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Breakthroughs in satellite imaging are helping scientists in Scotland better understand wildfires in real time.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has named four economic sectors that will be deemed at high risk of carbon leakage as part of its output-based pricing system (OBPS), while also confirming other elements including a weakening of the programme reported by Carbon Pulse last week.

The Cambridge professor loses his 14-carat gold medal in Brazil minutes after receiving it.

Electricity sector emissions covered by the northeast US RGGI programme rose 5.5% year-on-year in the second quarter as reductions in most states were offset by increased output in Maryland.

ESB price assumptions don't make sense, and no company would make such a crucial decision based on such flimsy evidence.

European carbon prices jumped 2.2% to their highest since November 2008 on Wednesday, as the first in a month of smaller auctions indicated strong demand.

Data released by California regulator ARB late Tuesday showed that the first quarter of 2018 generated a record credit deficit in the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), but still fell short of some participants expectations.

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State of the climate report found 2017 was the third warmest with a record high sea level and destructive coral bleaching

Last year was the warmest ever recorded on Earth that didn’t feature an El Niño, a periodic climatic event that warms the Pacific Ocean, according to the annual state of the climate report by 500 climate scientists from around the world, overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) and released by the American Meteorological Society.

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Big emitters increased their buying in Germany's EU carbon allowance auctions in June, government data shows, though speculators and intermediaries still accounted for half of all purchases.

Findings come as part of a pledge by the owners of Canary Wharf in London to become world’s first plastic-free commercial centre

Retailers are likely to face a consumer backlash if they fail to take action to curb plastic use, according to a survey by the owners of Canary Wharf in London.

The operators of Canary Wharf are pledging to become the world’s first plastic-free commercial centre, in partnership with the campaign group Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).

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Environment secretary holds drought summit with farmers to address series issues of crop failure and lack of fodder for animals

Farmers will be allowed to take up more groundwater to irrigate parched crops during the ongoing heatwave, after a “drought summit” between farming leaders and the environment secretary, Michael Gove.

Farmers have suffered in the heat, with crops wilting or failing to reach their full size, and livestock running short of grass and fodder. Prices on some foods are already increasing, and price rises may be necessary for some staple goods later in the year, with the next few months crucial for the harvest.

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The world's largest island ran over Iceland's volcanic hotspot and has the rocky scar to prove it.

An Australian city has been successfully protected from the mosquito-borne disease, researchers say.

One of the most prestigious prizes in mathematics are awarded at a ceremony in Brazil.

Providing thicker plastic bags for free is worse than pointless. It encourages the same wasteful habits, but with more damaging material. Kim Borg, Doctoral Candidate & Research Officer at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Edwin Ip, Research Fellow, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Modelling to be released in support of National Energy Guarantee will show that wind and solar developments at a standstill for most of next decade.

Researchers are feeding genetically modified crops to farmed salmon to see if it boosts their nutritional value.

Researchers are feeding farmed salmon a genetically modified plant to see if it boosts omega-3 levels.

The Independent Energy Security Board has released the final design of the National Energy Guarantee. The Australian Government has released the final design of the Commonwealth elements of the National Energy Guarantee.