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Environment secretary will hope move can reset relations with farmers after inheritance tax row

The environment secretary, Steve Reed, is to announce a five-year extension of the seasonal farm worker scheme in an attempt to reset relations with farmers after fury over inheritance tax.

Making his pitch to farmers at the National Farmers’ Union conference in central London on Tuesday, Reed will also announce the opening of a new national biosecurity centre to tackle diseases including foot-and-mouth and bluetongue.

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Dog walker’s close encounter prompts debate over whether the animals, once native to UK, should remain

Sightings of wild boar on Dartmoor have raised suspicions a guerrilla rewilder has been releasing them – and prompted a debate over whether they should be allowed to remain.

Videos of a group of boar on the moors in Devon were posted online earlier this month, and a dog walker has recently complained of a close encounter with one of them, which frightened his pet.

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Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy roughly doubled the volume of carbon credits it retired in 2024 compared to the year before, according to its annual report released Tuesday, as critics accuse it of ignoring shareholder concerns about its climate strategy.

Scientists have developed a solar-powered system that captures CO2 from the air and converts it into synthetic fuel, offering a potential breakthrough in carbon capture and utilisation technologies.

Large-scale bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a key technology in many climate mitigation plans, is not viable outside agricultural land due to severe environmental constraints, according to a new study.

Members of the public are more willing to follow expert climate advice, even when it contradicts their prior beliefs, new research has found, offering potential for more effective voluntary climate action.

The long duration compressed air storage project has NSW development approval and soon will have its energy market rule change too.

The post Compressed air battery wins state approval for Silver City blackout fix in Broken Hill appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Italian long-duration energy storage company sets up APAC headquarters in Melbourne as it looks for sites in Victoria to deploy its proprietary CO2 battery.

The post Italian company behind “carbon dome” energy storage sets up a base in Melbourne appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A long election night in Germany has ended with five parties entering the next parliament and the conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) under chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz becoming the strongest force. Since both the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the pro-Russia Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) failed to clear […]

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A lack of standardised greenhouse gas reporting has led to significant underestimation of corporate methane emissions, potentially distorting climate policies and transition risk assessments, according to a new study.

Sanjeev Gupta is looking to pass the Tahmoor coal mine to its ninth owner for an asking price of $800 million. But who is going to step in and take responsibility for its emissions?

The post Who will take on the emissions of Australia’s most polluting coal mine if Gupta sells? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal Coalition ready to take leaf out of Trump's playbook and attack key institutions and attack experts who point out its policy failings.

The post Trump-lite: Coalition promises purge of experts who call out nuclear bunkum appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Our energies would be better spent tackling the tangible effects of global heating than debating the future dollar value of failing to act. Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Product labelling showing whether food comes mainly from animals or plants can help consumers make more climate-friendly choices. Yi Li, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Over a dozen Washington Republican senators have sponsored a bill that aims to prevent the state from adopting California’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulation, in favour of federal EPA standards.

EnergyAustralia says investment in new storage – up to 1.6 GW by 2030 – will be "critical" as more coal fired power stations are closed.

The post Energy giant cites big battery progress as it prepares to shut down one of Victoria’s last coal generators appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US EPA on Friday reaffirmed it would allow year-round sales of E15 – gasoline blended with 15% ethanol – across eight states beginning late April.

Wind project lambasted by local MP Barnaby Joyce and his partner has won majority support with its redesigned project, the developers say.

The post “Packet of poo tickets” wind project wins majority support from New England locals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices sold off over the week with the benchmark once again sliding below $22 on Monday as near-term winter weather forecasts normalised and traders positioned ahead of the upcoming first quarterly permit sale next month.

Fiji is aiming to launch a public registry for its carbon projects by late 2025 in order to record free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) processes in a transparent way, according to industry groups working in the Pacific island nation.