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Not everyone is happy with a missing detail in a new film about the 1969 Moon landing.

Scientists meet in Korea to discuss a report aimed at keeping global temperature rise under 1.5C this century.

This year's recycling crisis has prompted the federal government to pledge a move towards an economy in which materials are kept in use for as long as possible. But it still has a long way to go. Jenni Downes, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Are our extremes moving past historical precendent into uncharted territory, or is this life as usual on a changeable continent? Madeleine De Gabriele, Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment Wes Mountain, Deputy Multimedia Editor Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Readers respond to George Monbiot’s request to start a conversation about the links between climate breakdown and consumerism

If George Monbiot really wants to get people talking about the connection between climate change and the economy, he’d do better to find a different question to “how do we stop growth?” (While growth continues we’ll never kick our fossil fuel habit, 26 September).

The elephant in the room is the assumption that nature’s resources and capabilities are so large that they can be considered infinite and so excluded from the economic cost of production. This has the unintended consequence of rewarding destruction. Hence the German situation in Hambacher: the lignite has value because it can be sold to be burned, the 12,000-year-old forest has none unless the trees are cut down for economic use. And, in an infinite world, there are always more 12,000-year-old forests.

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Ministers under pressure to fund new generation of small-scale nuclear power stations

Backers of mini nuclear power stations have asked for billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to build their first UK projects, according to an official document.

Advocates for small modular reactors (SMRs) argue they are more affordable and less risky than conventional large-scale nuclear plants, and therefore able to compete with the falling costs of windfarms and solar power.

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‘Brutal slaughter’ will cost £1,000 per animal, claim campaigners, as government defends battle to beat bovine TB

Trapped in a cage and shot at close range, the badger takes almost a minute to die. Covert footage published online by the Observer, the first to be shared publicly, shows the main method of dispatching Britain’s largest indigenous carnivore as part of a controversial cull now being expanded by the environment secretary, Michael Gove, which farmers insist is vital to curb the spread of TB in cattle.

Taken in Cumbria by the Hunt Investigation Team, it has been released by animal rights groups for maximum political effect ahead of the Conservative party conference, as Gove considers a key report on the government’s TB eradication strategy. Animal rights activists said the footage raised questions about how the cull works.

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Father asks why politicians are not acting on child health crisis caused by illegal toxin levels

For David Smith, the final straw came as he was standing at the bus stop near his home in south London with his two-year-old son Ely.

He had become increasingly aware of the damage pollution was doing to young people’s health since the birth of his two youngest children. And when the gridlocked traffic edged forward and a lorry pulled up a metre from Ely, something snapped.

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• 13-year-old bitten on first day of spiny lobster season
• Encinitas lifeguard says injuries traumatic but not fatal

A teenager was seriously injured in a shark attack off a beach in southern California on Saturday.

Related: The Cape Cod shark attack is a terrible reminder of our fragility – and that of the sea | Philip Hoare

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The European Commission will not push to raise the EU’s 2030 emission reduction goal next month, German press agency DPA reported, dropping the drive amid reluctance from Germany and others.

Seventeen entities opened Compliance Instrument Tracking Service System (CITSS) accounts during the third quarter, bringing the total number to 673, according to Air Resources Board (ARB) data.

It’s a bat eat mouse, lizard eat possum, wallaby eat bird world out there. Animals are always eating weird stuff.

An antelope caught on camera in Uganda for the first time sheds light on an unexplored rainforest.

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"The industry has a very bad history of money going into it and never coming out", so why does Wall Street keep feeding the fracking firms?

It’s been a good summer for black hairstreaks, but the feet of too many enthusiasts can cause damage to the wildlife they come to see

The damage caused when hundreds of twitchers trample a fragile nature reserve to bag a photograph of a rare bird is relatively well-known. Butterfly watchers are considered a more genteel breed. Wading through a wildflower meadow in pursuit of butterflies is a supreme summertime pleasure. When one person does it, the flowers spring back within hours. Unfortunately, numerous people, no matter how well-intentioned, congregating in one spot can cause problems.

Related: Black hairstreaks found miles from their heartland

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California's Air Resources Board (ARB) approved changes on Friday to maintain higher fuel economy standards in the 2021-2026 period in response to the Trump administration’s recent proposal to keep the federal standard static at the 2020 level.

A US court ruled Thursday that New York’s zero emissions credit (ZEC) programme to subsidise nuclear energy does not impede on federal authority, marking the second time this month that a federal court has upheld the state-led initiatives.

The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board (APCB) postponed a decision until late October on proposed cap-and-trade regulations that would set a more stringent 2020 emissions limit, officials said Friday.

EU carbon prices gained for the second straight day on Friday, climbing above €21 after another strong auction helped recover more lost ground from big drops earlier in the week.