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Strength in Crude Oil Underpins Sugar Prices

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) today is up +0.36 (+2.06%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) is up +6.00 (+1.21%). Sugar prices today added to Thursday’s gains and posted 1-week highs. Strength in crude prices is boosting sugar, with today’s +1% rally in WTI crude...

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Don’t bin it, compost it: a beginner’s guide to smarter food waste

From worm farms to Bokashi bins, there are plenty of options available. But more important than how you compost is that you do it at all

The Guardian - AU

Colombia takes regional lead in Indigenous self-government, raising hopes for Amazon protection

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across parts of the Amazon

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Global methane emissions still far above what countries report, IEA warns

The fossil fuel industry released more than 120 million tonnes of methane in 2024, keeping emissions close to record highs, the International Energy Agency said this week. The level has barely changed since 2019, despite global pledges to cut this powerful greenhouse gas.

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Recycling asphalt pavement can help the environment − now scientists are putting the safety of recycled pavement to the test

More than 90% of paved roads in the U.S. are made of asphalt, which is constructed with nonrenewable materials such as petroleum. One way to make paving more sustainable is to recycle old pavement. When roads break down and need repaving, transportation agencies can recycle their old pavement into a…

The Conversation

Climate change made April's catastrophic floods worse, report finds

A report into April's deadly flooding has found that climate change made the central Mississippi River valley's extreme weather event more likely and more intense.

LiveScience

Air pollution monitoring to protect people and wildlife in national parks suspended after former oil exec given oversight of National Park Service

The change comes amid fears that other conservation programmes will be next in the firing line

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Forest and park service worker cuts leave wildland firefighting crews short-staffed

Forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon say Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge

The Independent UK

Deadly April rainfall in US South and Midwest was intensified by climate change, scientists say

Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and other states in early April and made it more likely to occur

The Independent UK

Brazilian state's deforestation amnesty poses 'one of the greatest threats' to the Amazon

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest inside the Jaci-Parana conservation zone and turned it into pasture

The Independent UK

Utility bills could rise as Trump’s EPA to end Energy Star program, experts warn

Reported closure of program for home appliances comes amid president’s hatred of water-conserving showers

The Guardian - US

Ethical super fund says QBE ‘not joining the dots’ between fossil fuel projects and rising premiums

Australian Ethical, which holds $56m worth of QBE shares, calls on insurer to overhaul its policies which allow it to underwrite oil and gas projects without restriction before AGM

The Guardian - AU

What to do if your neighbor's tree is blocking sunlight from your yard – an attorney explains the rules to follow to avoid legal consequences

Don't be too quick to pick up your pruning shears, it could place you in the middle of a legal dispute

Homes & Gardens

More than 40% of electricity used in Australia’s main power grid at start of year was renewable

Data suggests pollution from energy is falling again after previously stalling, but experts say faster growth needed to achieve Labor goal of 82% renewable electricity by 2030

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Puerto Rico governor under fire as federal funds for solar projects are stalled

Puerto Rico’s governor has come under fire as her pledge to support the investment of millions of federal dollars in solar projects across the U.S. territory appears to fade

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Wildfires burn thousands of acres on tribal lands in North Dakota

Thousands of acres of tribal lands in North Dakota have burned in the last several days due to wildfires amid dry and breezy conditions

The Guardian - UK

‘Blood timber’: western firms fuel conflict and ‘slavery’ in Colombia

Trade in uncertified hardwood illegally logged in Chocó rainforest and imported by US and Europe is financing paramilitaries, says Environmental Investigation Agency

The Guardian - US

Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report

Producers promoted chemical recycling – processes used to break plastics into constituent molecules – but knew of limitations

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Australian farmland values just keep on growing

Farmland values have surged in Tasmania and Queensland off the back of a rebound in cattle prices, while the market in drought-affected areas has slowed.

The Guardian - US

First-of-its-kind Hawaii bill raises tourist taxes to fund climate relief

Governor is expected to sign the ‘green fee’, which adds 0.75% levy to state’s existing tax on short-term lodging

Ideal Home

Neighbour’s tree blocking your sunlight? Here’s where you stand legally

From what rights you have, to how to broach the issue with next door

Euronews

Discounts, jobs and better services: Can community engagement create real support for renewables?

Most Europeans support the shift to renewable energy, but translating that into support for actual projects on the ground isn’t easy.

The Guardian - AU

Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds

US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades

The Guardian - US

US jury’s $30m verdict brings hope for Cuban exiles over confiscated land

Lawsuit brought under Helms-Burton could spur others pursuing compensation for property seized by Castro

The Independent UK

A massive coastal restoration project is in peril amid claims Louisiana concealed a critical report

An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coast devastated by the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been thrown deeper into disarray amid claims by Gov. Jeff Landry that his predecessor concealed an unfavorable study that could imperil the $3 billion effort

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