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Magnitude 0.4 tremor follows several others recorded since Cuadrilla restarted drilling

Fracking operations in Lancashire have been shut down after seismic activity was detected. The move came a little more than a week after the process was restarted in the UK for the first time since it was banned in 2011.

Cuadrilla Resources, which is carrying out the operations at its Preston New Road site, confirmed it paused work early on Tuesday as a precaution because of the microseismic event, which was measured at a magnitude of 0.4 and within the limit allowed by UK authorities.

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Beyond trucking in hay and water, drought-stricken farmers need money and advice on improving the natural features of their land. David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Michelle Young, Director, Sustainable Farms, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Since 2015, Canadian companies have provided $2.4 billion in combat vehicles, weapons, surveillance technology, pilot training relied on by the oil-rich Saudis

Each time she learns Saudi bombs are falling on Yemen, Shireen Al-Adeimi rushes to her cell-phone.

Living an ocean-away in the United States, the Yemeni-Canadian anxiously scrolls through her WhatsApp chats to make sure her friends and family back home are safe.

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California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) does not plan to present its board with additional changes to its proposed cap-and-trade amendments at a November meeting, a senior ARB official said on Tuesday.

The Canadian federal government on Tuesday announced it will fully or partially implement its ‘backstop’ carbon pricing plan next year on five provinces that are resisting Ottawa’s efforts to set out a carbon tax or ETS.

Mexico has released details of its three-year cap-and-trade pilot programme, which will begin in 2019 and feature some of the same mechanisms used by other North American carbon markets.

The UK’s climate minister Claire Perry on Tuesday said her ministry is examining how to eventually set up a standalone ETS under a ‘no deal’ Brexit scenario, the clearest sign yet of Britain's preferred direction on carbon pricing.

Nasa believes it has fixed a malfunction with the Hubble telescope which threatened to limit the orbiting observatory's performance.

Our picture editors round up their favourite photos from the past 24 hours

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Nasa has released a striking photo of a rectangular iceberg floating in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica.

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EUAs continued their downward run on Tuesday, dropping well below €19 and failing to rebound despite a strong auction.

South Korean carbon allowances on Tuesday climbed to a three-month high as buyers begin to pick up available volumes after a lengthy post-compliance slumber in the world’s second-biggest carbon market.

A Greek merchant ship dating back more than 2,400 years is found almost perfectly preserved.

ACT to launch an electric vehicle bulk-buy program aimed at turning government fleets totally electric.

The post Local governments should join bulk-buy for EV fleet, says ACT appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Moderates in Australia’s ruling Liberal party are reportedly pushing for a A$1-billion ($700 mln) cash injection for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), but the programme needs major reform to revitalise, analysts said Tuesday.

Energy retailers say the government's proposed energy default price could act to reduce competition.

With its efforts to lower power prices now firmly decoupled from its efforts to lower emissions, the government is moving ahead with what's left of the national energy guarantee.

There's a lot of hubbub about the lack of noise from EVs. But let's not let it become another pretext to slow down the rise of electrics?

The post Silent electric vehicles: What’s all the noise about? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tasmania's first 50kW public DC fast charger has been installed in Launceston by Brisbane-based Tritium.

The post Tasmania installs state’s first public EV fast charger appeared first on RenewEconomy.