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European carbon allowances moved higher on Wednesday morning, supported by the fortnightly gap in the auction schedule and continued short-covering by speculative participants, as the weekly Commitment of Traders report showed a modest reduction in investment funds' bearish bets.

The Long Table in Gloucestershire is a not-for-profit that rescues food waste, sources local produce and pays the real living wage

A Gloucestershire restaurant is rethinking relationships with customers, suppliers and the entire food economy to fuel an ambitious “pay as you can” model that feeds allcomers, regardless of ability to pay.

In the past year, The Long Table has fed about 20,000 people at below-cost price – many for no charge at all, no questions asked – while rescuing 3.4 tonnes of food destined for the bin and paying local suppliers fair prices for the rest.

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A German direct air capture startup has raised €10.5 million to scale its technology and expand its team.

Beef farming expansion in Queensland is driving Australia’s large scale deforestation trend, according to new modelling released Wednesday by NGO Greenpeace.

South Korea on Wednesday released its annual KAU schedule, with plans to spontaneously adjust the number of carbon permits offered at government-held auctions for the rest of this year, as the domestic emissions market remains oversupplied.

The sites of Australia’s retiring coal-fired power stations would be the home to the country’s nuclear energy industry, according to Coalition Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, as the regulator has revoked four ACCU projects.

Report links rise in birds trapped for human consumption to cuts in anti-poaching resources in area of British military base

More than 400,000 songbirds were trapped and killed in Cyprus last autumn as part of a recent increase in wildlife crime, according to a new report.

Organised crime networks use decoys and speakers playing birdsong to lure these small birds – including garden favourites such as robins and sparrows – to nest in bushes or orchards, where they catch them with “mist” nets or branches covered in glue. They are then sold via the hidden market to restaurants to be eaten as a local dish called “ambelopoulia”, which consists of pickled or boiled songbirds.

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Science Secretary Michelle Donelan had claimed a university professor sympathised with Hamas.

This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong. Alex Baumann, Sessional Lecturer, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

NSW planning minister Paul Scully has promised to process up to nearly 50 new wind, solar and battery projects to help country's biggest grid catch up with other states.

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In Colorado, a House bill lays the groundwork for a cap-and-trade programme to be implemented as early as this year, while two Senate bills target emissions reductions from the oil and gas industry.

Taiwan’s stock and carbon exchanges signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with their market counterparts in the African kingdom of Eswatini, aiming to link the two nation’s carbon markets, they announced Tuesday.

Washington’s first carbon permit auction for 2024 holds little incentive for participation from speculators, they said, given the uncertainty from a voter initiative that seeks to unravel the state's cap-and-invest programme.

The head of North American environmental products at a European utility has left to join a Canadian power and gas trading firm.

Brisbane-based flow battery maker wins funds to investigate feasibility of setting up a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in home state.

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A group of Connecticut legislators have introduced a bill designed to address climate change across multiple sectors, calling for the raising of emissions reductions targets, the inclusion of carbon sequestration in state mitigation strategies, and the promotion of nature-based solutions, amongst other measures.

Renewable energy developers are about to get ratings. How will it work, and what will it do?

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A suite of New Hampshire bills are targetting lost tax revenues in the generation of voluntary carbon credits on forest lands in-state.

The outlook for heat pumps in the EU has received a boost in the past week, with new studies finding that high-temperature heat pumps can be used in un-renovated buildings, and that the bloc could hit and exceed its target to install 30 million heat pumps by 2030 with the right policy and support.

Three South Dakota carbon pipeline bills face reconciliation between House and Senate amendments before they may become law.