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Applications to the sustainable farming initiative no longer accepted but no clarity on what will replace it and when

Farming and countryside groups in England are furious that the government has paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little information about what will replace it and when.

In a statement on Tuesday evening the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the sustainable farming incentive would no longer accept new applications.

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US lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have reintroduced legislation to repeal 45Q tax credits that have become a negotiating tool to avoid a looming government shutdown this week.

“Farming” behaviour is very unusual in the non-human world. As lyrebirds forage, they cultivate the soil and shore up their own food sources. Alex Maisey, Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University Andrew Bennett, Emeritus Professor in Ecology, La Trobe University Angie Haslem, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, landscape and fire ecology, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The global energy transition will withstand climate sceptic policy emerging from the Trump administration, former US climate envoy John Kerry said on Tuesday.

Startup carbon removal (CDR) companies and university teams are invited to apply for up to several million dollars' worth of grants to start a pilot project in Kenya.

A coalition of US industry groups has challenged a recent federal decision related to California’s authority to regulate truck emissions.

EU carbon prices halted two days of gains on Tuesday, giving up an early advance and falling through technical supports after a weak auction in the morning, as selling picked up amid a darkening macroeconomic mood and ahead of Wednesday's weekly positions data that was expected to show a sharp fall in long positions.

The EU and Germany have an opportunity to pioneer innovative carbon removal policy, as the US appears set to reverse direction — but this will require short-term strategies for negative emissions, along with long-term goals, according to a German think tank.

As the pace of the global energy transition slows faced with higher costs and a decreasing focus on decarbonisation, the field of clean energy projects and companies is thinning out in a way that is leaving only realistic projects standing, panellists said Tuesday at CERAWeek in Houston.

The European Commission’s blueprint for national nature restoration plans has drawn widespread criticism from environmental groups, landowners, and industry representatives, with concerns ranging from property rights to weak data and funding gaps.

There’s no shortage of waste biomass in North America from which to produce bio-oil and sequester the captured CO2 underground, said the CEO of a San Francisco-based developer who hopes to reach price levels below $200/tonne in the 2030s.

A Manaus-based carbon standard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Buenos Aires-based carbon project development platform and marketplace to expand its foothold in Latin America, with an initial focus on Brazil and Argentina.

Costs could rise up to 80% in the next decade for emissions-intensive industries covered by the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), potentially putting EU producers at a disadvantage, a global consultancy has said.

UK-based biodiversity monitoring company NatureMetrics has launched a tool for businesses and conservationists to assess the health of habitats.

The European Commission put forward new state aid rules on Tuesday in support of its Clean Industrial Deal initiative, allowing EU countries to subsidise renewables, industrial decarbonisation, and other clean technologies.

Some 362 NGOs have urged the EU to reject the so-called ‘omnibus’ proposal for streamlining its sustainability reporting in legislation on topics including biodiversity.

RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ giving fresh momentum to longtime efforts to outlaw additives, which is now a bipartisan movement

At least a dozen US states – from traditionally conservative Oklahoma to liberal-leaning New York – are rushing to pass laws outlawing commonly used dyes and other chemical additives in foods, citing a need to protect public health.

In one of the most far-reaching efforts, West Virginia last week advanced a sweeping ban on a range of common food dyes that have been linked to health problems, particularly for children, with overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats.

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Cuts to foreign aid programmes worldwide are set to accelerate the uptake of private involvement in climate and biodiversity finance, though this will likely come with increased risks for investors as well as local communities, according to observers.

Australia is unlikely to meet its planned target of 82% of electricity sourced from renewable energy by 2030 no matter who wins the upcoming election, but output could be much lower under the conservative opposition, according to a report released Tuesday.

The developers of 77 decarbonisation projects signed agreements on Tuesday for grants of up to €262 million through the EU ETS-funded Innovation Fund, the European Commission announced.