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Lords inquiry finds grey belt idea largely redundant

BBC - Wed, 2025-02-05 12:37
The Built Environment Committee says the concept has been "eclipsed" by other planning rule changes.
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New Mexico Dems seek to close biogas “loophole” in clean fuels standard

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 11:55
A new state Senate bill aims to prevent biogas from being assigned a negative carbon intensity (CI) score in the state’s nascent clean fuels standard.
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Banksy fan badger wins hearts in wildlife photo competition

BBC - Wed, 2025-02-05 11:33
Ian Wood put up the Banksy design in the hope of an 'art-imitates-life' photo op
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Alberta January TIER spot price continues year-long weakening trend despite no new supply

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 10:45
The Alberta Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) programme’s spot price fell in the first month of 2025, with no new offsets or EPCs serialised, according to a report published Monday.
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BRIEFING: California DAC firms challenged by regulatory uncertainty, high energy costs

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 10:17
High energy prices, regulatory uncertainty, and a lack of offtakers are among the several challenges direct air capture (DAC) firms are facing when considering project development in California.
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UK’s new agri-environment schemes could benefit farming, but most farmers still not confident -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 10:01
The UK's new agri-environment schemes and England's biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy could make the average farmer better off, but the majority of farmers are still not confident they will benefit from changes, a new report has found.
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“Urgent change in gear” needed for EU’s cleantech sector, industry says

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 10:01
“An urgent change in gear” is needed to ensure the EU’s cleantech sector grows at the same time as the bloc decarbonises, a coalition of industry and think tanks said on Wednesday ahead of the European Commission's much-awaited Clean Industrial Deal initiative.
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Fossil gas boilers set to dominate well into the 2030s in Europe, think tank warns

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 10:01
Without further incentives, a cumulative 50 million extra boilers running on fossil fuels could be sold across Europe by 2040, setting the EU off track from its decarbonisation targets, researchers warned on Wednesday.
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Raise carbon taxes, reform fossil fuel subsidies to meet LATAM and Caribbean climate targets -UN report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 09:56
Latin American and Caribbean countries would see increased revenues from hiking carbon taxes and reforming fossil fuel subsidies - equipping the region with the finance needed to deliver on Paris Agreement commitments, according to a report by a UN commission.
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Carbon crediting, regulatory support can boost LATAM aviation decarbonisation amid SAF shortage -report

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 09:51
Increasing homegrown carbon credit supply and instituting comprehensive regulatory frameworks can help airlines in Latin American and the Caribbean meet compliance requirements under the UN's CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme amid a shortage of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to a report published last week.
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EU ban on fossil fuels feasible, says green group

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 09:01
The European Union should impose a ban on new fossil fuel projects in what would be a "perfectly feasible" policy move, according to environmentalists.
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Enhanced rock weathering falls short on CO2 storage -study initial results

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2025-02-05 08:50
Enhanced rock weathering tests haven’t yet resulted in carbon sequestration on Mid-Atlantic, US farmland, results from a preliminary study from the area have claimed.
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Spending on flood defences set to rise to record levels

BBC - Wed, 2025-02-05 08:35
The money will be spent on projects ranging from tidal barriers and flood walls to nature-based solutions.
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Minister promises to spend £250m to top up England’s flood defences

The Guardian - Wed, 2025-02-05 08:30

Labour pledges to protect 66,500 more properties, criticising previous Tory efforts

Ministers are topping up flood defence investment in England to a “record” £2.65bn, after accusing the previous government of “putting lives at risk” by under-spending.

An extra £250m is being pledged on top of the £2.4bn previously announced, to shore up defences and protect an extra 66,500 properties from flooding over a two-year period, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

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