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Science & Technology

The Future of Food: Fungi and Robots Rule

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Environment

Spanish Law No Longer Considers Animals ‘Objects’

Environment

Are Real Christmas Trees More Sustainable Than Fake Ones?

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Science & Technology

JBS Wants a Future In Cultured Meat

Clockwise from top left: a seal swimming underwater, Central Park, and a rewilded area of grassland in the UK.

Environment

The Thames Is Alive! Plus More Good Climate News

Sundial Foods

Business

Would You Eat Vegan Chicken Wings With Skin and Bones?

Image is a close-up photo of a common octopus with fish swimming in the background. The UK government has finally acknowledged octopus sentience.

Environment

UK Law Recognizes Octopus, Crab, and Lobster Sentience

Tom Colicchio vegan meat company Meati Foods

Business

Top Chef Tom Colicchio Backs ‘Disruptive’ Mycelium Meat Producer

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Science & Technology

Are Electric Cars As Good As We Thought?

Three-way split image shows coffee beans (left), deforestation in progress (centre), and raw beef (right). A new EU law aims to ban the import of deforestation-linked products.

EU Draft Law Bans Beef, Palm Oil, and Coffee Linked to Deforestation

Photo shows a knife and fork cutting into Redefine Meat's 3D printed beef steak, showing the fibrous, hard-to-replicate grains synonymous with traditional animal protein.

Science & Technology

Could This 3D-Printed Steak ‘Redefine Meat’ As We Know It?

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Science & Technology

Subaru Reveals the Solterra, Its First Electric SUV

Science & Technology

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What Does the Future Hold for Vegan Eggs?

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WOW! Mushrooms Can Do What?

Latinx food tech

5 Latinx Food Tech Brands Revolutionizing Protein

Photo shows a fried egg on a pale pink background. The Every Company is using fermentation to make hyper-realistic egg products.

Is Fermentation the Secret to the Perfect Egg?

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Singapore Startup Develops World’s First Cultured Crab

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Meet Mercedes’ Vision AVTR, a Vegan Electric Car You Control With Your Mind

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Could Lab-Grown Fur Disrupt the Luxury Fashion World?

Environment

These Baby River Turtles Will Distract You from the COP26 Fallout

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COP26 Sends a Clear Message: Time for World Leaders to Step Up!

Photo shows a worker filling the fresh fruit and vegetable section at a supermarket. France is set to ban all unecessary plastic packaging waste from 2022.

France Bans Plastic Packaging for Fruits and Vegetables

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Expedia Bans SeaWorld Tickets and Captive Cetacean Experiences

fishermen on a boat as smoke rises from Cilegon's Suralaya coal power plant.

More Than 40 Countries Just Agreed to Stop Using Coal. But…

Split image shows British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden standing together at COP26 (left), and in-progress deforestation (right).

COP26: More Than 100 World Leaders Promise to End Deforestation by 2030

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Want a Sustainable, Livable World? Listen to Women.

Business

Split image shows Woody Harrelson (left), Abbot's Butcher products (centre), and Owen Wilson (right). This is Owen Wilson's first vegan investment.

Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson Invest in Vegan Meat

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Naomi Osaka and Steve Aoki Invest in Plant-Based Chicken Startup

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The USDA Invests $10 Million in Cultured Meat

Photo shows Bryan Adams drinking a glass of Bettermood's Moo Drink—a plant-based oat milk.

The World Loves Oat Milk and Bryan Adams Does, Too

Photo shows Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who are working with asset management company Ethic to popularize ethical investing.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Want to Make Ethical Investing Cool

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Ashton Kutcher Invests in Cultured Meat Startup

Leonardo DiCaprio split with a cultured meat burger

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Latest Investment Banks on Cultured Beef