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India needs to make sure that projects deemed eligible to supply carbon credits under its recently announced voluntary carbon market hold a high standard for the new programme to be a credible tool to cut greenhouse gas emissions, experts have warned.

Exclusive: ‘We need to listen to the scientists. Excessive pesticide use is killing our bees,’ say company heads in letter to minister

The UK government should stop ignoring the science and block a bee-killing pesticide from being used, business leaders have said.

The neonicotinoid pesticide Cruiser SB is used on sugar beet and is highly toxic to bees. It is banned in the EU but the UK has provisionally agreed to its emergency use every year since leaving the bloc. In 2017, the then environment secretary, Michael Gove, promised to use Brexit to ban all neonicotinoids.

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Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina’s renewable energy division and forest developer PT Inhutani have signed an agreement for a nature-based solutions project in North Kalimantan, home to vast tropical forests.

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The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies on Thursday evening passed a bill establishing a national cap-and-trade programme, though the legislation will now head back to the senate after undergoing a number of changes.

A scientific mission to the animals' tropical forest home in South East Asia led to the find.

Conservationists call for more action after reptiles, fish and birds added to list, including 10 species deemed critically endangered

Seventeen species, including two birds, two fish, several reptiles and the Lord Howe earthworm, have been added to Australia’s list of threatened species.

The sooty shearwater, known for its long-distance journeys, has been listed as vulnerable, while the red-tailed tropicbird, which breeds on Christmas Island, has been listed as endangered.

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California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) both declined over the past week, as “random” end-of-year market dynamics took hold of thinning volume in the former, while the prices for the latter could be driven by weakening hydropower in the Pacific Northwest in the near future, market participants noted.

A deadly strain of bird flu is circulating in animals. So far the virus has been detected in seabirds on islands near Antarctica. What does this mean for wildlife, tourism and research? Hanne E F Nielsen, Senior lecturer, University of Tasmania Meagan Dewar, Lecturer in the School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University Australia Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Neoen flags construction of its second biggest solar project after awarding EPC contract and emerging as winner of NSW generation tender.

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California gasoline sales for September dipped in comparison to levels seen in August while diesel consumption continued its upward trajectory for a second month, although both values hovered below 2022 levels, according to state data released Thursday.

Energy exchange EEX late Thursday published next year's EU carbon allowance auction schedule, showing a increase of 22% over the volume sold between January and August this year.

Did the enormous West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse the last time global temperatures were 1.5°C above preindustrial levels? The answer lay in the DNA of an octopus. Sally Lau, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University Jan Strugnell, Professor Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University Nerida Wilson, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) on Wednesday issued the first carbon offsets under the state's cap-and-invest programme, awarding them to two projects that collected and destroyed refrigerant gases.

Valuing ecosystem services with monetary figures of investments can help to show conservation activities' true profitability, Hague-headquartered ASN Bank has said.

Outrage in Colaton Raleigh after trees felled by government agency without consulting community

Not much happens in the sleepy village of Colaton Raleigh, where almost half of the residents are retired. So local walkers were horrified when they woke up one morning to an act of “environmental vandalism” that left behind the maimed stumps of 100 ancient beech trees.

Residents in the east Devon community are grieving the loss of the beloved trees, which were located in a special conservation area and site of special scientific interest, home to lots of local plants and animals, after they were felled by a government agency without consulting the community or council.

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New clean energy record set after windfarms generate 21.8GW in half an hour on Thursday morning

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The blustery weather brought by Storm Pia has helped Britain’s windfarms set a new clean energy record, with wind turbines generating more than half of the country’s electricity.

Windfarms generated 21.8 gigawatts (GW) of electricity between 8am and 8.30am on Thursday, according to RenewableUK, a not-for-profit renewable energy trade association, citing figures from National Grid’s electricity system operator (ESO).

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A certifier’s new REDD+ methodology would have issued fewer carbon credits to past REDD+ projects in three of four cases studied, according to newly-published research, potentially mitigating over-crediting associated with forestry-based activities.

A key test of the impact of the COP28 UN climate talks will be whether the ambition filters through to countries’ updated NDC climate pledges, but experts say the vague language and loopholes of an otherwise breakthrough agreement could hamper this.