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Pollution from farmers' fields that endangers fish is cut by a university-backed project.

It’s a golden time for Antarctic research, with more and more countries taking a direct interest in the great southern continent. But suspicions abound as to the real motivations of key Antarctic players.

A growing number of older protesters are standing up and fighting for the environment

When Audrey Cooke first spoke to her family about her retirement plans, they had one condition: “Don’t get arrested.”

The 72-year-old retired Melbourne schoolteacher’s husband died of pancreatic cancer nine years ago. She has two young grandchildren. And she is now a full-time climate activist.

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Germany’s government-appointed coal commission has agreed on a exit timetable for the country that would culminate in phasing out the fuel by 2038, ending more than six months of talks.

London cafes bring people together while tackling the UK’s food waste problem

Mothers with toddlers at their ankles sit beside elderly men and women out for a welcome bit of company on a Monday lunchtime. Plates are piled with steaming pasta, couscous salad and warm bread rolls as the chefs wipe sweat from their foreheads in a galley kitchen next door.

This is a bustling local restaurant in an affluent area of south-west London, but there is one big difference from the many fashionable cafes that line the streets of this London “village”. The food has all been saved from the bin.

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Spiders can be beautiful, timid, fluffy and even give up their lives for the sake of their children. [repeat]

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Oregon lawmakers will reveal a new cap-and-trade bill next week on the heels of a study that found consumers could see a multitude of economic benefits if the state links that potential programme to the WCI market.

A Maine state legislator put forth a CO2 tax proposal this week that could stand a better chance of passing this year with Democrats now controlling the executive branch, but the bill would not exempt the cost of RGGI allowances from the fee as other states have proposed.

The Climate Policy and Programs (CPP) team is seeking a Deputy Director of External Affairs to lead the development and implementation of strategic communications for the City’s OneNYC program and climate policy efforts.

We are seeking a Senior Analyst to join our team of highly regarded forecasters covering the European carbon market.

There are tire marks etched into delicate playas and plains that can take centuries to recover

Delicate desert ecosystems in Death Valley have been damaged by off-roaders, another dismaying impact of the US government shutdown on national parks.

“People come here to this pristine desert landscape,” said Laura Cunningham, who heads Western Watersheds Project, a not-for-profit conservation organization. She and her husband, a retired Death Valley park ranger, live close to the park and headed out to the desert last week to assess new damage. “There are so few places where we have a beautiful natural vista. And now people are off-roading on it.”

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We’ve all heard of freshman US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) proposal for a Green New Deal. It has the support of dozens of other legislators, but it’s hardly the only proposal in the works. The number of candidates throwing their hats into the presidential race is growing, and while all of them advocate action on climate change, few have explicitly said how they will deliver – let alone whether they advocate a price on carbon. Here's the first iteration of Ecosystem Marketplace's presidential candidate carbon pricing scorecard.

Leading Israeli water conservationists have a timely visit to Australia as questions are asked about our river system management.

EU carbon prices settled slightly weaker on Friday despite a late surge as a looming hike in auction supply, Germany's coal phaseout decision, and Brexit concerns weighed on sentiment.

Federal government launches probe into fish deaths; Farmer fury over online activist map; Questions raised over live export abuse footage.

A Washington state House committee approved legislation on Thursday that would implement a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) in the US state, with lawmakers also working on a provision to enable credit transfers with other clean fuel standards and carbon pricing programmes.

It’s true that many young people stare at screens instead of being out in the wild – but others use technology to form a global community of conservationists

Six years ago, I wrote with a certain amount of sadness a rather gloomy report for the National Trust entitled Natural Childhood. It highlighted the barriers standing in the way of engaging young people with nature: primarily dangers from traffic, parental fears of “stranger danger”, and a growing aversion to exposing children to any form of risk. I concluded that we faced the very real danger of a “lost generation”, who might never engage with the natural world.

Young people were, and still are, we’re told, disconnected from nature, staring at screens when they should be out in the wild. But what I hadn’t predicted back then is that it is these screens that are now enabling our children to join forces to save the natural world. The rise of new technology – especially social media – has allowed a new generation to connect with those who share their interests in a way that I never could have believed possible when I wrote Natural Childhood. As one young ornithologist recently told me: “I thought I was the only birder at my school, but on Facebook I found half a dozen others in my local area.”

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The coming days will see an attempt to locate the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship.

Germany’s coal commission is set to retain its recommendation that the government should cancel EUAs linked to its coal power phaseout, giving a neutral signal for carbon as it thrashes out final details on the pace of what is likely to be a costly transition.