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A trio of past California Carbon Offset (CCO) livestock projects in the Land of 10,000 Lakes are seeking to switch over to the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) instead, according to data published by state regulator ARB on Friday.

Photographer Callie Chee captures the weird and wonderful landscapes that spring to life in the dark

(Please do not pick or eat any mushrooms found growing wild)

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A Chicago-based firm on Friday launched its new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will follow an index composed of carbon allowances, fossil gas, and metals.

Models indicate that there could be between 25 and 30 extreme events a year by mid-century

Millions across the US south-west are bracing for a weekend of sweltering heat as forecasts threaten record-setting high temperatures that will top 100F in several states.

Heat advisories and excessive heat warnings have been issued across portions of roughly half a dozen states and daily records could be broken in more than 75 cities.

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Some 85 vulnerable countries are urging the voluntary carbon market to apply principles from the Paris Agreement's Article 6 emissions trading rulebook, including shaving off a share of credit issuance proceeds to help them cope with a warmer climate.

Labour says leaked white paper suggesting more fish farming and venison ‘borders on preposterous’

• Analysis: Strategy shows no stomach for bold action

Boris Johnson’s new food strategy for England contains virtually no new measures to tackle the soaring cost of food, childhood hunger, obesity or the climate emergency, a leaked version of the white paper shows.

The strategy, seen by the Guardian and due to be published on Monday, was supposed to be a groundbreaking response to recommendations from the restaurateur Henry Dimbleby, who wrote two government-commissioned reports on obesity and the environment.

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While interest in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) continues to surge, some of the underlying mechanics need a revamp to keep pace, according to some experts highlighting how harnessing technology can improve both carbon project verification and overall impacts.

Containerships can cut CO2 emissions by an average of 14% if they optimise speed to arrive ‘just in time’ at ports, according to a report published this week ahead of the shipping sector’s widely-expected entry into the EU ETS and as global-level negotiations struggle to curb the sector's climate impact. 

Nearly half of future Scope 2 emission reductions reported by companies will not be real if they continue to use Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to meet their Science Backed Targets (SBTs) for cutting greenhouse gas pollution, a report has claimed.

Engineered greenhouse gas removals should be integrated into the UK ETS in the mid- to long-term, multiple experts told a conference on Friday, urging linkage of the system to the EU carbon market while pointing to CfDs as a more appropriate immediate approach for scaling the technology.

Renewable heating incentive was set up to help business, public sector and non-profit organisations

A minister, MPs and several aristocratic landowners have received thousands in public funds from a government subsidy intended to stimulate the green transition.

The renewable heating incentive was set up in 2014 to help businesses, public sector and non-profit organisations meet the cost of installing renewable heat systems by paying them a tariff for each unit of heat produced from renewable sources. A parallel system was set up for homes.

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EUAs edged higher in light trading on Friday morning as traders awaited news on the European Parliament's efforts to adopt a position on the Fit for 55 ETS reform package, while energy prices slipped in moderate trade.

World Resources Institute (WRI) intends to award short-term contract to advise on establishing new carbon market mechanisms in Fiji.

The Wye is being killed by toxic industrial chicken factories along its banks. Such disasters are happening all over the UK

The longer this goes on, the deeper the mystery becomes. It’s as if the public authorities had set out to destroy an entire region’s economy. Last year, a group of us tried to raise the profile of an astonishing scandal: the impending collapse of one of the most treasured and “protected” rivers in Europe, the Wye, which flows through Wales and England. We showed how chicken factories in the catchment are turning this beautiful river and its tributaries into open sewers.

The two county councils through which the river mostly flows, Powys and Herefordshire, have between them granted planning permission for giant steel barns (factories, in reality) that contain an estimated 20m birds. Many were approved on the grounds that they would probably have no significant environmental impact. Amazingly, at no point was the cumulative impact considered: every decision was taken as if in isolation.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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South Korean CO2 allowances on Friday fell to their lowest level in nearly a year as traders sold off excess permits ahead of the compliance deadline in order to maximise the amount of units they can bank to next year.

The allowance price in China’s national emissions trading scheme remained unchanged again this week, but trading activity stalled as market participants said newly announced changes in allocation regulations spurred further bearish sentiment.

Governments not listening to people with disabilities despite them being at high risk, say researchers

People with disabilities are being “systematically ignored” by governments around the world when it comes to the climate crisis, even though they are particularly at risk from the impacts of extreme weather, research has shown.

Few countries make provisions for the needs of people with disabilities when they make plans for adapting to the effects of climate breakdown, and none mention disabled people in their programmes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the first comprehensive review of the issue.

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The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a new iguana, a nesting weaver and a rare albino giant tortoise

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A South Korean asset manager is in the process of setting up what is thought to be the nation’s first large-scale fund for the international voluntary carbon market.

Extracting the chemical used in fertilisers from waste rather than mining it could also help reduce pollution

Sewage could provide a novel way of helping consumers with soaring food bills and reducing pollution in our waterways – if sewage plants separated out phosphorus, a vital ingredient of fertiliser, according to a new report.

Phosphorus, found naturally in all plants, is essential for growing plants but its use as a fertiliser is creating widespread pollution in developed countries, because much of it is wasted. Phosphorus is a leading cause of water pollution, as the runoff from fertiliser use in fields produces an excess of nutrients that upset the natural balance of rivers and ponds, leading to algae blooms that harm fish and plants.

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