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UK public is becoming more ‘carbon capable’ – here’s what that means

Research suggests significant improvements in the UK public's climate change knowledge, attitudes and behaviour.

India plans to expand domestic coal mining to meet growing power demand (AFP)
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India coal expansion risks massive methane growth: report

India's coal expansion could double methane emissions by 2029, threatening its climate goals, warns a new report.

Map of Bolivia and southern Brazil showing the active fires on September 17 and 18 (as of September 18 at 0600 GMT) (AFP)
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Brazil fires need harsher punishment: environmental police boss

Brazil's wildfires, driven by illegal land clearing and arson, intensify amid severe drought, calling for tougher laws.

Three of four shipping containers chained to the ocean floor are seen at low tide in the Bay of Fundy off the coast of Walton, N.S., on Tuesday, Sept.10, 2024. Transport Canada has issued an order to a bankrupt tidal power company and the bankruptcy trustee to put up buoys to mark four containers abandoned in the entrance of the harbour in Walton, N.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Transport Canada orders plan to remove huge tidal power moorings left near N.S. town

Occurrent Power moorings must be moved by bankrupt tidal power company and bankruptcy trustees, rules government after local outrage.

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows a flooded area in Glucholazy, Poland, in this still image from a social media video taken on September 15, 2024. RADIO OPOLE/via REUTERS/File Photo
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Polish power system is safe despite flooding, grid operator says

Ongoing floods 'have not damaged transmission infrastructure' says power grid operator, after helicopters check electricity lines.

FILE PHOTO: An Alaska Airlines aircraft flies past the U.S. Capitol before landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 24, 2022.   REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
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AIR COMPANY gets Avfuel, Alaska Airlines backing in funding round

SAF manufacturer AIR COMPANY secures investment from aviation fuel supplier who will act as preferred distribution and logistics partner.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Meta closes deal to buy up to 3.9 million carbon credits in Latin America

Facebook owner buys credits for BTG Pactual forestry projects at an undisclosed price for carbon offsetting.

FILE PHOTO: View shows cars waiting in traffic on a road near Porta Nuova district in Milan, Italy, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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EU ban on CO2 cars is ‘self-destructive’, Italy’s Meloni says

Giorgia Meloni attacks zero-emission target for European bloc for 'dismantling entire sectors' on the road to transition.

Fishmongers along Colombia's Atrato river complain they can't find buyers for their catch, because residents fear being poisoned (AFP)
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In Colombia, a river’s ‘rights’ swept away by mining and conflict

Despite a landmark ruling granting Colombia's Atrato River legal rights in 2016, illegal mining and conflict persist.

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, between Derby and Nottingham in central England, is due to close on September 30 (AFP)
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‘End of an era’: UK to shut last coal-fired power plant

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, a coal landmark in the UK, will close, marking the end of UK coal power.

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