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Global energy-related emissions could begin a structural decline from 2025 after likely peaking last year, despite surging electricity demand from data centres and a wider push to electrify more sectors of the economy, according to new research from BloombergNEF.

EU carbon permit prices rose on Wednesday after weekly Commitment of Traders data showed investment funds had liquidated almost all of the net EUA length they had accumulated since February, further raising the prospect that prices might start to float higher and test a key technical level, while UKAs steadied as positions data showed speculators had built up record net length.

A young Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the heaviest invertebrate on earth, was filmed in the Atlantic Ocean

The colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time since it was identified a century ago.

Growing up to 23ft (seven metres) long and weighing up to half a tonne, the squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is the heaviest invertebrate on the planet. The individual captured on film near the South Sandwich Islands, in the south Atlantic Ocean, is a baby, at just 11.8in (30cm) in length.

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Enfield council disputes restaurant chain’s claim 500-year-old tree in Whitewebbs Park was ‘mostly dead’

Toby Carvery has been threatened with legal action by a council over the felling of an ancient oak in a park in north London.

The restaurant chain is facing national outrage after its decision to fell the up to 500-year-old tree without warning on 3 April.

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London is pitching to become the hub of the global carbon market, with stakeholders in a new report calling on the UK government to pull levers for scaling demand, including a roadmap to integrate voluntary and compliance carbon markets, as well as plans to allow removal credits to compensate for hard-to-abate North Sea oil and gas emissions.

Japanese-led team grow 11g chunk of chicken – and say product could be on market in five- to 10 years

Researchers are claiming a breakthrough in lab-grown meat after producing nugget-sized chunks of chicken in a device that mimics the blood vessels that make up the circulatory system.

The approach uses fine hollow fibres to deliver oxygen and nutrients to chicken muscle cells suspended in a gel, an advance that allowed scientists to grow lumps of meat up to 2cm long and 1cm thick.

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UK electricity generation from biomass is set to halve from 2027 after the government cut subsidies for Drax, marking a step toward phasing out large-scale biomass and cutting power sector emissions, a new report released Wednesday has found.

The European Commission has added further simplifications to the EU's anti-deforestation regulation, reducing what international trading partners perceived as an administrative burden.

The UK government is under pressure from ecologists, charities, and a politician to address the potential impacts of the UK Planning and Infrastructure Bill on critical ecosystems.

Governments must ramp up efforts to address the impact of spiralling sovereign debt on biodiversity, as the looming US economy slowdown is likely to place even greater pressure on nature across the Global South, a webinar heard this week.

The UK ETS market balance is likely to remain marginally long in 2025 before it enters a period of substantial annual deficits, as the anticipated introduction of a supply management mechanism soaks up surplus allowances fro 2026, according to an analyst.

Stunned scientists say the extremely rare squid can weigh up to 500kg (1,100lb).

Stunned scientists say the extremely rare squid can weigh up to 500kg (1,100lb).

Big Oil’s shift back to fossil fuels and away from greener alternatives has been undermined by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs war, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) slashing this week its global oil demand growth for this year and next as it warned the currently supply overhang could balloon.

The once-distant idea of a global market divided up by border carbon fees is coming increasingly into focus, as countries ready themselves for the full force of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) next year.

Ratings agency BeZero Carbon and carbon infrastructure provider Xpansiv have expanded their partnership to link ratings and market data across voluntary and compliance carbon markets, the two announced Wednesday.

Researchers at a US-based carbon non-profit have lauded the novel approach adopted to carbon removal in a new wastewater alkalinity enhancement methodology, which they say could lead to a new future for crediting in the nascent market.

Australia is generating more solar energy per capita than any other country according to latest data from Ember. And it's in 4th place for combined solar and wind.

The post Chart of the day: Australia tops the world on solar generation per capita appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Researchers say urgent action needed to inform people about risks of heatwave temperatures and adapt homes

The number of UK homes overheating in summer quadrupled to 80% over the past decade, according to a study, with experts calling the situation a crisis.

Heat already kills thousands of people each year in the UK and the toll will rise as the climate crisis intensifies. Urgent action is needed both to inform people on how to cope with high temperatures and to adapt homes, which are largely designed to keep heat in during the winter, the researchers said.

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An eagle-eyed local spotted two wind turbines at Dundonnell wind farm with only two blades, but owner Tilt says it's part of routine maintenance.

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