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The number of planets detected around other stars - or exoplanets - is set to hit the 4,000 mark.

A Russian is arrested on suspicion of trying to take it back home to keep as a pet.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

Surviving in the Arctic's freezing environment has helped glacial microbes develop special powers.

A summary of legislative action on carbon pricing and clean energy bills at the US state level taken this week, including Colorado legislation to implement formal GHG targets, a court case on Washington state’s blocked Clean Air Rule, and a California bill to pursue aggregated offset project methodologies in the state’s carbon market.

The broadcaster's film will explore potential threats to our planet and the possible solutions.

EUAs dropped to a fresh three-week low on Friday as carbon continued to be dragged down by tumbling gas prices and Brexit uncertainties.

Italian utility Enel remained substantially behind on its hedging rates by year-end, it said in financial results late Thursday, potentially giving a bullish signal for carbon.

Supermarkets lift cheap milk prices, Beef processors warn of looming closures, A US court finds glyphosate contributed to a Californian man becoming seriously ill, fruit and veg producers band together to cut down on plastic; commercial fishermen prepare for Cyclone Trevor.

It’s a momentous night for this teenage eastern quoll – she’s leaving home.

California's Air Resources Board (ARB) is seeking an Air Pollution Specialist with experience in, or knowledge of, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions monitoring, reporting, and verification, or GHG lifecycle assessment or GHG inventory development.

The successful candidate will contribute to environmental policies or programs as part of Environmental and Climate Change Canada. Task performed may include – but are not limited to - policy analysis, research, preparation of briefing material and reports, engagement with stakeholders, response to recommendations, and performance measurement and program improvement.

EU carbon prices could spike to €40 or higher over the next two years as industrial companies are increasingly likely to hoard units, leaving others scrambling, analysts said this week.

New science is ending the longstanding perception that Venus is a dead planet.

The UK government is to further extend the country’s 2018 EU ETS compliance deadline, giving emitters a bit more time to buy and surrender required carbon units, as the scheduled Brexit date was also pushed back amid negotiations nearing climax.

Swiss lawmakers have given final approval to the country’s carbon market link with the EU ETS, paving the way for the connection to start next January.

A playful polar bear cub in Berlin, a hopaway wallaby in Texas and a roaming vicuna in Ecuador

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New Hampshire’s House of Representatives approved a RGGI bill Thursday that would increase funding to energy efficiency projects and removes a clause that would force the state out of the northeast US ETS.

Report looks at 16 conflict areas and calls for military to stop targeting water resources

Diarrhoea and other diseases related to poor sanitation are bigger killers of children in areas of conflict than violence and war itself, a report has found, highlighting the need for improved infrastructure as a way of helping civilian populations afflicted by warfare.

Children under five are more than 20 times more likely to die from diarrhoeal diseases than from direct violence, according to Unicef. Henrietta Fore, the organisation’s executive director, said: “The reality is there are more children who die from lack of access to safe water than by bullets.”

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