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New estimates suggest that plastic pollution in the oceans has risen dramatically since 2005.

Australian renewables and storage financial commitments get big bump in December quarter, but is still trailing well behind needed to replace ageing coal plants.

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European carbon extended its rally for a third day, pushing the week-to-date's gains to more than 7% as traders continued to back up bullish sentiment with steady buying in relatively low volume, while energy prices rose for a second day amid a cold snap across much of Europe.

The Malaysian government will commit RM10 million ($2.2 mln) to help kickstart the country’s newly-formed carbon market by providing finance for local projects that generate carbon credits, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced at a conference in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.

South Korea on Wednesday sold fewer than 70% of the allowances on offer in its monthly CO2 permit auction amid dwindling buy interest, which observers expect to be sustained this year despite a possible rebound in the country's emissions.

Luxembourg-based eco.business Fund and Kenya’s Absa Bank have signed a $10-million financing deal for sustainable agriculture in the East African country, with a view to expanding their cooperation across the sub-Saharan region.

South Korea's major trade group plans to establish a voluntary carbon market (VCM) trading platform, which will be launched in the second half of this year at the earliest as a supplement to the domestic mandatory emissions trading scheme, local media reported.

Non-native species are now more numerous in wild – with implications for native insects

Half of Britain and Ireland’s native plants have declined over the past 20 years, with non-native species now more numerous in the wild, a major study has found.

Thousands of botanists from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) have spent the past 20 years collecting data on changes in the British and Irish flora.

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Three non-violent Insulate Britain activists have been jailed for telling juries why they were protesting

Restrictions placed on non-violent climate protesters who have been tried in criminal courts were part of a “deeply concerning” “pincer movement” narrowing their rights to free expression, leading lawyers have told the Guardian.

Three Insulate Britain activists are serving jail terms for contempt of court for breaching rulings made by a judge that they were not to mention the climate crisis, fuel poverty or the history of the peaceful civil rights movement to juries.

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Australia’s peak scientific body has launched a A$20 million ($13 mln) research programme to develop new and innovative ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere and permanently lock it away.

Barnaby Joyce's fiancée follows his objections to huge wind farm with wild rant citing stressed dogs, reproductive problems for cows and sheep and massive destruction.

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Scientists who trained bees to open a puzzle find that they pass the knowledge on to their colonies.

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Western Australia's wind farms once again tops the performance charts in February, while wind helps squeeze out gas in the south.

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Debate and dog whistling continues over the Safeguard Mechanism. Meanwhile, the problem in most states is not enough wind energy production.

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Future of 900MW wind farm hangs in balance as three appeals lodged – one challenging operating restrictions and two seeking to block the project.

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The annual supply of NZUs in New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme is expected to fall significantly in coming years, according to new data by the country’s environment ministry, with the predicted unit demand-supply gap expected to widen considerably.

A 20-year survey of plants shows how agriculture and climate change is affecting UK flora.