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Australia has always suffered heat and flood, but a detailed seasonal rainfall reconstruction of the last 800 years shows the extremes are intensifying. Mandy Freund, PhD student, University of Melbourne Ben Henley, Research Fellow in Climate and Water Resources, University of Melbourne Kathryn Allen, Academic, Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne Patrick Baker, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New York's Integrating Public Policy Task Force (IPPTF) on Monday published its latest report on how the state could impose a carbon price within its wholesale electricity markets, detailing measures to address possible emissions leakage and ratepayer burdens.

Having conceded defeat in passing a cap-and-trade bill in Oregon this year, one of the state's highest profile carbon pricing proponents is working with lawmakers through the rest of 2018 to again prepare for a renewed legislative push next year.

• Pruitt announces departures of Nino Perrotta and Albert Kelly
• ‘If I were the president, I’d get rid of you’: Pruitt lacerated at hearing

Two top aides have resigned from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amid a growing series of federal ethics investigations, Scott Pruitt, the agency chief, announced on Tuesday.

Related: Trump tells EPA chief Pruitt 'we've got your back' despite ethics controversy

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We are looking for candidates who possess excellent work experience, particularly in climate mitigation and related economic and social issues in developing countries.

As wild wolves return to Europe, one of the first wolves to settle in Denmark has been shot dead in an incident captured on film

One of the first wild wolves to roam free in Denmark for 200 years has been shot and killed, threatening the survival of the species in the country.

Two naturalists who were observing the wolves captured the moment the animal was shot on camera. The film has sparked outrage.

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Power sector emissions capped by RGGI rose by 22% in Q1, spurred by a colder winter in the northeast US and bucking a three-year drop.

EU carbon prices dipped on Tuesday in a rare auction-free session that was relatively thinly traded with much of Europe on a public holiday.

Sounds from the Great Barrier Reef have got quieter over the past five years.

All England Lawn Tennis Club ditches plastic straws for this year’s championships

Wimbledon would not be the same without a thirst-quenching Pimm’s, but this year visitors to the annual tennis championships will be served the beverage without the customary plastic straw.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club announced on Tuesday that no plastic straws would be used in its bars, cafes and restaurants during this year’s Wimbledon fortnight.

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Opponents of cull say cost of £1,000 per animal killed means it is wasteful as well as cruel

The cost of policing the controversial badger cull in just one of the 21 zones last autumn approached the £1m mark – the equivalent of more than £1,000 for every animal killed there.

Objectors to the cull described the bill for Cheshire as a horrendous waste of public money and called for the policy to be scrapped on economic as well as animal cruelty grounds.

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The promotion of carbon markets by business groups including IETA has been labelled a “dangerous distraction” to climate action by transparency campaigners seeking a more clearly-defined structure for accessing UN climate negotiations.

How have the changing seasons affected the wildlife near you?

What sort of wildlife will we all discover on our doorsteps this month? We’d like to see your photos of the May wildlife near you, whether you’re a novice spotter or have been out and about searching for creatures great and small for years.

Share your photos and videos with us and we’ll feature our favourites on the Guardian site. We also occasionally print readers’ best images in the Guardian newspaper.

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The unsettling future of climate uncertainty

The social impact of an uncertain and unpredictable climate and building cities to cope with flooding.

A US-based emissions reduction project developer has been advancing a large portfolio of developing-world offset projects for the South Korean carbon market, Carbon Pulse has learned.

The fledgling market for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) is seeing signs of an early supply squeeze despite limited demand for the credits beyond the government.

Environment group Friends of the Earth says big ticket items to tackle climate change and protect Victoria’s environment are the “missing piece of the puzzle” in budget 2018/19—a disappointing one for the environment.

Waste Not drinks join growing market aimed at preventing huge amounts of misshapen food from being needlessly thrown away

‘Wonky’ fruit and vegetables that would have been thrown away are now being used to make a new range of juices, in one of a number of assaults on food waste.

One of the UK’s largest fresh produce growers has teamed up with a Spanish fruit supplier to create a new product, Waste Not, which will stop edible but visually ‘imperfect’ ingredients such as fresh celery, beetroot and oranges from being dug back into the soil, or used for animal feed. The new juices will go on sale in branches of Tesco.

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