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Green Energy Markets counts 10,000MW of new renewables under construction in Australia – thanks largely to state government policies – but the bigger states lag behind the pace.

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Satellite images show a sharp increase in clearances of trees in the first half of this year.

Call for ecological impact assessment of huge numbers of non-native gamebirds released in UK by shooting industry

Large-scale pheasant and partridge shoots are boosting the populations of avian predators including crows, jays, ravens and buzzards, which are feeding on millions of the non-native gamebirds, according to a new study.

Despite gamekeepers legally trapping and shooting many avian predators to protect pheasants and partridges, researchers found “multiple positive associations” between areas of lowland Britain with large numbers of reared pheasants and partridges and higher populations of avian predators.

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Romania appears set to join a growing number of Eastern European in planning to shift away from offering utilities free carbon allowances next decade.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) will look into executive and regulatory action to implement a WCI-modelled ETS if future legislative efforts fail to reach a compromise, she said Monday.

New Zealand has officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags, and supermarkets and retailers are being warned they could face six-digit fines if they fail to comply.

Twenty-two entities opened Compliance Instrument Tracking System Service (CITSS) accounts in the California carbon market during the second quarter as another two closed theirs, data from state regulator ARB showed on Friday.

Morrison government urged to address where greenhouse gas emissions are rising substantially

The challenge the Morrison government faces in meeting future climate targets without new policies is underlined by an analysis that breaks down how significantly greenhouse gas emissions are increasing from transport, natural gas and coalmining.

Since 2005, the year against which the government has chosen to benchmark its Paris target, Australia’s emissions from transport are up 23%.

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Cherry Weston’s garden still attracts wildlife, while Nigel Mellor, Ian Duncan and Steve Brazier are missing worms, snails and birds. But Jane Moth may know where the bats are

I feel for readers who have been missing birds and bats in their gardens (Letters, 28 June). I can’t be sure of the reasons – climate change could, of course, be a factor – but I would like to ascribe the continued presence of both in my garden to the fact that I have never used chemical or other means to get rid of insects. My lack of gardening rigour has meant the garden is slightly messy, so various forms of wildlife have been able find places to live. A hedgehog, badger and fox have all been sighted, and we have often heard, although never seen, a tawny owl.
Cherry Weston
Wolverhampton

• Digging patches of my garden over the last few months, I haven’t seen a single worm. Seems odd.
Dr Nigel Mellor
Newcastle upon Tyne

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An Oregon Democratic senator and key swing vote opposed the state's failed cap-and-trade bill because it would have treated businesses in her district unfairly and provided no benefit to low-income communities, the legislator told Carbon Pulse.

A new species of bee fly discovered in Western Australia is named after the Game of Thrones villain.

European carbon prices rebounded on Monday, re-testing the €27 level to kick off what might be the most plentiful auction week of the year.

In the world’s northernmost town, temperatures have risen by 4C, devastating homes, wildlife and even the cemetery. Will the rest of the planet heed its warning?

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Police try to disperse young protesters, who blocked traffic on Paris roads on Friday to call for more government action and media attention on climate change. About 400 demonstrators, many of them students, blocked traffic on Pont de Sully in central Paris. In an effort to stop the sit-in, police dragged and carried away protesters, arresting some of them

• French police criticised for using pepper spray on climate protesters
  

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Video showing police removing seated demonstrators in Paris causes outrage on social media

France’s interior minister has asked the Paris police chief to explain a controversial riot police operation to remove climate activists from a bridge, after a video of officers using pepper spray and dragging protesters went viral on social media.

The interior ministry said the police operation to clear the demonstrators was “necessary to restore traffic circulation in the centre of Paris”.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has cancelled contracts for nearly 900,000 carbon credits meant to be delivered to the government’s Emissions Reduction Fund from projects capturing methane from a NSW coal mine.

The findings are ‘worrying’, researchers say, and are likely to be partly because of warming ocean temperatures

More than a dozen species of seabirds are in decline off Australia’s south-east coast – likely because of warming ocean temperatures, new research has found.

The study revealed sightings of almost half of the 30 most abundant seabirds – including the wandering albatross and flesh-footed shearwater – had fallen in the region between 2000 and 2016.

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As protests continue in Hong Kong, find out what's at stake and why? Also, an academic hoax comes undone, a possible answer to our fuel questions, and the connection between Vikings and social media.

As protests continue in Hong Kong, find out what's at stake and why? Also, an academic hoax comes undone, a possible answer to our fuel questions, and the connection between Vikings and social media.

From borrowing clothes to switching search engines, there are ways to boost your environmental credentials throughout the day

Britons use 840bn litres of water a year showering, with some power showers using up to 15 litres a minute. Aerator shower heads, such as Lowenergie’s (£12.99), save water by acting as a sieve, reducing space for the water to flow through while maintaining water pressure.

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