In Brief: UK government sued over biomass strategy; Germany’s climate budget faces uncertainty

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The UK government is being sued by environmental groups over its biomass strategy, which includes plans to invest in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. The lawsuit is being brought by charity the Lifescape Project and backed by campaign group the Partnership for Policy Integrity, which are contesting the validity of BECCS technology. The groups argue that the government has miscalculated the climate benefits of this scheme, and they warn that burning biomass will only create “negative emissions” if the newly planted biomass can store the same amount of carbon dioxide that has previously been emitted and stored underground.