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RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices headed north of the $11 mark this week on a wave of compliance buying and speculative interest, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values topped out a new all-time record as traders pointed a possible correlation with EU carbon.

Recovering historical genetic data has been severely impeded by the methods used to preserve specimens, from dried butterfly wings to platypus bills floating in alcohol. Erin Hahn, Postdoc, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The European Parliament’s political leaders on Thursday rejected calls for a resolution to seek restrictions on speculation in the bloc’s carbon market and other measures to calm the bloc’s soaring energy prices, instead opting to hold a debate with the other EU institutions.

Louis favours the sulphur-crested cockatoo, the lorikeet is Leon’s choice, while the all-embracing Matilda loves ‘any bird’

• Australian bird of the year poll 2021

The bird of the year competition is a rewarding, yet divisive time for many Guardian readers, and employees.

Tensions fly high on social media as debates rage over the deserved victor: should it be the majestic, yet not-in-any-way threatened Australian pelican? The ACT’s beloved Gang-gang cockatoo, endangered in the wake of destructive bushfires?

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I spend all day at home in lockdown in a state of revulsion. When I’m not cleaning, I’m sneezing

Is it Covid or is it dust? Since I moved into this apartment, I frequently wake up with a runny nose, an inflamed throat and watery eyes.

I’ve never lived in a place that’s so dusty. The amount of dust I must deal with each day is confounding. I am constantly dusting, only for it to return an hour later. Where does it come from? Why is it here? Can we cohabitate or will I inhale so much of it that I’ll eventually choke?

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There is merit in a Caribbean carbon pricing regime, the Jamaican Economy Panel (JEP) of economic and public sector experts from the region said this week, providing guidance on how the policy should be designed to safeguard vulnerable households.

Boris Johnson says leaders' "reckless actions" created the climate crisis and now is the time to act.

Nearly 9 million allowances traded OTC in China’s carbon market over the past couple of days, adding some much-needed liquidity to the market, though most traders are focused on offsets with speculators placing bets on which CCERs might be deemed eligible for the first compliance cycle.

EUA prices declined in early trading on Thursday as sentiment turned bearish, while German power and TTF gas continued to increase as the month and quarter came to an end.

The acceleration in "carbon neutral" LNG cargoes is leading to louder calls for clear reporting on emissions and offset quality, as some companies use methods that cover barely a fifth of the fuel's climate impact while avoiding hundreds of thousands of dollars in offsetting costs.

Romania will phase out coal-fired power by end of 2032, with a majority of its 4.59 GW fleet being shuttered before 2026, according to a deal clinched with the European Commission.

The UN must urgently appoint a special rapporteur on climate change and human rights to galvanise action on the biggest threat to fundamental freedoms

Climate breakdown is making a mockery of human rights.

Start with the most fundamental right of all: the right to life, liberty and security. Two million people have died as a result of a five-fold increase in weather-related disasters in our lifetimes. And given that 90% of these deaths have occurred in developing countries, which have contributed the least to global heating, the climate crisis is also making a mockery of the notion that we are all born equal – as the UN Declaration of Human Rights and numerous national constitutions assert.

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Indonesia will introduce a carbon tax that will apply from Apr. 2022 as a result of an agreement between parliament’s finance commission and the government, according to news reports on Thursday.

A Guardian investigation reveals exploitation is rife in the meat industry, while also being a major source of greenhouse gases. Yet we still subsidise it

The case for cutting meat consumption is so compelling that you would think politicians would be less shy about making it. Yet while campaigners warn with increasing urgency that global livestock production is accelerating climate breakdown and causing devastating damage to nature and human health, governments remain reluctant to tackle meat-eating.

Industrial livestock systems designed to extract ever greater commercial value from farmed animals have repeatedly been shown to depend on cruelty to animals and the armies of workers processing them.

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Sir Richard Branson can launch his rocket plane again after making changes to flight procedures.

Senate oversight committee says controversial regulations that push ARENA into non renewable technologies, including CCS - be cancelled.

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Shenzhen has become the latest Chinese jurisdiction to announce plans for a so-called “inclusive” small-scale offset scheme, aiming to drive production and lifestyle changes that can cut carbon emissions from small businesses, organisations, and individuals.

Taylor and Pitt will spend another $250 million on controversial carbon capture projects - which may not be operational for almost a decade.

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Italian energy giant Enel to treble its renewable energy capacity by 2030 and fast-track its exit from coal power to 2027.

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Switch to five-minute settlements on Friday will favour fast technologies such as battery storage over lumbering end-of-life assets such as coal plants.

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