Iowa approves carbon pipeline: The Iowa state Utility Board approved Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposal to build 700 miles of carbon pipeline across Iowa but required the company to gain approval from four other states before it will grant a permit. (KGAN-TV)
Grocery inflation 1 percent: Grocery prices will rise by a modest 1 percent this year, the smallest increase in five years; seafood and dairy products would decline, and most categories of food would see smaller-than-usual increases, said the monthly Food Price Outlook. (USDA)
Seek 67 percent increase: A trade group for biomass-based diesel and sustainable aviation fuel makers petitioned the EPA to increase by 2 billion gallons for 2024 and 2025 the Renewable Fuel Standard for biomass-based diesel to reflect sharply rising production volumes. (Clean Fuels)
Denmark taxes farm emissions: Beginning in 2030, Danish farmers will be taxed for carbon dioxide emissions from their farms — the first such tax in the world, with government pledging financial aid to farmers who plant trees and retire low-lying, high-emission land from production. (Copenhagen Post)
Extreme wildfires more frequent: The frequency at which extreme wildfires occur has more than doubled in the past two decades, driven by startling increases in the U.S. West, Canada, and Russia, said scientists who reviewed satellite data. (Nature)