Climate Change

US meat giant Tyson Foods has been sued by an environmental group for misleading consumers about the sustainability credentials of its "climate-smart" Brazen Beef. Tyson Foods, America's largest beef producer, is being accused of…
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UK seaweed packaging startup Notpla has closed a £20M ($26.8M) Series A extension to expand to the US and replace 100 million single-use plastic items by 2026. Notpla, the London-based maker of sustainable packaging, has snapped up £20M…
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Investing in a plant-based food system offers much greater emissions cuts per dollar than renewable energy or electric vehicles, shows a new report. If governments and investors put the same amount of money into plant-based food as they…
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New York City's Health + Hospitals scheme for plant-based meals has received overwhelming support from patients and led to reduced food costs and emissions. Half of all patients in New York City's public hospitals chose to eat vegan…
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By diverting food waste, each food bank prevents as many emissions as 900 cars for a year, according to a new methodology designed to curb methane emissions. The food system has a methane problem. The greenhouse gas has contributed…
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Curbing the carbon footprint of what we eat won’t require an agricultural revolution. It's already happening in farms and ranches across the country. By Ayurella Horn-Muller Early into his new book The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s…
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Planet A Foods has partnered with Katjes International to launch a cocoa-free, plant-based version of the famous Treets peanut dragées. Katjes International is bringing out a cocoa- and dairy-free version of Treets Peanuts, thanks to a…
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The 10 largest food and drink producers in the UK are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions globally than the entire aviation industry, new analysis shows. Big Food is polluting the planet more than all the flights we take, and…
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Since 2022, environmentally harmful subsidies from governments have risen by roughly $800B, now accounting for 2.5% of the world's GDP each year. Despite pledging to repurpose at least $500B of planet-harming subsidies a year by 2030,…
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Last year, 196 people were killed trying to protect the environment. Most of them were Black or Indigenous. By Taylar Dawn Stagner Jonila Castro is an activist working with AKAP Ka Manila Bay, a group helping displaced communities…
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Methane has highly detrimental impacts on the planet, with the food system – particularly livestock – the main emitter of the gas. What can we do about it? When we talk about greenhouse gas emissions, many of us are really just talking…
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First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils — using underground critter concerts. By Ayurella Horn-Muller Think back to the last concert you went to. Now replace the music that…
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In a global climate change poll, 60% of consumers said they'd support government policies encouraging meat reduction to lower greenhouse gas emissions. People are worried about the state of the environment, what businesses are doing to…
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By Jack Marley, environment and energy editor, The Conversation UK How old is the climate crisis? I was born in 1994, when the concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere was measured at 360 parts per million; today it is close to 420.…
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Activism groups are calling for a withdrawal of financial support for the livestock sector from banks including the Big Three, in light of the industry's contribution to climate change. Banks must stop financing meat and dairy producers…
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Australian startup Algenie has come out of stealth with early funding for its photobioreactors that can create sustainable fuels, plastics and feed from algae. Armed with helix-shaped photobioreactors that can dramatically reduce the…
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Australian startup Carbonaught has received financing from Better Bite Ventures for its low-emission agriculture tech, which sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen and increases production through basalt. Carbonaught, an Australian agtech…
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Two years after the IRA passed, a new report found that states have only captured a tiny fraction of the funding available. By Syris Valentine When President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, into law two…
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Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures has led a $33M Series B investment for US startup Galy, which makes lab-grown cotton. Boston-based Galy has secured $33M in an oversubscribed Series B investment round led by Bill Gates'…
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The Bezos Earth Fund has inaugurated its third Centre for Sustainable Protein at the National University of Singapore, labelled as an "absolute powerhouse" of alternative proteins. Biomass fermentation, microalgae innovations, and…
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An EU-funded report by agrifood lobbies has recognised the need to eat less meat and shift towards more sustainable diets, asking the EU Commission to create a plant-based action plan by 2026. We're eating too much meat, and we need to…
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