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Panorama investigates the links between UK's food safety advisors and the ultra-processed food industry.

Lawyers for chemical company say they are making ‘significant’ progress over deal with city of Stuart, Florida

US industrial conglomerate 3M and the city of Stuart, Florida are making “significant” progress to settle a water pollution suit tied to toxic “forever chemicals” and sought to delay a trial, according to a court filing on Sunday.

3M was scheduled to face trial in South Carolina federal court on Monday in a lawsuit brought by the Florida city accusing the company of manufacturing PFAS, or per- and polyflouroalkyl substances, despite knowing for decades that the chemicals can cause cancer and other ailments.

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Concentrations of plastics in round-the-world race through remote ocean environments found to be up to 18 times higher than during previous event in 2017-18

Sailors testing the waters during the Ocean Race, which travels through some of the world’s most remote ocean environments, have found microplastics in every sample.

Up to 1,884 microplastic particles were found per cubic metre of seawater in some locations, up to 18 times higher than in similar tests during the last Ocean Race, which ended in 2018. Scientists noted that the sensitivity of their instruments is now higher.

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A group of eight green groups on Monday launched a coalition that will focus on delivering nature-based projects across the Southeast Asian region that reduce emissions and conserve biodiversity.

European carbon prices rose on Monday morning, resuming their fluctuation around a key €80 level as the market was boosted by stronger energy markets amid a slew of bullish news headlines and fundamental drivers.

Another ex-Point Carbon/Refinitiv carbon markets expert has been reunited with former colleagues at Oslo-based analytics firm Veyt.

An initiative funded by the UK government has launched a programme to generate biodiversity credits through nature restoration and conservation projects in Uganda and Zambia.

A London-listed international power and natural resource project developer has teamed up with one of China's largest oil and gas producers through the operation of subsidiaries to jointly develop a planned green hydrogen project in Pakistan.

How to Save the Amazon will be published so Dom Phillips’ work telling the stories of rainforest defenders does not die with him

One year after Dom Phillips was killed in the Brazilian Amazon, friends and colleagues have come together in a show of journalistic solidarity to keep his legacy alive and finish the book the British journalist was working on at the time of his death.

Phillips and his Brazilian companion, the Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, were killed while returning from the remote Javari valley in the western Amazon last June. Three men have been charged with murder and are being held in high-security prisons while awaiting a decision on whether they will face trial.

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The federal environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, announced the $160m plan on Monday afternoon

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The federal and Queensland governments will phase out commercial gillnet fishing in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area by mid-2027 and create new net-free zones to better protect endangered marine species.

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, announced the $160m plan Monday afternoon and said it would significantly reduce net fishing and high-risk fishing on the reef that injure and kill threatened dugongs, turtles, dolphins and protected shark species.

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The Clean Energy Regulator has published carbon estimation areas (CEAs) for Australian carbon credit projects, but secrecy laws still prevent it from releasing data that would allow third-parties to judge their effectiveness.

The Asia-Pacific Network of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) climate finance coalition has begun seeking public consultation on its proposed set of voluntary guidance on financing the managed phase-out of coal power plants in the region, with the final report set to be published later this year.

We get it, nature really wants to kill us (fair enough too) but can’t we just go to the beach? Is that too much to ask?

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Australia's biggest coal generator and polluter is facing a class action – led by a South Australian pub owner – alleging abuse of market power in SA.

The post AGL sued for “abuse of market power” in class action led by pub owners appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Proposal from Abel Energy with the backing of Iberdrola has led to an in-principle agreement with the state government to buy the site of an old gas plant.

The post Green light for Southern Hemisphere’s biggest green methanol plant, backed by Iberdrola appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It would be cheaper and more socially acceptable for land managers to implement a variety of operational changes to cut GHG emissions rather than purchasing carbon offsets, a new study has found, but adaptation remains a key challenge.

After hitting a 12-month low in April, installations of rooftop solar systems have rebounded in May, jumping by around 30%.

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Big renewable energy and storage developers fret about new Queensland mandate that requires at least half of new projects to be state owned.

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We detected 180 contaminants in treated and untreated water. None of those found in treated water breached human health guidelines, but we should not forget about potential impacts on the environment. Mark Patrick Taylor, Victoria's Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We want good news on climate change. But whales storing enough carbon needs more evidence. Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.