DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 31, 2024

In sub-Saharan Africa, 62 percent of children under five lack essential micronutrients – such as iron, zinc, and vitamin A – and consume just 38 percent of their recommended seafood intake. percent of seafood produced by the global aquaculture industry. Despite this heavy reliance on wild-caught fish, salmon only makes up 4.5

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The BBSRC, which happens to be the UK’s biggest public funder of non-medical bioscience, made the commitment in its 2022-2025 strategic delivery plan to invest in “capacity building, research, innovation and business-led commercialisation to help develop alternative, more sustainable protein sources.” Win for seafood lovers.

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Seafood Startups Innovation Agriculture 80

GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Bank of Ayudhya, Mizuho Bank and MUFG Bank last month syndicated a $400 sustainability-linked syndicated loan for Thai Union, one of the world’s largest seafood companies, which was two times oversubscribed. Abundant research revealing just the urgency and existential nature of the biodiversity crisis has heightened awareness.

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Investment 545

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2024

percent of seafood produced by the global aquaculture industry – now consume 44 percent of the world’s fish oil, according to calculations made by DeSmog (based on a 2022 report published by the FAO and a 2022 study ). The EU, for one, has invested 1.4

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Sustainability Pollution Seafood Microplastics 71

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

The plant announced in December it had constructed 1.37m 3 of tank storage capacity, but available storage is expected to run out by Summer 2022, and the imminence of this deadline has added urgency to the situation. On 13 April, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi confirmed the plan’s technical feasibility.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Seafood Government 264

AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Agrifoodtech investors took a major interest in eGrocery and restaurant marketplaces in 2022 — at least for the first part of the year. AgFunder data shows that three of the top five 2022 deals for agrifoodtech were in these food delivery sectors. Collectively the top 2022 deals totaled $2.79 A Getir e-bike. Getir – $768m.

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Startups North America Investment Seafood 15

Business Green

JANUARY 8, 2023

Plant-based pork and seafood from the maker of PETA UK’s 'best vegan fish dish' will be available in more than 500 outlets throughout Veganuary.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Opponents of Air Products’ proposed CCS project point out that if built, Manchac’s picturesque wetlands, its unique culture, and Lake Maurepas’s productive estuary critical to the local seafood industry will be put at catastrophic risk. The parade’s theme for 2022 was “honoring first responders.” Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In 2022, Vietnam’s seafood exports were valued at 11 billion USD. Like the nearby residents, the waters where the spill occurred haven’t fully recovered. The fish came back but not enough for fishermen to make a living,” Bui said.

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Plastics Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Seafood 121

Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Pacific Island Tuna (PIT) will supply canned tuna, certified by the Marine Stewardship Council, to Walmart for its own-brand range Great Value, which will be available across the US from early 2022. We're equally excited about the catalytic impact this arrangement will have on the world's fishing industry.

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Resilience Retail Seafood Health 96

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 21, 2021

The Corps is expected to release its final EIS in 2022 after reviewing all of the comments. Two days before the public comment period closed on the EIS statement, I attended a June 1 CPRA public meeting in Buras, Louisiana, a small town reliant on the seafood industry near the tip of Plaquemines Parish.

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Seafood Sea level rise Pollution Law 98

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

The plant announced in December it had constructed 1.37m3 of tank storage capacity, but available storage is expected to run out by Summer 2022, and the imminence of this deadline has added urgency to the situation. On 13 April, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi confirmed the plan’s technical feasibility.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Health Cooling 130

AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 10, 2023

We haven’t even gotten to attitudes towards synbio foods like animal-free dairy or cellular agriculture foods like cultivated seafood. . Download The APAC Alternative Protein Industry Report 2022 – The Future is Asian now. . These are only some of the differences between us and Western consumers. The future is Asia.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

In addition to banning the use of air-freighted fruit and vegetables, Compass said it would also be removing seafood from its supply chain that is ranked at the bottom end of Marine Conservation Society's (MSC) sustainable-sourcing scale, and would switch to only using free-range eggs.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The charity confirmed it is joining as co-claimant in the legal case against the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), which alleges that the government's Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan 2022 is insufficiently robust. We're out of options. Our seas deserve better.".

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s been a tough few months for alternative protein startups, particularly those developing plant-based meat, dairy, and seafood alternatives (as opposed to those in the cellular agriculture space). However, the top 10 companies raised $1 billion less in 2022 than in 2021 — a 44% drop.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

While the destination markets change from year to year in a notoriously opaque industry, trade data shows that in 2022, fishmeal produced in Gambia went mainly to China while fish oil, which is especially valued in salmon farming, was mostly exported to Chile.

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Africa Demand Seafood Agriculture 81

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

Freshwater fish are an important source of protein for many people, and PFAS contamination threatens those who cannot afford to purchase commercial seafood. Its approach is used to test seafood samples, as well as processed foods. In its 2022 survey of seafood, the FDA found much lower levels of PFAS in seafood from grocery stores.

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Seafood Pollution Health Soil 262

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In Iowa, the company initially filed its permit application with the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) in early 2022. The lake provides both seafood and storm surge protection. Tangipahoa Parish Council member Kim Coates, center, at a public meeting in Ponchatoula on October 17, 2022.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Enjoy Oysters and other SF Classics at Betty Lou’s Seafood and Grill. will bring you to Betty Lou’s Seafood and Grill. ” Free Guided Walking Tour – Saturday, March 4, 2022. She is honored as a humanitarian, astute businesswoman, community builder, and mother of eight children. Directions to next destination.

