By Tom Idle, Sustainable Brands Phasing out animal agriculture over the next 15 years could reduce GHGs 68% by the year 2100. Yet, ongoing lobbying and subsidies in the US and EU are not giving alternatives the chance to fully compete. If you’re in the market to solve the climate …
The First Generation of Solar Panels Will Wear Out. A Recycling Industry is Taking Shape.
By Isabella O’Malley, Associated Press Sunlight beats down on a graveyard for dead solar panels in Yuma, Arizona, hundreds stacked in neat piles, waiting for their next life. The great majority of worn and damaged panels are still dumped in landfills. But with more and more piling up, many people …
Beyond Recycling: Report Highlights Need for Circular Approach to Critical Raw Materials
Sustainable Brands The report from CISL’s Corporate Leaders Group showcases the challenges, opportunities and business best practices of embracing more circular practices in CRM use through case studies from Ball, Volvo Cars and more. The Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) Europe’s Materials & Products Taskforce has released a new report in partnership with Germany‘s Wuppertal Institute that highlights the …
New Recycling Process Could Find Markets for ‘Junk’ Plastic Waste
By Jason Daley, University of Wisconsin-Madison Low-value waste plastic can be converted into high-value chemicals in a new process developed by UW–Madison researchers. Joel Hallberg Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot …
The EPA’s Ambitious Plan to Cut Auto Emissions to Slow Climate Change Runs into Skepticism
By Tom Krisher, Phys.Org The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions limits that the agency says are …
‘Narco-deforestation’ in Focus at Upcoming Summit of Amazon Nations
By Jake Spring and Gabriel Stargardter, Reuters View of destroyed illegal gold mining camps after a police operation in La Pampa, in the southern Amazon region of Madre de Dios, Peru August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo SAO PAULO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – When the presidents of Amazon nations including …
From Mealworms to Meals: How Ÿnsect Is Cultivating a Food Revolution
By Scarlett Buckley, Sustainable Brands The French company is poised to meet the nutrition challenges posed by a growing population and a climate- and resource-challenged agricultural future. It is estimated that the population will be almost 10 billion by 2050 and 11 billion by 2100. With this growth comes the insatiable …
World Hunger and the War in Ukraine
By Vijay Prashad, Other News On Monday, June 17, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, announced, “The Black Sea agreements are no longer in effect.” This was a blunt statement to suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative that emerged out of intense negotiations in the hours after Russian …
Vegan Diet Massively Cuts Environmental Damage, Study Shows
By Damian Carrington, Guardian Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones. Eating a vegan diet massively reduces the damage to the environment caused by food production, the most comprehensive analysis to date has concluded. The research showed that …
Gene Tech Spares Male Chicks from Cull by Preventing them from Hatching
By Hannah Confino, Reuters REHOVOT, Israel, July 17 – Every year, egg farmers kill 7 billion day-old male chicks because they cannot grow up to lay eggs and are the wrong breed for meat. A laboratory in Israel has a solution: what if the male eggs don’t hatch? All the …