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Document used to target top EU officials over environmental and health policies but climate experts view it as propaganda

A public statement signed by more than 1,000 scientists in support of meat production and consumption has numerous links to the livestock industry, the Guardian can reveal. The statement has been used to target top EU officials against environmental and health policies and has been endorsed by the EU agriculture commissioner.

The “Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock” says livestock “are too precious to society to become the victim of simplification, reductionism or zealotry” and calls for a “balanced view of the future of animal agriculture”. One of the authors of the declaration is an economist who called veganism an “eating disorder requiring psychological treatment”.

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Exclusive: campaigners fear less rigorous methods could lead to more pollution in rivers and waterways

The UK government is to diverge from the EU’s standards for monitoring water quality in England, it can be revealed.

Campaigners fear the change of approach could lead to more pollution in England’s rivers and waterways if the new measuring methods are less rigorous.

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China's national carbon market saw prices remain stable over the past week with a relatively high trading volume, while voluntary trading volume ticked up as sentiment has been lifted by the multiple regulatory updates recently.

Standardisation and scale are the watchwords of the growing removal industry, seen as key by its proponents and the IPCC in the path to net zero but getting it into compliance markets will be essential, a conference heard this week.

Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) transactions have largely been bilateral over the counter (OTC) deals in recent months as the brokered secondary market has been trading sideways, according to analysis.

More government guidance is needed to unleash demand for carbon credits from Japanese companies, despite Tokyo's recent efforts to support the development of the country's voluntary market, a conference heard Thursday.

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a sandwich-eating bear, an unexpected aerial invasion of the pitch at the cricket World Cup, and the rarest ape in the world

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The operator Tepco says the workers came in contact with the wastewater when a hose came off accidentally and have been taken to hospital as a precaution

Four workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant were splashed with water containing radioactive materials, with two of them taken to hospital as a precaution, according to the plant operator.

The incident, which took place on Wednesday, highlights the dangers Japan still faces in decommissioning the plant. The reactor was knocked out by an immense tsunami in 2011 in the world’s worst atomic disaster since Chornobyl in 1986.

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Solar energy combined with storage is expected to become the cheapest option for generating electricity in nearly all regions worldwide by 2030.

The post Solar will dominate grids around the world – even without ambitious new climate policies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal government releases new data showing big savings from rooftop solar, and from household battery storage.

The post Rooftop solar saves money, and batteries can wipe out bills: Labor pushes household savings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia has the world’s biggest carbon footprint from fashion. This is one area where changing our personal clothing choices can make a big difference, just as it did in the second world war. Rachael Wallis, Research Assistant, Youth Community Futures, University of Southern Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Western Australia says pumped hydro may be too hard, and it will have to focus on battery storage to support its switch from coal to renewables.

The post World’s biggest standalone grid says pumped hydro too hard, all in with battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bringing previously extinct native species like beavers back to England is not on the Environment Secretary's priority list.

Telstra energy boss says negative prices are a "gift" to encourage big energy users to produce at low cost, and turn megawatt hours into petaflops, and other useful things.

The post Negative prices: A “gift” to industry to shift demand and make new products appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An incremental drip-feed of small, piecemeal measures absent guidance on what may or may not be coming next does not make us competitive.

The post Albanese’s pittance for critical minerals means Australia’s golden opportunity goes begging appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe says ‘threatened native species are in danger of extinction’ after authorising aerial cull

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Feral horses in Kosciuszko national park will be shot from the air following a public consultation process, with the New South Wales environment minister, Penny Sharpe, declaring it essential for protecting the park’s threatened wildlife and ecosystems.

Sharpe said the decision to amend the park’s management plan to allow aerial culling of feral horse populations came after 82% of 11,002 submissions from stakeholders supported the measure in addition to other existing control methods.

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South Australia gets a glimpse of its "net" 100 per cent renewable future, with wind and solar meeting 99.8 per cent of state demand in the last seven days.

The post South Australia grid operates at 99.8 per cent wind and solar over past seven days appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday a temporary pause on carbon levies for home heating oil and a doubling of the revenue-neutral fee rebate for rural residents, in a move seen to bolster support for the federal Liberal government among residents of the Atlantic provinces.

The size of the tanks stolen is not known but police say their contents were of "significant value".