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A US appeals court turned down a biofuel trade group’s motion on Friday to temporarily halt 2018 compliance waivers under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), but the organisation's related lawsuit against the EPA’s accelerated use of these exemptions will continue.

All around us and within, water is an intimate, essential part of our lives. What would we do if water lost her way?

EUAs sank for the second straight day on Friday as lower gas prices spurred another late downward move to secure a weekly loss as carbon consolidated further away from its recent 11-year high.

Campaigners say pharmacy chain should uphold promise to reduce plastic packaging

The pharmacy chain Boots has come under fire for using plastic bags, rather than paper ones, to package some of its prescriptions.

Environmental campaigners and customers criticised the firm, which signed up to a high-profile scheme to cut plastic packaging last year.

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A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level taken this week, including the New Hampshire legislature passing a bill to divert RGGI funding to energy efficiency projects and remove an exit clause, the US House of Representatives discussing carbon taxes in the chamber’s tax-writing committee, and California officials floating the idea of banning internal combustion engines to counter federal vehicle fuel standard rollbacks.

Europe prepares to send technology to Mars to look for evidence that there is life on the planet.

A California Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee (IEMAC) member is considering whether to remain with the ETS monitor after taking a new position at the state's Independent System Operator (CAISO), a spokesperson for the grid operator said.

A bobcat, a Burmese python and a baby elephant

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France released two brown bears in the Pyrenees - but one has now killed eight sheep in Spain.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

A mining dam could collapse as early as next week, months after a similar disaster killed 230 people.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator issued 145,319 carbon credits to 10 different projects this week.

From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’

The Guardian has updated its style guide to introduce terms that more accurately describe the environmental crises facing the world.

Instead of “climate change” the preferred terms are “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” and “global heating” is favoured over “global warming”, although the original terms are not banned.

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A single mother almost missed out on a coveted Nasa internship until strangers stepped in to help.

NZUs slipped on Friday as traders were left confused by government plans to remove the market’s de-facto price cap, raising the prospect of a price correction and even inadvertently triggering substantial government demand for international credits.

Exclusive: Comprehensive analysis finds harm from head to toe, including dementia, heart and lung disease, fertility problems and reduced intelligence

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What if Bob Hawke, hailed as a leader who actually 'got' environmental issues, had never been rolled by Paul Keating? Perhaps the climate policy wars would have turned out differently. Marc Hudson, Researcher, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

India's political parties promise free electricity to farmers and ambitious infrastructure projects.

A London food chain is now including insects on its menu but can eating insects help save the planet?

Stockwellia has links back to the epoch before Australia separated into its own continent and was mostly covered in rainforest. Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia/Environment Institute, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.