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Worldwide Highlights

• In a novel approach to hosting a climate change summit a new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém 🤦

• Trump's EPA chief says he just drove 'dagger' through climate change rules

  • Here is a breakdown of major US EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate

• Swedish car battery start-up Northvolt files for bankruptcy with debt of $8bn

• ‘All the birds returned’: How China led the way in water and soil conservation

• Senate Republicans launch legislation to shield US companies from EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) rules

• Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity

UK Highlights

• The UK government has unveiled its £1.8 billion Warm Homes Plan, which will benefit up to 170,000 homes.

• Richest farmers in England may lose sustainability funding in Defra review

  • On which note, here’s a deeper look at sustainability farming in UK, from crop rotation to ‘mob-grazed’ livestock: inside the sustainable farm beloved by King Charles

• The UK Government introduces ‘ambitious’ Planning and Infrastructure Bill hailed as ‘historic opportunity’

  • But proposals hinge on effective governance, leaving authorities and public bodies asking: with what money?

• Public EV chargepoints in the UK hit 75,000 milestone

  • With EVs accounting for 1 in 4 cars sold in February, with the UK biggest EV market in Europe in 2024

• Renewable energy investment company Thrive Renewables has formed a strategic joint venture with impact investor Better Society Capital, to mobilise £40m for community-owned wind and solar projects across the UK

• World's first ammonia-fuelled ship arrives in London

• Whistleblower claims the energy giant Drax attempted to silence her after she raised concerns that it had misled Ofgem about the sustainability of its operations [cached copy]

The Daily Climate Sceptic

• Bain & Company: should Net Zero aims be pushed back to 2070?