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The climate crisis is a crime story

Renewable Energy World

It has disproportionately affected already marginalized communities around the world, from farmers in coastal Bangladesh, where the fast-rising seas are salting the soil and slashing rice yields, to low-income residents of Houston, Chicago and other cities, whose neighborhoods suffer higher temperatures than prosperous areas across town.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

The project was funded by Sergei Brin, one of the founders of Google, and came with a price tag of 250.000 euros for a single burger. This is called mutation breeding and has been used to create all kinds of new tomatoes, nuts, potatoes and rice. The burger consisted almost exclusively of white muscle cells, making it fairly dry.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

Boasting a $2.33bn price tag, it is the largest single investment in APRIL's 30-year history. Farmers are given support and advice on protecting soil health and cultivating rice paddies and bananas as opposed to inefficient palm oil plantations. The company is continuing to expand and diversify, too.