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Photo shows someone working on an urban farm. They are wearing gloves and protected glasses and stand in front of a wall of green and purple leafy vegetables. Walmart is investing in vertical farming startup Plenty.

Science & Technology

Walmart Helps Vertical Farming Startup Raise $400 Million

Bentley electric car

Science & Technology

Luxury Carmaker Bentley Is Going All-Electric

Clockwise from top left. A small bee on an orange flower, a tiny sugar glider, Jonathan the tortoise, and a snowy river lined with trees.

Environment

Jonathan the Tortoise Turns 190, Plus More Good Climate News

Natalie Portman split with La Vie vegan lardons

Business

Natalie Portman Just Helped a Vegan Bacon Startup Make History

Photo shows a Taco Bell drive-thru restaurant

Science & Technology

Will EV Charging Stations at Taco Bell Revive the Drive-In Restaurant?

how animals help fight climate change

Environment

Animals Can Save the Planet, But Only If We Save Them

Photo shows a many charging a large electric vehicle with the sun behind him. Environmental laws could make or break climate change efforts in 2022.

Environment

We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Environmental Law

Photo shows a person in an orange sweater using a VR headset split with a red dog wearing a yellow smart collar.

Science & Technology

The Smart Tech of the Future Will Take Over Our Lives. We Can’t Wait.

Clockwise from top left. Shipping container with "reuse" painted on it, two northern bettongs in a nest, a lone tree in a national park, and a large walrus visiting UK land.

Walruses in the UK, Fighting E-Waste, Plus More Good Climate News

seaweed innovations

Science & Technology

Seaweed—Yes, Seaweed—Is the Key to a Sustainable Future

Sony Group's latest concept car, the Vision-S 02 SUV, is fully electric. Photo shows exterior.

Science & Technology

Even Tech Giants Are Getting Into the Electric Car Biz

Photo shows the exterior of the Mercedes-Benz VISION, the first solar-powered electric car from Mercedes.

Science & Technology

Can Mercedes-Benz Make the Solar-Powered Car Happen?

Science & Technology

sustainable tech 2021

Sustainable Tech That Blew Our Minds in 2021

Photo shows a triptych of Jay-Z, Lewis Hamilton, and Leonardo DiCaprio

Could Celebrity Investors Change the Food Industry?

Photo showing a person in a lab coat split with a table setting of ramen

The Future of Food: Fungi and Robots Rule

Photo shows a JBS-owned building split with cultured meatballs made by BioTech Foods

JBS Wants a Future In Cultured Meat

A woman kneels next to an electric car holding a charger

Are Electric Cars As Good As We Thought?

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.

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

Photo shows the new Subaru Solterra, the company's first electric car and an all-wheel-drive SUV.

Subaru Reveals the Solterra, Its First Electric SUV

Environment

Four image collage, clockwise from top left. Photo of a peregrine falcon, a solar field, a tropical rainforest, and bison, which are coming back to Britain in 2022.

Tropical Forests Can Regrow (If We Let Them), Plus More Good Climate News

Photo shows a brown and white mink standing upright in the snow. Italy is set to become the 16th EU country to announce a nationwide fur ban.

Italy Announces Nationwide Fur Farming Ban

Clockwise from top left. Collage image shows Kenyan entrepeneur Nzambi Mateee, a swimming sea turtle, a brown bear, cuddling panda bears, an elephant, and wind farms, the focus of just some of 2021's most notable good climate news stories.

ICYMI: 2021 Wasn’t a Total Disaster for Climate. Here’s the News That Gives Us Hope

climate change 2022

To Stop Climate Change, 2022 Needs to Step It Up

The Netherlands could reduce its livestock farming by 30 percent. Photo shows cows clustered together in a barn with visible ear tags.

The Netherlands’ Newest Climate Plan: Cut Livestock Herds By One-Third

Photo shows Friends of the Earth lawyer Katie de Kauwe (R) celebrating with her fellow campaigners in 2020 just after a court ruled against a third runway for Heathrow airport. Successful climate lawsuits are becoming more common.

Climate Lawsuits Are Forcing Countries and Corporations to Take Action

Photo shows English foxhounds in the foreground with two horses and riders in the background, including one member of the hunt wearing a traditional red jacket. The National Trust recently voted to keep its ban on trail hunting.

The UK’s National Trust Bans Trail Hunting

Business

Split image features a supermarket storefront (left) and someone holding a package of raw beef in the meat isle (right). Some supermarkets are banning Amazon-destroying beef produced by JBS.

Supermarkets Ban Amazon-Killing JBS Beef

Sundial Foods

Would You Eat Vegan Chicken Wings With Skin and Bones?

Tom Colicchio vegan meat company Meati Foods

Top Chef Tom Colicchio Backs ‘Disruptive’ Mycelium Meat Producer

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

Photo split three ways shows: Steve Aoki in a blue and pink shirt, Daring Foods plant-based chicken, and Naoki Osaka

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

Photo showing a package of meat labeled "cultured meat."

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