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Photographer Lisa Alexander is based on a merino sheep property near Blackall in south-west Queensland. She believes we are constantly surrounded by beauty, even in the depths of drought, and seeks to capture this in her work

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Question mark over freeport in Tees Valley after ecological disaster puts communities in the north east of England at loggerheads with the government

Stan Rennie has indelicate hands that aren’t good for typing. He’s not the kind of person who cares much for technology at all.

But over the last year, the fisherman has found himself spending less time outdoors and more time glued to his computer, tapping out stern emails to politicians and researching niche areas of environmental law. “It’s taken over his life,” his daughter Sarah, 36, says.

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Decades-long research of the southern right whale reveals normal calving times every three years has increased to four to five years

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An endangered whale species found off Australia’s southern coast is calving less often, a decades-long research project has revealed.

The southern right whale usually calf every three years but a Curtin University-led study has found the majority of whales are having an offspring every four to five years.

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The government money for England's rural economy replaces EU funding for rural areas.

After Monday's scrubbed lift-off bid, the Space Launch System rocket is about to give it another go.

Australia has more than 60 species of native rodents found nowhere else in the world. New research used museum specimens to find out how they got here. Emily Roycroft, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Emitters hit a nearly 1.5-year high in their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length this week, while financial players slightly decreased their position following the publication of the Q3 WCI auction result and the August contract expiry, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

Two leading academic experts showed professional constraint on Friday during a heated debate on opposing economic growth models, including whether continuous growth can be sustained in a landscape of accelerating climate change.

The newly-minted Canadian Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) are in danger of not living up to their GHG abatement potential and continuing to incentivise fossil fuel production, while expectations for credit supply from CCS projects and overall prices remain uncertain, according to low-carbon transportation groups, analysts, and market participants.

The summer holidays are over. Carbon traders had a fun August in which EUA prices went up €22 and then went back down €22, but now the grown-ups are back from the beach and stuff's getting real, writes Alessandro Vitelli.

Ukraine's president accused Russia of 'radiation blackmail' after shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. 'They want you to show weakness, to give up and stop supporting Ukraine,' said Zelenskiy in an address to Ambrosetti International Economic Forum in Italy on Friday. 

An IAEA inspection team finally reached the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant on Thursday. 'It is obvious that the plant and physical integrity of the plant have been violated several times,' said the chief inspector, Rafael Grossi, in brief comments to reporters after his team took a preliminary look at the plant's condition. 

Energoatom, Ukraine's nuclear energy agency however, said the IAEA was not shown certain areas of the site on Telegram. Energoatom accused Russia of giving a limited tour of the plant to undermine the IAEA's ability to get a grip on the 'facts on the ground'

• Physical integrity of Zaporizhzhia plant ‘violated’, says UN nuclear chief
• Russia-Ukraine war: Russia says gas pipeline suspended indefinitely; G7 nations agree price cap for Russian oil – live

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The successful reintroduction of these charismatic, industrious rodents proves that restoring ecosystems is possible

“Merely a trifle! Merely a trifle! And it isn’t really finished!” says CS Lewis’s Mr Beaver when Susan, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, compliments his dam. In icy Narnia, the Beavers come to the children’s rescue after their friend Mr Tumnus is captured. They are ingenious, energetic, helpful to humans – in other words, not entirely dissimilar from how conservationists might describe them (with the exception of Lewis’s thoroughly old-fashioned view of gender roles: while Mr Beaver is the couple’s builder, Mrs Beaver is a seamstress).

Beavers were hunted to extinction across much of Europe hundreds of years ago. When The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was published in 1950 they were, although not mythical creatures, partly imaginary ones in the sense that vanishingly few Britons had ever seen one. It is no wonder, given how warmly their memory lived on in books such as Lewis’s, that their successful reintroduction to England and Scotland is widely if not universally regarded as good news.

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Germany is set to extend the lives of two nuclear power plants beyond this year based on results of soon-to-be-published security of supply tests, according to domestic media outlets, a move that would further ease pressure on energy supplies as mandatory demand cuts start to bite.

Pakistan's geography - and its immense glaciers - make it vulnerable to climate change.

The UK government has awarded £3.3 million in funding to research the next generation of cutting edge nuclear reactors, a day after outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged a “Great British nuclear campaign” that will see eight new plants built.

Protesters tweet photo showing three members in front of Speaker’s seat as two others hold up signs

Climate activists have superglued themselves in a chain around the Speaker’s chair in the House of Commons chamber.

Extinction Rebellion said its supporters launched the protest in parliament in support of a “citizens’ assembly” to help deliver action on the climate crisis.

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Exclusive: conservationists hail government-backed projects led by farmers and landowners to revive biodiversity

Ambitious schemes by farmers and landowners to restore nature and reduce flooding while still producing food will be supported by the government in 22 locations across England.

The landscape recovery scheme is being hailed by land managers and conservationists as the most “exciting and important” step in a generation to restore lost biodiversity.

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European carbon prices erased gains made late on Thursday and resumed their gradual decline amid steady selling, as energy prices also dropped away amid reports that the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will resume deliveries to Europe on Saturday after completing a short maintenance turnaround.

New paper issues ‘warning to humanity’ as it calls for urgent action to protect world’s 60,000 tree species

Scientists have issued an urgent “warning to humanity” about the global impact of tree extinctions.

A new paper predicts severe consequences for people, wildlife and the planet’s ecosystems if the widespread loss of trees continues. “Last year, we published the State of the World’s Trees report, where we showed at least 17,500 tree species, about a third of the world’s 60,000 tree species, are at risk of extinction,” said Malin Rivers, lead author of the paper and head of conservation prioritisation at Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). “Now we want to highlight why it matters that so many tree species are going extinct.

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