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In the fight against Methane, a key GHG, Valley investors have hit upon an unusual target: Cow burps

TechCrunch: Climate

They are both trying to stop cows from burping methane. With the conclusion of COP28, the global talks on the climate crisis, Methane is going up […] © 2023 TechCrunch. What do iconic Valley investors Zachary Bogue and Chris Sacca have in common? No, really. And a Sacca investment just raised $20 million to do just that.

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Get ready for the next wave of GMOs

GreenBiz

Scientists at the biotech firm Corteva, for example, have developed a high-yield strain of a variety of corn used in food additives and adhesives. Lower greenhouse gas emissions from cattle, after CRISPR is used to alter the genetic activity of the methane-producing microbes that live in the animals’ stomachs.

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Get ready for the next wave of GMOs

AGreenLiving

Scientists at the biotech firm Corteva, for example, have developed a high-yield strain of a variety of corn used in food additives and adhesives. Lower greenhouse gas emissions from cattle, after CRISPR is used to alter the genetic activity of the methane-producing microbes that live in the animals’ stomachs.

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Get ready for the next wave of GMOs

AGreenLiving

Scientists at the biotech firm Corteva, for example, have developed a high-yield strain of a variety of corn used in food additives and adhesives. Lower greenhouse gas emissions from cattle, after CRISPR is used to alter the genetic activity of the methane-producing microbes that live in the animals’ stomachs.

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How regulations can tear down the barriers faced by the cultivated meat industry

Business Green

warming unless urgent action is taken to tackle methane-intensive foods, such as red meat. That is the headline recommendation contained in a new report on the nascent cultivated meat sector from the British Standards Institution (BSI), titled The future of sustainable alternative proteins: cultivated meats which was published this week.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

Responding to DeSmog’s findings, Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at Brussels-based policy and advocacy group, Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL), said: “[W]hen working on chemicals- and pesticides-related policies, the imbalance of stakeholders in favour of industry interests is striking.”.