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Small patches of scrambled egg lichen moved from Cornwall to Breckland region, where it was last seen in 1994

A rare lichen has been reintroduced to its historical habitat of East Anglia – with the help of some bookbinding glue.

Scrambled egg lichen, so named for its bright yellow, crumbly appearance, was once common in the Breckland region of Norfolk and Suffolk but was last seen there in 1994.

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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Australia’s Emission Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC) is seeking feedback on the market’s 2021 soil organic carbon method, as it looks to ensure it meets the scheme’s offset integrity standards (OIS).

Exclusive: Government to grant nature groups a licence for release of rodent species after earlier setbacks

The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the Guardian can reveal.

The environment secretary, Steve Reed, is to announce that nature groups will be able to get a licence for the release. The first releases could happen this autumn.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) expects facilities covered by the Safeguard Mechanism to have emitted more than 9 million tonnes of CO2e above their baselines in 2023-24, it said Friday, while data on SMCs showed issuance levels so far don’t quite meet expectations.

For decades, the Swiss city has been transforming its skyline, and now boasts some of the greenest rooftops in Europe

Susanne Hablützel breaks up her work day by staring out the window at a rooftop garden. The view is not spectacular: a pile of dead wood sits atop an untidy plot that houses chicory, toadflax, thistle and moss.

But Hablützel, a biologist in charge of nature projects in Basel, is enthralled by the plants and creatures the roof has brought in. “Tree fungi have settled in the trunks, and they are great to see – I love mushrooms. You can also see birds now – that wasn’t the case before.”

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Development of Southern Ocean offshore wind zone – that Peter Dutton promises to rescind – moves ahead with federal Labor's blessing, while spooked developers hit pause in the Illawarra.

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President Donald Trump has ordered his government to stop using paper straws. A better approach is to avoid using single-use products. Bhavna Middha, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Kajsa Lundberg, Research Fellow Sustainable Consumption and Policy, Centre for Urban Research, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University Ralph Horne, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The network lobby is arguing that we must wait for the grid to build out renewables and decarbonise before doing anything about gas demand. It's nonsense.

The post Gas networks resort to fanciful modelling in new scare campaign against electric homes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO flags potential forecast tweaks for consumer energy resources, the gas market, coal closures and EV uptake as it prepares input for its next grid blueprint.

The post Consumer attitudes and earlier coal closures: AEMO mulls scenario tweaks ahead of new grid blueprint appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Optimism from the start of discussions to extend cap-and-trade post 2030 supported California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices higher after a sub-$30 auction result mid-week, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) reversed higher as lawmakers deliberated programme modifications.

Tim Nelson says three major themes have already emerged from submissions to the NEM market review, and how to use consumer resources is one of them.

The post “We’re at an inflection point:” Nelson Review may move quickly on some energy market reforms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A contested South Australia wind project gets planning approval for a new design that slashes turbine numbers in favour of taller and more powerful machines.

The post South Australia wind project gets planning approval after swapping to fewer but taller turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tim Nelson discusses some options being considered by the NEM market review panel, and why his home battery is front of mind. Plus: Big news for pumped hydro and falling storage costs.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Market changes could come quickly appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California’s policy should incorporate carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) and CO2 removal (CDR) into the state's ETS in order to help de-risk and accelerate deployment of the emerging technologies, carbon buyers, and investors said Thursday.

Delegates hammer out compromise on delivering billions of dollars to protect species and their habitats

Delegates from across the world have cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions.

Rich and developing countries on Thursday hammered out a delicate compromise on raising and delivering the billions of dollars needed to protect species, overcoming stark divisions that had scuttled their previous Cop16 meeting in Cali, Colombia last year.

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Funding agreed at UN conference in Rome that would attempt to tackle the rapid loss of biodiversity

EnergyAustralia turns the sod on its first four-hour big battery, and its biggest single project investment as it lays ground for its post-coal strategy.

The post EnergyAustralia breaks ground on its first four-hour big battery in Victorian coal country appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Canadian government’s new pilot scheme for procuring CO2 removal (CDR) services has drawn mixed reactions from industry stakeholders, who say the programme must be more ambitious and flexible to position the country as a global leader in the sector.

The family foundation of an American tech billionaire has announced $5 million in grants to support natural-based solutions (NbS) across the Pacific Northwest (PNW), aiming to accelerate climate change mitigation through ecosystem restoration and carbon capture.