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ecoPartners is hiring an Associate Analyst to join our start-up team located in Berkeley, California. This position is a temporary, full-time appointment starting in April 2019.

California's ARB could amend its carbon allowance allocations to account for the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power's (LADWP) post-2020 power plant closures, as the state agency also looks to adapt ETS regulations to account for higher Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) targets, sources said.

The oil industry is expected to mount an opposition campaign against a Washington state proposal to enact a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) that is currently advancing through the legislature, stakeholders said Friday.

Researchers in Edinburgh develop gene-edited farm animals for poor farmers in Africa.

A summary of legislative action on carbon pricing and clean energy bills at the US state level taken this week, including Virginia Republicans’ move to block a RGGI linkage, carbon pricing developments in New York, and the defeat of a carbon tax bill in Montana.

Students have protested across the UK to air their views on the issue of climate change. We talked to some of those in Manchester.

EUAs climbed back above €20 on Friday, partially reversing this week’s volatile plunge to a two-month low that saw carbon enter bear market territory, though traders said prices remain vulnerable to further falls.

Ancient alcohol making a comeback; grape stomping competition marks the start of harvest; waterhole springs back to life as Indigenous rangers tackle feral buffalo damage; historic farm in the centre of Hobart provides food for Government House guests.

After tripling in price and being hailed the best performing commodity of 2018, the party could be over for once irrepressible European carbon - at least for now - with experts forewarning of a hangover fuelled by falling gas and other bearish factors.

Germany will not apply carbon pricing to its non-ETS sectors until at least 2021, new state energy secretary Andreas Feicht said Thursday. 

Two men carrying at least 24 severed rhino horns have been arrested at Hong Kong airport's customs.

Rats and mosquitoes threaten a fragile ecosystem on an isolated Tahitian atoll — but now scientists are trialling new techniques to rid the islands of destructive pests.

As a vocal vegan, I might be expected to support the abattoir protests by the Save movement. But I’m not convinced they benefit the animals

Of all the people you would expect to be waiting outside a slaughterhouse, animal lovers might seem the least likely candidates. Yet outside abattoirs around the world, vegan activists from the Save Movement are doing just that.

Save is a global network that holds vigils outside abattoirs to show love and compassion to the animals as they arrive for slaughter. The protesters stop the trucks for a few minutes, offer soothing words to the animals and take photos and videos to record their conditions. The movement first hit the headlines in 2015 when an activist in Canada was taken to court for giving water to thirsty pigs in a slaughter truck. She was threatened with 10 years in prison; eventually, a judge dismissed the case. Last week, the group made headlines after its Leicestershire chapter struck a deal with Foyle Food Group to allow them to perform last rites ceremonies.

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The oil and gas company believes a prohibition on single-use plastic could increase CO2, but is that true?

Pupils from schools, colleges and universities walk out in protest against lack of climate action

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Activists say ‘post-apocalyptic’ scenes in Kuzbass highlight manmade ecological disaster

Residents of a coalmining region in Siberia have been posting videos online showing entire streets and districts covered in toxic black snow that critics say highlight a manmade ecological catastrophe.

In one video, filmed in Kiselyovsk, a town in the Kuzbass region, a woman drives past mounds of coal-coloured snow stretching to the horizon, covering a children’s playground and the courtyards of residential buildings. The scenes in the footage were described as “post-apocalyptic” by Russian media.

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Hungry polar bears, the oldest known breeding bird and a new frog species in this week’s gallery

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Thousands of children walk out of class in protest at environmental crisis. Follow the latest updates

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The former higher education minister Sam Gyimah has joined the surprising number of Conservative MPs who have offered tacit support for pupils joining the school strike today

Best to see this as an applied citizenship lesson on one day of the year. Climate Change is one of the big issues facing mankind, and we all benefit from having informed, active and engaged citizens. https://t.co/tHS50qIBnv

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Amy Walker has been talking to more of the students taking part in the strikes in Brighton:

Joe Paulger, Otis Berey and Alfie Morgan are all 16-year-old Year 11s at Varndean School. They left at breaktime to join the protest - this is the first any of them have ever been to. #strike4climate #Brighton pic.twitter.com/dfo9XlPj75

Hettie Ainsworth, 10, is here with her parents despite not being given an authorised absence from school. She’s here to protest because: “the government isn’t doing enough about it.” She adds: “It’s our future, and if we don’t start paying attention there may not be one.” pic.twitter.com/DhHdh7lywp

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Thousands of school and university students in the UK have walked out of lessons as part of a global movement calling for action on climate change

• Climate strike: UK school pupils take part in call for urgent action
  
• 'The beginning of great change': Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes
  

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