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Seafood Education Demand Government 98

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the News Fossil fuels were subsidized to a record $7T across the globe in 2022, the IMF reports. 80% of emperor penguin colonies may have lost their chicks in 2022 due to retreating sea ice. Japan begins to release water from the Fukushima plant and China responds with seafood import restrictions.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Bank of Ayudhya, Mizuho Bank and MUFG Bank last month syndicated a $400 sustainability-linked syndicated loan for Thai Union, one of the world’s largest seafood companies, which was two times oversubscribed. Abundant research revealing just the urgency and existential nature of the biodiversity crisis has heightened awareness.

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 36

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 10, 2022

Storm-damaged home in Chauvin, LA, on March 4, 2022. Home with tarped roof in Chauvin, LA, on March 4, 2022. We have always had what we needed — we live off the water — with the seafood. It is now part of a large pile of debris in a temporary landfill. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Climate change Resilience Seafood Health 95

Grist

MAY 23, 2024

Seafood is a particularly significant source — perhaps because so much plastic pollution winds up in the ocean , where it breaks down and can be mistaken by fish for food. Microplastics are particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter — about the width of a paperclip — and they tend to slough off of larger plastic items as they break down.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2022

It’s 2022 and while debates on how to handle the climate emergency are still in full swing, making greener choices is a definite NO BRAINER these days. Set a day to gather e-waste from coworkers or install designated bins throughout the office specifically for collecting batteries and electronics. No Brainer Day – February 27th.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2024

Even in a state famous for its seafood, Cameron once stood out. A few decades ago, Cameron was the largest producer of seafood in the entire country, hauling in hundreds of millions of pounds of fish, shrimp, and oysters each year. Even his great-grandson is getting into the family trade. Always in Cameron,” Dyson said.

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Seafood Sea level rise Organic Health 88

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Residents living near Lake Maurepas consider the prized ecosystem that offers plentiful seafood and vital storm surge protection to be an extension of their backyard and heritage. Informational displays Air Products set up at a public meeting in Ponchatoula on October 17, 2022. It seems that those efforts are backfiring.

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Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Hydrogen 98

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

After the Army Corps of Engineers awarded key permits for the MBSD project on December 19, 2022 , two nonprofit organizations entrusted with funds meant to reverse environmental damage caused by the 2010 BP oil spill made funding available for the project. Trandahl’s salary and compensation in 2022 exceeded $1.5

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 120

Climate Tech VC

JULY 10, 2023

With a 40% decrease in climate tech venture investments compared to the first six months of 2022—and growth-stage activity experiencing the greatest decline, even as early-stage deals increased —the data could indicate a reshuffling of the ecosystem. Happy Monday! ICYMI, our H1 2023 funding report dropped at the end of June.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

Anne Rolfes, founder of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade questioned what the project would do to the seafood industry. Wendy Walker Harrington, a self-described daughter of Cameron Parish, countered Rolfes’ concerns about the seafood by stating she doesn’t glow in the dark though she ate shrimp the night before. “The

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Natural gas Climate change Fossil fuels Seafood 98

AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 10, 2019

If you include seafood in your definition of meat — jury out over here at AgFunder! It will later launch a second line of 100% cultivated meat products for less than $10 a pound in 2022. This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A. (If

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Technology Startups Meat alternatives Seafood 52

Grist

JULY 21, 2022

Plenty of research has focused on the microplastics found in the guts of fish and seafood, to better understand how that may be taken up through their digestion process. But that doesn’t mean she wants to dissuade people from eating seafood, which is a great source of healthy protein.

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Plastics Pollution Microplastics Home Energy Monitoring 123

Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

On top of this, according to a Food Standards Agency poll from January 2022 , a third of UK consumers would be willing to try lab-grown meats right now. Meanwhile, the availability of alternative meat products is continuing to increase at a rapid rate. But are Brits buying what's already on the plant-based table?

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Agriculture Innovation Demand Biodiversity 46

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

In 2022, the U.S. In 2022, American consumers spent $269 billion on natural gas supplies, up sharply from $150 billion in 2019, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). A few decades ago, it was the largest producer of seafood in the country. exported about 10 percent of its supply.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Natural gas Business Energy Monitoring 63

Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

🥩 Pacifico Biolabs , a Berlin, Germany-based alternative seafood technology company, raised $3m in Pre-Seed funding from FoodLabs, Simon Capital, Exceptional Ventures, and Sprout and About Ventures. Almost 110,000 flights took off from Singapore’s Changi airport in 2022, with that number expected to grow.

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Carbon Recycling Recycling Policy 104

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Leveraging Blockchain, AI and Machine Learning to Create Sustainable Fisheries (Panel Discussion): Global consumption of fish and seafood has more than doubled in recent decades, but more than a third of the world’s assessed fisheries are thought to be overexploited.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Farmers could face higher taxes or the elimination of irrigation subsidies as early as 2022 if they don’t act to reduce their impact. . The company renewed a longstanding relationship with WWF centered, in part, on responsible sourcing of land commodities and seafood. percent of its GDP. Her idea is to phase in reductions.

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