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Ecologists say Adani’s plan for endangered bird’s conservation area amounts to ‘a plan to manage a cow paddock’

About 2,000 hectares of proposed habitat offsets for the endangered black-throated finch were removed from Adani’s conservation plans last year, mostly on land earmarked for the nearby China Stone coalmine.

The Indian mining company also intends to allow cattle to graze on the remaining conservation areas surrounding its Carmichael mine.

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Broadcaster David Attenborough challenged business leaders at the World Economic Forum to "move beyond guilt and blame" and focus on the practicalities of preventing climate change from reaching catastrophic levels.

“If people can truly understand what is at stake, I believe they will give permission for business and governments to get on with the practical solutions," he told delegates at the summit in Davos, Switzerland.

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The Climate Change Ambassador is responsible for leading international climate change negotiations on behalf of the New Zealand Government.

European carbon prices weakened on Monday as the prospect of a rapid end to this week’s cold snap weighed on sentiment.

Fires and logging changes forest soil structure for at least 30-80+ years, affecting everything from regrowth to carbon storage. Elle Bowd, PhD scholar, Australian National University David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

National Parks Conservation Association is looking for a senior clean air and climate analyst for its Washington DC office.

The World Bank Group is looking for a senior climate change specialist for its Washington DC office.

ICF is looking for an entry-level consultant for its commercial energy division with an emphasis on the power, gas, emissions, renewable energy, efficiency and distributed resources sectors.

Program holding crazy ants at bay in world’s oldest continuing rainforest suffers from lack of government funding commitment

Funding to keep a voracious invasive ant from establishing super colonies in Australia’s wet tropics world heritage area has less than six months of funding left, risking its future, Guardian Australia has been told.

The wet tropics management authority (WTMA), which manages the vast world heritage area in north Queensland, is asking state and federal governments for a $6m a year package for the next seven years – enough, the authority says, for it to finish the job of eradicating the yellow crazy ant.

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STX is looking for a sales trader for its New York office to kick off its operations in the American market.

Greece has set a Wednesday deadline for bidders to participate in the sale of its 40% stake in state-controlled utility PPC’s big-emitting lignite facilities, as recently-agreed EU rules give a boost to the stake’s value despite high carbon prices.

The shark's teeth resemble alien spaceships from the game, Galaga, according to US scientists.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) does not impede on interstate commerce and challenges against the carbon intensities of prior versions were without merit, according to a ruling filed late Friday.

Investigators say He Jiankui sought "fame and fortune" with his claim to have edited baby genes.

The first and last blood moon of the year peaked this morning.

China’s thermal power generation rose 6%, the government said Monday, likely pushing the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions up even as the country registered its slowest economic growth rate since 1990.

The China Carbon Forum is seeking expressions of interest from suitable candidates for the position of General Manager. The position would suit a dynamic, self-motivated individual looking for part time to full-time work in Beijing for at least 24 months with the opportunity to contribute strong organisational and business management skills to the cause of international dialogue on climate change issues.

Some stargazers struggled to see the rare lunar eclipse which makes the moon appear to glow red.

European NGO says firms are likely to be at centre of global boom in plastic production

The founding companies behind a self-styled alliance to end plastic waste are among the world’s biggest investors in new plastic productions plants, according to a European NGO.

A majority of the firms which announced this week they were collaborating to try to help tackle plastic pollution are likely to be at the heart of a global boom in plastic production over the next 10 years.

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Following the Menindee fish kill, the people of Menindee are concerned their town will run out of water completely.