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China, Indonesia and Vietnam are among the worst polluters for plastic waste being dumped in the ocean. Meet the women in those countries trying to change that.

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"I very much want to promote local recycling, land care, farmers and the environment, and the practical things individuals can do, rather than looking at governments and saying, governments must be taking action — what can I do?"

Market participants anticipate the June RGGI auction to settle underneath the secondary market, breaking a year-long trend of above-market settlements in the northeast US cap-and-trade programme.

It’s probably too risky for UK emitters to delay buying EU carbon allowances for compliance until they have clarity on Brexit, a senior analyst said Tuesday, foreshadowing several scenarios that could prove bearish for EUA prices.

ClimateWorks will create a new register of corporate and government pledges to tackle climate change to track contributions towards Paris Agreement.

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Significant backing is offered to Virgin Orbit and Spaceport Cornwall to make Newquay launches happen.

EUAs rebounded from a fresh two-month low on Tuesday as bargain-hunting buyers stepped in despite building auction supply pressure.

The Ontario Progressive Conservative government’s suite of climate policies would significantly increase costs for the same amount of emissions abatement that would be achieved under Ottawa’s ‘backstop’ carbon levy and output-based pricing system (OBPS), a study found Tuesday.

Expert says it’s unusual the company has declined to make a specific promise about ongoing employment

It’s been presented as a jobs bonanza for Queensland, but there are fresh questions about Adani’s Carmichael project and the employment it will create in regional Queensland.

It comes after the reemergence of an interview with the Nationals MP, Bridget McKenzie, now the agriculture minister, on Sky News.

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The Netherlands government on Tuesday proposed a law to set a minimum CO2 price for its power sector from next year.

Environmentalists fear 2019 will be one of worst years for deforestation in recent memory

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon surged last month to the highest May level since the current monitoring method began, prompting concerns that president Jair Bolsonaro is giving a free pass to illegal logging, farming and mining.

The world’s greatest rainforest – which is a vital provider of oxygen and carbon sequestration – lost 739sq km during the 31 days, equivalent to two football pitches every minute, according to data from the government’s satellite monitoring agency.

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Readings from Hawaii observatory bring threshold of 450ppm closer sooner than had been anticipated

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by the second highest annual rise in the past six decades, according to new data.

Atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas were 414.8 parts per million in May, which was 3.5ppm higher than the same time last year, according to readings from the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, where carbon dioxide has been monitored continuously since 1958.

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An invasive "killer shrimp" that has reached UK rivers could be altering the behaviour of other species.

Sydney Opera House turns to wind and solar to meet its electricity needs, and may add a battery to ensure a "perfect match."

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Finning is still rampant in many countries due to diners’ appetite for the delicacy, despite attempts to shut down the trade

A rising demand for shark fin soup is wiping out more than 73 million sharks every year, fuelling a practice labelled the marine “gold rush”.

Finning, when a shark’s fin is sliced off while at sea and the body dumped back into the ocean, is rampant in many regions – fins are one of the most expensive seafood items, ending up mostly in soup. The delicacy had been particularly popular in China but a nationwide conservation campaign saw consumption drop 80% since 2011.

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The suit accuses the federal government of violating young people’s constitutional rights by contributing to the climate crisis

Twenty-one youth activists will face off with the US government in an Oregon courthouse on Tuesday, where their attorneys will petition a panel of judges to let their climate case go to trial. Until it does, their attorneys will also argue, fossil fuel development should be halted on public lands.

The case of Juliana v the US charges the federal government with violating the constitutional rights of youth by perpetuating systems that contribute to climate breakdown. Those young people – who range in age from 11 to 23 and hail from all corners of the nation – argue that the constitution gives them and future generations a right to an environment free of climate catastrophe.

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China’s environment ministry has ordered provincial governments to produce lists of power plants to be included the national ETS and get them ready to open accounts in the CO2 permit registry.

A total of 1.5GW of large- and small-scale solar has been installed across Australia so far in 2019, making it the biggest year for PV installs excluding 2018.

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