I tried lab-grown meat – food made from animals without killing them
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Set for takeoff in the US, a ‘harmless’ sample from one pig can produce millions of tons of ‘cultivated meat’ and is touted as far better for the climateIt was a confronting moment for a vegetarian. First, a pork meatball and then slices of bacon, balanced in a s...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/23/lab-grown-meat-animals-climate

‘It used to be like heaven’: the Iraq wetlands decimated by the climate crisis – in pictures
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The people of the Hawizeh marshes of southern Iraq have an ancient history living in the world’s most unique and biod...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2023/jan/23/iraq-wetlands-hawizeh-marshes-climate-crisis-in-pictures

Thames Water’s real-time map confirms raw sewage discharges
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Effluent in Gloucestershire river pinpointed by digital map as water companies accused of routinely pumping out waste to riversThe market ...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/23/thames-waters-real-time-map-raw-sewage-discharges-rivers

‘You should gaze at your bins in horror’: the massive crime scandal behind the UK’s rubbish
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The mafia is infiltrating our waste, and millions of tonnes of it is being illegally dumped. A shocking podcast uncovers the horrific environmental scandal – and its links to gun a...

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/23/buried-bbc-podcast-exposing-waste-rubbish-crime-scandal

Exposing rainforest carbon credits: why offsetting isn’t working
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A Guardian investigation has found that more than 90% of the carbon offsets verified by the company Verra did not reduce deforestation. Patrick Greenfield reportsCompanies across the world rely on carbon offsetting credits as a way to display...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/jan/23/exposing-rainforest-carbon-credits-why-offsetting-isnt-working

Jair Bolsonaro accused of acts of genocide against Amazonian group
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Brazilian president says predecessor emboldened wildcat miners which led to wrecked forests and disease and deaths of ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/lula-accuses-jair-bolsonaro-genocide-yanomami-indigenous-amazon

Climate crisis and neglect threaten Spain’s saffron crop
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Growers fear a perfect storm for a tradition that has long bound rural communities togetherA sharp wind shunts clouds across the low and endless skies of La Mancha as Carlos Fernández stoops to pluck the last mauve flowers of the season from the...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/climate-crisis-and-neglect-threaten-spains-saffron-crop

What we learned at Davos: signs of hope emerge from the pessimism | Larry Elliott
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Prospects for artificial intelligence and green t...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/what-we-learned-at-davos-global-economy

Landmark deals give Indigenous key role in Canada resource projects
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YQT community signs unprecedented agreement with coal company giving Indigenous leadership ‘veto’ on proposed projectTwo landmark deals in western Canada could reshape the role of Indigenous nations in res...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/canada-indigenous-mining-agreement-resource-projects

Delight as dolphins spotted in New York’s Bronx River
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Encouraging sign for river that suffered as dumping ground for waste from nearby factoriesDolphins have been spotted frolicking in New York City’s Bronx River, an encouraging sign of the improving health of a waterway that was for many yea...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/21/dolphins-new-york-city-bronx-river

The sweet spot: is ethical and affordable chocolate possible?
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It is possible to pay farmers a premium while selling single-origin chocolate at a cheaper price – but it means companies have to transform the way it’s madeIs it possible to make an ethical chocolate bar that’s also affordable? Tim McCollum, the founder of the bean-to-bar choco...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/21/chocolate-ethical-affordable-fair-trade

Ex-Arizona governor’s illegal makeshift border wall is torn down – but at what cost?
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As the wall of shipping crates built through a national forest is removed, environmentalists take stockTruck horns blasted and red dust billowed beneath the blue Arizona sky as surplus army trucks sped up...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/21/arizona-border-wall-shipping-containers-enivronmentalists

A rare glimpse inside Britain’s secret vault of whale skeletons
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The Natural History Museum’s legendary cetacean collection – a hoard of bones of 6,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises, so valuable that the museum keeps the location under wraps –...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/21/natural-history-museum-vault-whale-skeletons-cetacean-collection

How to turn stale bread and a few old vegetables into a knockout Spanish sauce – recipe | Waste not
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This explosion of flavour transforms even a mundane meal into a super-tasty oneRomesco is a pungent, piquant and powerful flav...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/21/old-pepper-onion-tomato-stale-bread-spanish-sauce-romesco-recipe-zero-waste-cooking

Colombia announces halt on new oil and gas exploration at Davos
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The minister for mines, Irene Vélez, told world leaders the country will shift away from fossil fuels to begin a greener chapterColombia’s leftwing government has announced that it will not approve any new oil and...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/colombia-stop-new-oil-gas-exploration-davos

Missing Mexican environmentalists’ families accuse mining company
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Relatives denounce transnational Ternium over case of lawyer Ricardo Lagunes and Indigenous leader Antonio Díaz ValenciaRelatives of two missing Mexican environmentalists are pointing the finger at a transnational mining company which they claim is responsible for environmental destruction and violence in the rural community, a...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/missing-mexican-environmentalists-families-accuse-ternium-mining-company