Top Scientist To World: Second Trump Terms Means ‘Game Over’ For Climate
By: Mark Hertsgaard
Michael Mann, one of the world’s most eminent climate experts, says Earth’s future ‘is in the hands of American citizens’.
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Zero Waste Boozing? Hong Kong’s First Closed Loop Bar Penicillin To Open Doors
Hong Kong’s first-ever bar operating using a closed-loop model of production is slated to open this month. Called Penicillin, the sustainable bar will offer an entire menu of minimal-waste cocktails made with locally sourced or upcycled!-->…
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Billion Dollar Opportunity: Smart Protein Summit Highlights India’s Growing Alt Protein Industry
The Good Food Institute India (GFI India), a nonprofit organisation supporting India’s burgeoning alternative protein ecosystem, recently hosted its Smart Protein Summit to great fanfare. Several key announcements were made during the!-->…
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Q&A w/ ReThink Organizer Chris Brown: “There’s Very Little Awareness Of The Impact Sustainability Can Have On Running A Business”
Chris Brown is the founder and director of ReThink, Hong Kong’s first dedicated sustainability conference that brings together corporates, organisations and nonprofits together to answer how businesses can accelerate change towards a more!-->…
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True Gum Raises US$1.2M To Expand Its Plastic-Free Vegan Chewing Gum Line
Copenhagen-based startup True Gum has recently closed a €1 million (US$1.2 million) funding round, which will go towards further product development and expanding its distribution across international markets. True Gum’s flagship product!-->…
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Oil Industry Is Waging Price War Against Recycled Plastics Amid Pandemic Demand Boom
With the coronavirus pandemic fuelling the demand for plastics, from face shields to packaging used for online shopping deliveries, oil industry players are taking advantage and starting a price war between new plastics that they!-->…
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8 Fun Facts You Should Know About The World’s First Vegan Museum
Last month, the National Vegetarian Museum in Chicago changed its name to The Vegan Museum to better reflect the organisation’s mission to promote vegan lifestyles for health, the environment and all animals. It represents the only!-->…
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Australian Telco Belong Launches ‘Carbon Thumbprint’ App To Track Mobile Data Emissions
Belong, an Australian broadband and mobile data provider owned by telecommunications giant Telstra, has recently launched a new app designed to help users track their “carbon thumbprint”. Revealing to users the carbon emissions of mobile!-->…
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McDonald’s Milestone: Hong Kong Franchise Launches First Vegetarian Menu With Green Monday’s OmniPork Luncheon
After teasing about the collaboration on social media over the weekend, Hong Kong’s plant-based group Green Monday has announced a milestone partnership with McDonald’s. An all-new plant-based menu will roll out across the city at all 280!-->…
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Nestlé To Roll Out More Plant-Based Products Amid Pandemic Demand Boost
As the demand for plant-based foods continues to surge, Nestlé says it will step up innovation and begin to launch more plant-based products in the next few weeks. Since the beginning of this year, the Swiss food giant has made clear its!-->…
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These Biodegradable Vegan Kengos Sneakers Are Made From 98% Plants
Vegan sneakers are having a moment right now. But these new sneakers, called the Kengos Lace-Up, have just launched to steal the show. The new shoe, which is currently in beta phase, is biodegradable, vegan-friendly and made from 98%!-->…
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France Enacts ‘Gradual’ Ban On Wild Animals In Circuses, Marine Mammal Captivity & Mink Farms
France will begin phasing out the use of wild animals in travelling circuses and marine mammals held in captivity in marine parks as a part of its new animal welfare policies. The country has also committed to end mink farms in the next!-->…
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Thanks To Trump Administration, 1.8 Billion Tons More Greenhouse Gases Will Be Released
By: Karen Charman
When President Donald Trump visited California on September 14 and dismissed the state Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot’s plea to recognize the role of climate change in the midst of the Golden State’s!-->!-->!-->…
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Limitless Clean Nuclear Fusion Energy Could Soon Become A Reality
We’re not far away from seeing the world’s first nuclear fusion reactor, according to the latest series of papers showcasing the progress that researchers have made. Called SPARC, the compact fusion reactor could be the precursor to a!-->…
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Nike Launches ‘Move To Zero’ Carbon & Waste Campaign To ‘Protect Future Of Sport’
Sportswear giant Nike has announced a new sustainability initiative with the “singular aim” of “protecting the future of sport”. Called Move to Zero, the new campaign will see the multinational corporation dramatically shift its operations!-->…
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Big Idea Ventures & Ashika Group Announce First India Alt Protein Fund & Accelerator
New York and Singapore-based venture capital firm Big Idea Ventures (BIV) and Ashika Group, one of India’s leading retail financial services companies, have partnered together to launch a new investment fund and accelerator focused on!-->…
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Female-Led French Startup To Launch 100% Vegan Egg That Looks (& Cracks) Like The Real Thing
Three years ago, two female biologists asked their vegan friends what they missed most about, and the resounding answer they got was eggs. That’s when they decided to embark on a journey to develop a 100% plant-based egg that cooks, looks!-->…
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Alt Dairy Startup Launches US$2.9M ‘Bounty Hunt’ For Fungal Strain For Animal-Free Real Milk
Those Vegan Cowboys, a newly founded alternative dairy startup created by the founders of plant-based meat brand The Vegetarian Butcher, has just issued a record-breaking global “bounty hunt” for a fungal strain that can help develop real!-->…
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Yao Ming, Jack Ma, David Attenborough & Shakira Join Prince William’s Earthshot Prize Council
A number of high-profile celebrities and leaders from around the world and all industries, from sporting to entertainment, have joined the council of Prince William’s newly launched Earthshot Prize. The prize aims to incentivise innovation!-->…
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India’s Evo Foods To Debut Plant-Based Liquid Egg This Year, Plans U.S. Expansion
Evo Foods, India’s first plant-based egg startup, has revealed that it will be launching its first liquid egg alternative in India this year through its direct-to-consumer website and restaurants across the country. Once it establishes a!-->…
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95% Seabed Life Wiped Out In Russia’s Kamchatka Region From Suspected Rocket Fuel Leak
Water pollution in the Kamchatka region in Russia that has led to a large number of dead marine species being found in the peninsula’s black-sand beaches may be caused by a rocket fuel leak. The pollution first garnered attention when!-->…
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