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Critics say it will be as easy to get the go-ahead to do a test drill as it is for a home conservatory.

Government plans to make test drilling as easy as building a conservatory outrage fracking's critics.

A Rhode Island bill that would have implemented a state-wide carbon tax was halted by a House committee this week, meeting an identical fate to both the Senate version and similar legislation floated last year.

The Guardian’s picture editors round up their favourite photos of the past 24 hours

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News and analytics firm ICIS is losing its lead North American carbon markets analyst, Carbon Pulse has learned.

But projectile boulders are not the only hazard facing islanders near the erupting Mount Kilauea.

ICIS, the leading global carbon markets data & research provider, is looking for a Lead Analyst – North American Carbon Markets. Ideally, the position is based in Houston, Texas or New York City.

UK demand for fruit increased by 27% last year alone, prompting accusations that growers are illegally diverting rivers and leaving locals without water

British supermarkets are selling thousands of tonnes of avocados produced in a Chilean region where villagers claim vast amounts of water are being diverted, resulting in a drought.

Major UK supermarkets including Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl source avocados from Chile’s largest avocado-producing province, Petorca, where water rights have been violated.

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Photographer Dougie Wallace turns his lens away from the pampered dogs of the world to its antithesis: the beach dogs of Goa. In doing so, Wallace has produced a wildlife project from a street photographer’s perspective, shot from a dog’s eye view

• Goan to the Dogs will be on display at his Well Heeled exhibition at the Hospital Club, Covent Garden, as part of Photo London, 17-20 May
• Signed copies of Well Heeled available at Dewi Lewis 4pm on 18 May

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From a tiny sound recorder in a Victorian sheep paddock comes a startling array of sounds - some identifiable and some complete mysteries. Relax and let this earworm do its work.

‘Exploratory drilling will be as easy as building a garden wall or conservatory’ – Greenpeace

Fracking opponents have reacted with anger after ministers unveiled measures to help projects through the planning system, which campaigners said would make drilling a shale well as easy as building a conservatory.

Shale gas explorers will be able to drill test sites without applying for planning permission and fracking sites could be classed as nationally significant infrastructure, meaning approval would come at a national rather than local level.

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Britain is being taken to the European Court of Justice over persistent breaches of pollution limits.

Britain is being taken to the European Court of Justice over persistent breaches of pollution limits.

European court of justice can impose multimillion euro fines if the UK and five other countries do not address the problem

The UK and five other nations have been referred to Europe’s highest court for failing to tackle illegal levels of air pollution.

The European court of justice has the power to impose multimillion euro fines if the countries do not address the problem swiftly. The nations - the UK, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Romania - had been given a final warning by the European commission in January. Toxic air results in hundreds of thousands of early deaths across Europe each year.

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The very first stars to shine in the Universe left a tell-tale trace in a far-distant galaxy.

The very first stars to shine in the Universe left a tell-tale trace in a far-distant galaxy.

Three insecticides blamed for bee colony collapses will be restricted to greenhouses.

Three insecticides blamed for bee colony collapses will be restricted to greenhouses.

EU carbon prices broke new ground above €15 after Thursday’s auction attracted sturdy interest and cleared at the highest level since 2011.

New Zealand’s coalition government on Thursday announced its 2018 budget, which included plans for a NZ$100-million ($69 mln) Green Investment Fund as well as additional funding to establish the Climate Change Commission advisory, carry out ETS amendments and prepare for internationally-linked carbon markets.