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Emmanuel Macron tells IUCN World Conservation Congress ‘there is no vaccine for a sick planet’

The world’s biggest biodiversity summit since the start of the pandemic has opened in the French port city of Marseille with a warning from Emmanuel Macron that “there is no vaccine for a sick planet”.

Speaking at the opening of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, the president echoed warnings from leading scientists that humanity must solve ongoing crises with climate and nature together or solve neither, urging the world to catch up on preventing the loss of biodiversity.

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Critics pillory the companies for cynical expressions of sympathy while continuing to block climate solutions

Major oil companies are being pilloried on social media for sending “thoughts and prayers” to victims of Hurricane Ida while sidestepping their role in the ongoing climate disaster.

At least two ExxonMobil outposts – from Beaumont and Baytown, Texas – tweeted the message on Monday, using the hashtag #LouisianaStrong. It didn’t take long for Twitter users to call out the company for its tone-deaf response, noting that Exxon’s own internal research program predicted catastrophic climate change decades ago.

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A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing, clean fuel standards, and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level this week, including developments in Virginia and California.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the country’s markets operator Tadawul Group on Friday announced plans to develop a carbon trading exchange for the Middle East and North Africa region.

The US special envoy on climate, John Kerry, on Friday left China after several days of talks, but the absence of a joint statement at his departure leaves little reason for optimism ahead of the Glasgow COP26 UN climate negotiations in November, observers say.

Carbon advanced for a second day, extending this week's record high to above €62 as investors were said to be back on the buying side and sellers were thin on the ground.

A new study by NatureScot looked at 11 species of breeding birds in Scotland over the last 35 years.

Sixty doctors, nurses and other health professionals have staged a die-in protest outside JP Morgan’s Canary Wharf headquarters in London to highlight the bank’s investment in fossil fuels.

The demonstration on Friday was organised by Doctors for Extinction Rebellion and was part of a two-week series of XR protests against organisations supporting fossil fuels

• Doctors stage XR die-in outside JP Morgan offices in London

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The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a Hermann’s tortoise, some award-winning cheetahs and an airlifted cow

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A report from an environmental non-profit group argues that the hyping of hydrogen as a climate solution only delays the implementation of more effective solutions, such as electrification of the buildings and transport sectors.

Sixty medical professionals including nurses hold protest to highlight fossil fuel investments

Sixty doctors, nurses and other health professionals have staged a die-in protest outside JP Morgan’s Canary Wharf headquarters in London to highlight the bank’s investment in fossil fuels.

The protest on Friday was organised by one of Extinction Rebellion’s groups, Doctors for Extinction Rebellion. The climate activist medics said this was their biggest protest so far and that JP Morgan was the biggest funder of coal, oil and gas extraction.

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Newcrest Mining has been fined $105,000 over the 2018 attack, in which the woman was bitten by a pair of dingoes

Workers heard a female employee scream when she was attacked by dingoes at a West Australian mine site in 2018, leaving her with “wounds to multiple parts of her body” and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Newcrest Mining has now been fined $105,000 over the July 2018 attack at its Telfer gold and copper mine in the Great Sandy desert in the Pilbara region, WA’s mining regulator said in a statement.

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• ‘Planet cannot handle more stress from oil and gas production’

• Announcement came as Gulf states battered by Hurricane Ida

Outrage and at least one lawsuit has followed the Joe Biden administration’s announcement this week that it would open tens of millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration in an effort to comply with a court order.

Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest organization, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of four environmental groups in Washington DC federal court challenging the move. They alleged that the environmental analysis behind the auction is flawed and violated federal law.

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China’s carbon price shed another 6% this week, while trading volumes fell to barely a trickle as demand remained low amid a lack of regulatory and administrative developments.

From its inadequate safety provisions to vague wording around Native Title rights and interests, the bill leaves us wanting. Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Tina Soliman Hunter, Professor of Energy and Natural Resources Law, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Warming sea and shifting food sources drive whales into areas where they risk ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear

Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the population of the North Atlantic right whale to plummet, leaving the species critically endangered and conservationists desperate for safeguards, according to a study published this week in the journal Oceanography.

Related: Cape Cod: eight great white sharks seen feeding on humpback whale carcass

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Most global fashion brands are lagging on climate action, a new fossil-free fashion scorecard has found.

The post Out of fashion: Best and worst clothing brands on climate action and renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Networks and generators are in the midst of a turf war over who gets to own battery storage, which straddles both their business models.

The post Turf wars in the energy transition over who gets to own battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO issues benign reliability outlook as market wrestles with capacity market proposal. Matt Kean, Anna Collyer, and Simon Corbell share their views.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Do we want to keep coal, or move on? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian researchers set a new efficiency record for direct solar-to-hydrogen production, a key step towards slashing the cost of green hydrogen.

The post Australian researchers set new efficiency record in quest for low-cost solar hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.