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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

Climate Connections is a collaboration between Grist and the Associated Press that explores how a changing climate is accelerating the spread of infectious diseases around the world, and how mitigation efforts demand a collective, global response. Read more here. But the world faces new threats: U.S.

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Impossible Foods teams up with OSI to ramp up production in busy week for plant-based meat

AFN Sustainable Protein

With investor interest sizzling and demand for these burgers surging nationally after Impossible’s deal with Burger King to provide Impossible Whoppers and its $300 million Series E funding round earlier this year, the race has been on to scale up production to keep up expectations and appetites. . Sizzling Demand.

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A brief history of money

Low Impact

The gold that the Spanish stole from South America didn’t hang around in Spain for very long. This massively increased demand for dollars, as they were required to buy oil, which everyone needs. Early banks used to issue their own banknotes (as promises to pay gold when demanded). We’ve been here before, by the way.