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Florida is on track to ban cell-cultivated meat while three others float it – but experts say the reasoning has little to do with safety, ethical or environmental questions

At a press conference in February, the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, told a room full of reporters: “We’re not going to do that fake meat. That doesn’t work.” He’d been discussing legislation under debate in the statehouse that would ban cell-cultivated meat – an emerging technique that, instead of slaughtering animals for consumption, grows meat in a lab using a small sample of animal cells.

A few weeks later, a Republican member of the Florida legislature – and cattle rancher – Dean Black took to the House floor, saying, “Cultured meat is not meat … it is made by man, real meat is made by God Himself … If you really want to try the nitrogen-based protein paste, go to California.”

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Landfill trash is the third-largest source of human-caused methane pollution in the US. To fight global heating, curb waste

An elusive climate menace is now easier than ever to see. In early March, a rocket launched into the sky with a satellite that spots methane emissions from space. MethaneSAT joined more than a dozen similar satellites now in orbit, scanning the Earth for pollution and feeding that information back to scientists, policymakers, industry, and the public.

What story does the data tell? One of methane on the rise, or one of collective efforts that avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis? Slashing methane is the most efficient way to slow global warming in our lifetimes. We have the chance – and the obligation – to do so.

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Germany, France and Italy spelt out their industrial policy priorities for the next European Commission on Monday, with a heavy emphasis on measures to defend the EU’s clean tech sector against US protectionism and Chinese dumping.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a group of Swiss women won their climate case.

The European Parliament is set to approve a widely welcomed law this week designed to reduce potent methane emissions from the EU’s energy sector — although some worry it doesn’t go far enough to plug pollution from vast abandoned coal mines. 

Through the G20, Brazil’s president is challenging the dominance of the richest countries. This year will be a huge test of his strategy

The world stage often seems sepia-toned, dominated by the dusty international structures of the post-second world war era, favouring the world’s richest countries. However, it is increasingly clear that this setup isn’t sufficient to respond to the interests of the global south, including combating climate breakdown and expanding economic development.

Recognising this mismatch, Brazil under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has positioned itself as an international leader, focused on the agenda of emerging economic powers who prize stability, and in fact have much to lose from conflict and power struggles between rich countries.

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A Japanease oil and gas company has joined a trading house and bioenergy hopeful to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) via a biomass project on the US Gulf Coast, where the bulk of its LNG exports depart.

The NZU price has fallen 6% this week, with market participants saying there is nothing stopping it from sinking lower as a result of weak demand and a lack of policy direction coming from the government.

Vast and 14D are seeking to plug their planned big battery, solar thermal and solar heat projects into a transmission line currently serving two large BHP mines.

The post Reborn solar thermal and battery project seeks deal to plug in to transmission line to BHP mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The operator of the Philippines’ national carbon registry has teamed up with a Brisbane-based company to promote green hydrogen solutions, as part of a strategy to encourage the creation and trading of Paris-aligned carbon credits.

A climate software firm is launching a new tool to help companies report under the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will see more than 50,000 companies worldwide submit new sustainability data to Brussels.

One of the largest steelmakers in China has begun to simulate carbon trading under the national emissions trading scheme, as the government prepares to bring steel to the world's largest CO2 market.

So-called responsible investors are shirking their duties to push for company directors with better climate policy, according to a report released Tuesday.

Locals say they have "grave concerns" over rising water levels at the Ffos-y-Fran opencast site.

Fortescue announces "landmark" joint venture to create a massive renewable energy, and green hydrogen, ammonia and manufacturing hub in Morocco.

The post Fortescue signs agreement for massive green hydrogen and ammonia hub in Morocco appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Onshore wind and solar could provide 226GWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth

England could produce 13 times more renewable energy than it does now, while using less than 3% of its land, analysis has found.

Onshore wind and solar projects could provide enough electricity to power all the households in England two and a half times over, the research by Exeter University, commissioned by Friends of the Earth (FoE), suggested.

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Batteries kick in as total eclipse sweeps across the US. Some states filled the gap with gas.

The post Chart of the Day: Batteries step in as solar eclipse sweeps across US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study finds

The world’s biggest economies have continued to finance the expansion of fossil fuels in poor countries to the tune of billions of dollars, despite their commitments on the climate.

The G20 group of developed and developing economies, and the multilateral development banks they fund, put $142bn (£112bn) into fossil fuel developments overseas from 2020 to 2022, according to estimates compiled by the campaigning groups Oil Change International (OCI) and Friends of the Earth US.

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Construction starts on one of the biggest solar farms in Australia, that will help power a green hydrogen project being developed by Queensland utility Stanwell.

The post Construction starts on massive solar farm that will feed green hydrogen project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wine company Casella has switched on what it says is the largest solar facility in the Australian beverage sector, in the Riverina district of New South Wales.

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