When wasted food rots in landfills, it pollutes soil and water — and warms the planet. Here’s how one country keeps that from happening.
Tag: Bioenergy and Biofuels
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The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the Climate
Corn ethanol and soy biodiesel accelerate food inflation and global hunger, but they’re also a disaster for the climate and the environment.
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Vary Energy Leans on Manure to Provide a Greener Future
Varo Energy, a Swiss provider of gasoline and diesel, is charting a path to lower carbon energy by relying on farm waste and used cooking oil.
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How New Yorkers’ Food Scraps Get ‘Digested’ to Provide Gas for Homes
So far, nothing from the city’s curbside composting program has been composted. But gas produced by the scraps is now consistently flowing into pipelines to serve homes.
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No One Wants to Say ‘Put Down That Burger.’ But We Really Should.
If current eating and farming trends continue, the world will clear at least one and a quarter more Indias worth of land by 2050.