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The US government opens up more federal lands for solar – to 31 million acres​

More federal lands for solar​

The proposed updated Western Solar Plan is a roadmap for Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) governance of solar energy proposals and projects on public lands.

It bumps up the acreage from the 22 million acres it recommended in January, and this plan adds five additional states – Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming – to the six states – Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah – analyzed in the original plan.

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The US government opens up more federal lands for solar – to 31 million acres

The Biden administration has finalized a plan to expand solar on 31 million acres of federal lands in 11 western states.
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Bureau of Land Management releases proposed Western Solar Plan

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EU allows member states to boost farmer payments after protests​

BRUSSELS, Sept 13 (Reuters) - European Union member states can increase the funds they pay to farmers, the European Commission said on Friday, after protests by farmers earlier in the year forced policymakers to scale back climate rules.

The Commission said it would allow EU member states to pay higher advances of Common Agriculture Policy funds to farmers, which would allow them to receive up to 70% of direct payments in advance starting in October, and up to 85% in advance payments for area and animal-based interventions under rural development.

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Firms including Amazon to buy $180 million in carbon credits from namesake rainforest​

SAO PAULO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab and other companies have agreed to buy carbon offset credits that will support the conservation of its namesake rainforest in the Brazilian state of Para, in a deal valued at around $180 million.

Amazon and at least five other firms will make the purchase through the LEAF Coalition forest conservation initiative, which it helped to found in 2021 with a group of companies and governments including the United States and United Kingdom.

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Big Banks Flee Climate Coalition Formed to Reduce Carbon Emissions​

U.S. megabanks want to leave behind some green finance pledges in 2024.

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Bank of America this week withdrew from an ambitious pandemic-era climate coalition designed to help drive a shift to reduce carbon emissions by businesses. That followed withdrawals over the past month by Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs from the United Nations-backed coalition, known as the Net-Zero Banking Alliance.

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the nation by assets and the only major U.S. bank left in the coalition, is also considering withdrawing from it, a person familiar with the matter said. A JPMorgan spokeswoman said “the bank regularly evaluates memberships” to ensure they further its “client and business interests.”

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