As CPGs face increasing pressure from activist groups and shareholders, the maker of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Trix cereals, General Mills aims aims to reduce its carbon footprint by improving its existing operations before the end of the decade.
BioLumic, a startup that uses ultraviolet light treatments to improve plant traits, is expanding its research and development beyond food crops to pasture grass in order to reduce methane emissions from cattle.
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - The Biden administration will release a preliminary climate model for its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) subsidy program in the coming weeks that is more restrictive than the corn-based ethanol producers had hoped, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Despite its aggressive reputation for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, California releases more of a climate-warming pesticide than all other states combined, most of it from homes fumigated for termites, according to a study published Wednesday.
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As part of its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050, Nestlé has launched two new projects, developed with suppliers Cargill and ETG | Beyond Beans, both aiming to reduce and remove carbon emissions from its supply chains. The five-year projects will promote agroforestry, accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture and support the reforestation of degraded lands around cocoa farming communities.
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Emerging technologies offer one of the most promising paths to decarbonize the agriculture industry, but a lack of financial returns remains one of the biggest barriers for farmers to embrace an agtech revolution.
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The new rules are part of the Biden administration’s efforts to lower climate pollution and encourage the transition to zero-emission vehicles, especially EVs.
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New Mexico just became the fourth state to enact a program, which has the potential to give biogas projects from landfills and on-farm digesters a boost. Could more states soon follow?
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New Mexico just became the fourth state to enact a program, which has the potential to give biogas projects from landfills and on-farm digesters a boost. Could more states soon follow?
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When worn, washed, and dried, clothing sheds—dispersing tiny fibers throughout homes, soils, and waterways that can take centuries to degrade.
These fibers, often made of polyester and often too small to see, are a major—if invisible—source of microplastic pollution. By some estimates, fibers from polyester clothing account for nearly half of all microplastics in the natural environment, exacerbating a growing environmental and public health hazard.