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Eucalypts have been in Australia for 45 million years. But hundreds of species appeared more recently than previously thought. Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We've been here before. In fact we've been going round in circles on climate policy for decades, while the temperature (of the debate, as well as the planet) climbs ever higher. Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EU carbon settled slightly lower on Monday after bouncing around in a wide €1 range, as sellers maintained pressure on prices while buyers stepped in at every dip.

Oil major Shell will spend $300 million over the next three years to help meet its self-imposed short-term emission target by offering drivers the chance to offset their carbon footprint.

Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill to create a new fund to benefit the state’s uneconomical nuclear energy plants, but some believe the proposal could simultaneously undermine the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS).

Wildlife and human health are threatened say scientists as Syngenta accepts ‘undeniable demand’ for change

Pesticides and antibiotics are polluting streams across Europe, a study has found. Scientists say the contamination is dangerous for wildlife and may increase the development of drug-resistant microbes.

More than 100 pesticides and 21 drugs were detected in the 29 waterways analysed in 10 European nations, including the UK. A quarter of the chemicals identified are banned, while half of the streams analysed had at least one pesticide above permitted levels.

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Six additional general WCI market participant accounts were opened in California during the first quarter, including a New York-based fund that sees California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures as underpriced.

Readers welcome the Guardian’s decision to publish the Mauna Loa global benchmark on atmospheric CO2 every day and suggest other measures to raise awareness

At last, a newspaper prepared to publish CO2 emissions on a daily basis, though unfortunately on the weather page (Why our daily weather forecast now includes a carbon dioxide count, 5 April). What is happening to the climate, and the CO2 emissions causing this, are not related to the weather.

The economic section is where CO2 emissions should appear, alongside economic indicators like GDP and stock market prices. This is where the relationship between how we think wealth is generated and the costs of doing so should be made transparent. The thoughtful introduction of a few more headline indicators such as inequality, population numbers for humans/pollinators/dolphins/tigers, forest cover and deaths from air pollution on the same page would make the Guardian a genuinely progressive and even a transformative newspaper.
Sara Parkin
Principal associate, The Sustainability Literacy Project

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Shell Energy traded the first California Carbon Offset (CCO) without any invalidation risk on the ICE contract’s first listing day on Monday, a move that could bolster credit transparency and activity in the WCI cap-and-trade programme.

North Norfolk Council has put nets up at Bacton to encourage birds to nest further along the coast.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has reversed its bullish view on EU carbon amid falling natural gas prices, with growing LNG supplies expected to exert further pressure.

Survey reveals backing for emissions charging to tackle air pollution and congestion

Almost three-quarters of Londoners support charging drivers of dirty vehicles in an effort to tackle the capital’s air pollution crisis, according to a study.

The survey, released on the day the mayor, Sadiq Khan, launches his ultra low emissions zone (ULEZ), found that 72% of adults in London support emissions charging to tackle both air pollution and congestion.

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Earth observation satellites are proving to be valuable tools in protecting rare sharks, say scientists.

Five doses of some inhalers are the equivalent of a nine-mile car journey, NHS advisory body says.

The Green Climate Fund has held its first meeting in a process the UN-led entity hopes will lead to an October session where rich countries will refill its coffers.

Some rare species enjoyed their best year since monitoring began but there were declines for the small tortoiseshell and peacock

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Big Cypress national park finds a 17ft snake weighing 140lb and carrying 73 developing eggs.

Revealed: federal support to research centers cut off as scientists fear years of successful work will go ‘down the drain’

Scientists and officials around the US have told the Guardian that the Trump administration has withdrawn funding for a large, successful conservation program – in direct contradiction of instructions from Congress.

Unique in scale and ambition, the program comprises 22 research centers that tackle big-picture issues affecting huge swaths of the US, such as climate change, flooding and species extinction. They are known as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives – or were, because 16 of them are now on indefinite hiatus or have dissolved.

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Country Drive: Nucoal, Murray Darling and Sprigs of rosemary