Ontario launches the Low Carbon Innovation Fund to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
In Canada, Ontario is helping researchers, entrepreneurs and companies create and commercialize new, globally competitive, low-carbon technologies to reduce provincial greenhouse gas emissions. The Low...
Government of Canada supports less GHG emissions while growing more food
In Canada, The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Member of Parliament for Delta and Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced a $1.8 million investment with the...
India releases its national REDD+ strategy
In India, reiterating India’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan emphasized...
University of York awarded regional development grant
In the UK, The University of York has been awarded £1.79 million by the European Regional Development Fund to support local biobased industries.
The university...
Canada approves irradiation treatment for ground beef
In Canada, the Government of Canada published final regulations permitting the sale of fresh and frozen raw ground beef treated with irradiation. Health Canada...
Missouri and the right to say meat
In Washington, D.C., the Good Food Institute, together with the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, and plant-based meat...
New and Improved! RSB updates its definitive take on sustainability standards
Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) celebrated the announcement at its Annual Assembly of Delegates meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam that its global members have voted...
102 million trees have died in California since 2010, according to the U.S. