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Regulator says deliberate generator rebids - often at the market cap - were responsible for nearly half of the big price spikes last quarter. And it is the customer who will pay.

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Talk to your neighbours. Do they have a generator or a camping fridge you can use? This is an opportunity to get to know your community and pool your resources. Yetta Gurtner, Adjunct senior lecturer, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is struggling to maintain credibility amid concerns over transparency, integrity, and regulatory inconsistencies, according to a new report.

New report skewers claims that "the world is going nuclear" and that dozens of nuclear "newcomers" will save the industry from its decades-long pattern of stagnation.

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How a new atomic clock might be the way to tackle attacks on plane GPS systems

First term of the Albanese government fails to deliver a promised transformation in Australia's climate efforts. New government data shows just how bad the failures are.

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Ghana will auction 24 million carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, aiming to finance sustainable development while reducing emissions, President John Mahama announced in his State of the Nation Address last week.

Investment funds and ‘other financial institutions’ have shown a remarkable ability to predict long-term price movements in the European carbon market, despite holding just a fraction of total long and short positions, a new study has found.

New Zealand’s government will likely model its carbon capture legislation on Australia and the EU, which means operators are responsible for leaks for a time after a carbon disposal site is closed. David Dempsey, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury Andrew La Croix, Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Bold pledges to fund climate projects now appear under threat, exposing deeper fiscal constraints and policy dilemmas within the government

In October, the prime minister, chancellor and energy secretary pledged billions to kickstart the UK’s first carbon capture projects – one of the biggest green spending promises of the parliament. By December, Ed Miliband was signing contracts, Sir Keir Starmer vowed to “reignite our industrial heartlands” and Rachel Reeves warned that without bold action, Britain would be stuck with low growth and falling living standards. More importantly, net zero targets wouldn’t be met without removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Fast forward and the Treasury is, reportedly, preparing to scrap the £22bn plan, after economic growth failed to materialise. What a difference a few weeks make.

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Inaugural Tune into Nature prize is aiming to highlight how the natural world is central to creative life

One is a dreamy soundscape collected from the peaks of the Dolomites. The other is a drum’n’bass track that samples a nightingale’s quickfire song.

These contrasting tunes have won the inaugural Tune into Nature music prize, a contest that seeks to showcase new music by upcoming artists that is inspired by the natural world.

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British farms laying on ‘lamb watch’ holidays for tourists seeking a return to nature – and fluffy hugs

In a shed in the Malvern Hills, lambs struggle clumsily to their feet as holidaymaking couples look on.

Clare John, the third generation in her family to farm these 50 acres of Worcestershire pasture, began offering lambing-themed breaks two years ago in response to a surge of customer requests. Rowley Farm’s holiday cottages are block-booked for the 2025 spring lambing season, which traditionally peaks around Easter.

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Tax incentives for clean fuels and hydrogen production in the US do not adequately support Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) growth, according to an industry expert.

Self-denial will save the Earth, we’re told. But big emitters seemingly haven’t had the memo

That I fully expect to be dead by the time the UK achieves net zero is, of course, no reason to dodge interim advice from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), the UK’s official climate authority. Its latest report to government is of particular interest to the public, in arguing that a third of the emissions cuts required to achieve net zero by 2050 will have to come from consumers themselves.

Unless we – individual households – accept heat pumps and electric cars and deterrents to flying and less meat (skipping two kebabs per week), the CCC explains, the target cannot be met. And assuming the introduction of a selective news blackout that reduces public awareness of UK plutocrats, celebrities and influencers with colossal carbon footprints, such a behavioural transformation may not be impossible.

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Experts hope research can create greener methods of extracting the metal vital for renewable energy revolution and boom in electrical devices

It is the key ingredient of bronze, the alloy that helped create some of the world’s greatest civilisations and took humanity out of the stone age on its way to modern times. For good measure, the metal is invaluable for electrical wiring, plumbing and industrial machinery. We owe a lot to copper.

But the metal now faces an uncertain future as manufacturers prepare to expand its use to make the electric cars, renewable power plants and other devices that will help the planet move towards net zero. Unrestricted extraction could cause widespread ecological devastation, scientists have warned.

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The cute rodent helps combat drought and boosts biodiversity. Its rewilding is welcome and long overdue

The first time I laid eyes on a beaver was a couple of years ago on the Devon farm of Derek Gow, the farmer turned rewilder, who brought the furry rodents back to the UK 30 years ago.

It was magical. Sitting in the June dusk, the pink-and-purple sky was reflected in the still ponds of the beaver habitat. Suddenly, ripples emerged from the lodge and the head of a kit – a baby beaver – popped up from underwater.

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Animal rights campaigners and marine zoo official say Mediterranean is 'too warm' for killer whales.

Backing of Glencore angers campaigners who have highlighted firm’s environmental breaches in South Africa

One of the world’s biggest banks, JP Morgan, has promoted ­environmental and “sustainable” funds to customers which have invested more than £200m in the mining giant Glencore, it can be revealed.

Ethical investing has become big business for JP Morgan and other financial giants, with worldwide “sustainable” investing expected to surpass $40tn by 2030. But the industry now faces scrutiny over the rules around investments focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

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A US-based non-profit has unveiled a new online tool designed to calculate the net CO2 removals achieved by direct air capture (DAC) facilities, providing a detailed lifecycle emissions analysis for the burgeoning CDR technology.