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Investors are betting billions on carbontech. Will it pay off?

Grist

In particular, systems that capture carbon from power plants and factories — then pipe CO2 underground or use it for other purposes — are criticized as one big exercise in greenwashing, enabling companies like ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell to keep extracting and burning fossil fuels while relaxing efforts to develop renewable energy.

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A View of Climate Tech Trends through Elemental’s Portfolio Applicants

Elemental Excelerator

Within the food and agriculture sector, we are seeing a rising prevalence of companies developing meat alternatives (3% to 15%) and aquaculture technology (5% to 15%) over a four year span. Food & Agriculture: The Alt Protein Scene.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

Soil removes about 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year through carbon sequestering, a natural way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The report shows that the largest year-over-year growth in funding was for downstream innovations such as meat alternatives, indoor farming and robotic food delivery.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

A study published in Science last year found that even if emissions from fossil fuels ceased right away, projected eating habits would make it impossible to keep global average temperature rises to 1.5C. Meat producers’ fears about the rise of alternatives is understandable.

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Could just three policy levers trigger a global cascade of climate action?

Business Green

In the UK, and other parts of Europe, EVs are the fastest growing segment of the car market, with numerous countries committed to phasing out fossil fuel vehicle sales altogether within the next decade. Governments have been reluctant to date to encourage people to eat less meat or introduce policies such as meat taxes.

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Can animal-based agriculture ever be truly sustainable?

Business Green

As the modern world strives to break its 100 year addiction to fossil fuel-based energy, there are still fundamental areas of our lives that present huge obstacles if nations are to deliver on their net zero emissions goals. Among the hardest sectors to decarbonise is our food supply, and in particular animal-based agriculture.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

AGreenLiving

Soil removes about 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year through carbon sequestering, a natural way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The report shows that the largest year-over-year growth in funding was for downstream innovations such as meat alternatives, indoor farming and robotic food delivery.

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