A new cereal grain more than 40 years in the making is finding its way into the marketplace in several forms, including a new product from food giant General Mills. Some believe it carries the promise of a whole new type of staple crop — one that requires minimal plowing, fertilizers or pesticides — that also could become a weapon in the battle against climate change.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/could-perennial-grains-be-next-climate-saving-superstars
the potential for the world’s soils to suck up some of the excess carbon that’s currently making mischief in the atmosphere shines as a genuine ray of hope.
The various approaches and technologies that might be used to return carbon to the planet’s soils (from no-till agriculture; through compost- and biochar-application; to agro-forestry and innovative livestock rotation practices) also promise a wide range of further benefits – from improved soil health through to better water management, via a significant boost to biodiversity.
https://thefuturescentre.org/articles/213529/regenerative-agriculture-essential-our-sustainability-goals
Exclusive: Pure electric cars cost less over four years than petrol or diesel cars in the UK, US and Japan, researchers say, but China is set to lead the market
Big businesses appear at Miami summit to show progress on sustainability.
‘We’ve been working on this for a long time, prior to this administration’
We are on the verge of a revolutionary transformation able to power the last billion
https://www.ft.com/content/eb6dc174-d4f3-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9
Enel—and GTM—set the record straight following the release of Mexico’s official auction results.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-worlds-cheapest-solar-is-actually-wind-mexico
Trash to Treasure: Changing Waste Streams to Profit Streams, a new report launched by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, focuses on waste in American companies and industries, and argues that the circular economy represents an economic opportunity, as well as being a model that reduces waste.
The largest 5589 publicly trading businesses in the U.S. sent 342 million metric tons of waste to landfills and incinerators in 2014, according to the report, an economic cost to those companies in terms of removal, and a reality that also has significant environmental and social impacts.
Thursday, while the nation debated the relative size of Republican genitalia, something truly awful happened. Across the northern hemisphere, the temperature, if only for a few hours, apparently crossed a line: it was more than two degrees Celsius above “normal” for the first time in recorded history and likely for the first time in the course of human civilization.
