distinctive furry claws, from “eating us out of house and home”.

The group has constructed and installed the UK’s first Chinese mitten crab trap at Pode Hole in Lincolnshire, to catch the voracious predators as they migrate downstream to mate.

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Ethical concerns over sustainability and welfare have seen venues offering new choices to ubiquitous ‘chicken of the sea’

Salmon has undergone a rapid transformation in recent decades. Once a special treat, it is now ubiquitous. From drinks reception canapés to wedding functions, Christmas smoked salmon or simply wrapped in foil and baked on a week night, salmon is everywhere.

Scotland is world renowned for salmon production, and the fish makes up 40% of its total food exports; it is also Britain’s most valuable food export. Healthy, low in saturated fats and high in omega-3, salmon is a success story.

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Workers can often be first to spot harms, from rule breaches and pollution to false sustainability claims

Concerns about being fired or victimised at work are preventing people from calling out their employers on the climate crisis and the wider environment, according to a charity.

A survey commissioned by Protect, a charity that defends whistleblowers, found fear of reprisals and uncertainty about how to provide proof were the main barriers to reporting on poor and misleading behaviour about the environment. Employees were also sceptical that their concerns would be properly dealt with.

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Simon Armitage says poets can convey climate change in a way that scientists and journalists can't.

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The JET laboratory, the focus of European fusion experiments for decades, carries out its last test.

Compliance players took on significant V23 California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and RGGI Allowance (RGA) length and parted with V24 units this week, while speculators did the opposite as traders rolled positions further out on the curve en masse, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed Friday.

The EU's 27 environment ministers will meet in Luxembourg next Monday to agree a negotiating position for the upcoming COP28 UN climate summit, taking place in Dubai from Nov. 30.

Analysts painted a bullish long-term picture for the voluntary carbon market (VCM) on Friday, stating that they expect to see a premium for the ICVCM’s Core Carbon Principle (CCP) labelled credits that are due to appear from next year.

US President Joe Biden on Friday announced his administration would fund seven regional clean hydrogen hubs using $7 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create a national market.

Party coordinators in the European Parliament have preliminarily agreed on a united stance on what to count as a carbon removal as part of the bloc's framework for certifying carbon removals, according to sources close to the matter.

The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is too small-scale and volatile to meet the needs of institutional investors for now, with some asset owners looking to bypass it altogether and invest directly into tree planting projects, according to a multinational asset management company. 

Two guidance documents for financial institutions on setting nature-related targets will launch this year, led by the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Finance for Biodiversity foundation (FfB).

'Greenwashing' through biodiversity credits must be avoided via the development of robust methodologies, the director general for the environment at the European Commission has said.

Carbon credit standards body Verra announced Thursday that it is introducing a "corporate emissions inventory accounting" option as an interim measure to increase transparency and reduce the risk of double counting.

Plumes of ‘forever chemicals’ from at least 245 sites are contaminating water for nearby communities

Plumes of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” flowing from at least 245 US military bases are contaminating or threatening to pollute drinking water for nearby communities, and hundreds more are likely at risk across America, a new Department of Defense report finds.

The number of communities threatened by the military’s pollution is likely to increase as further more investigations are carried out. The defense department has only looked at about one-third of more than 700 facilities suspected of having contaminated the ground with PFAS.

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EUAs extended their gains for the fourth time this week on Friday, finding support from rising energy prices and reaching a three-week high in active trading, even as market participants continued to debate whether the market's current price direction reflected current or future fundamentals, or was subject to pressure from technical signals and natural gas.

A group of 37 businesses and environmental organisations have signed the European Business Nature Commitment, following the EU’s Business and Nature Summit in Milan this week.

India will need to spend $627 billion in order to decarbonise its steel and cement sectors so the country can realise its goal of reaching net zero, according to a report published this week.