17th November 2022

Lab-grown meat approved by FDA for first time

After a rigorous evaluation, UPSIDE Foods has become the first company to gain regulatory approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a cellular agriculture product grown from animal cells.

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4th November 2022

€3.5 billion 'green steel' project to go ahead

A Swedish company has secured funding to build the first large-scale hydrogen-based steel plant, which could remove 95% of CO2 emissions from the reduction process.

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4th October 2022

Largest combined wind/solar/battery plant opens in U.S.

The first large-scale project in North America to co-locate wind, solar, and battery storage has become operational in Oregon.

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23rd September 2022

Climate extremes, viruses, social unrest ... war? We desperately need a Plan B

A guest piece by Richard Fox.

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4th September 2022

Largest ever offshore windfarm is fully operational

This week, the massive Hornsea Two project became fully operational off the coast of the UK.

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19th August 2022

1 in 6 chance of catastrophic volcano eruption within a hundred years

The world is "woefully underprepared" for a massive volcanic eruption and the likely repercussions on global supply chains, climate and food, according to experts.

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17th August 2022

Scientists plan "de-extinction" of Tasmanian tiger

The last known thylacine, also called the Tasmanian tiger, died at Australia's Hobart Zoo in 1936. Now, a team of scientists believe they can resurrect the extinct species within 10 years, using stem cells and gene editing technology.

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25th July 2022

Lab-grown sausages to go on sale in 2025

Meatable has become the latest company to reveal a new cultured food product – lab-grown sausages, which could offer a more sustainable and ethical choice for consumers in the near future.

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24th July 2022

Migratory monarch butterfly is now endangered

The migratory monarch butterfly, known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 km across the Americas, is now classed by the IUCN Red List as endangered.

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8th July 2022

New record solar cell efficiency

The first tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells to exceed 30% efficiency have been independently certified.

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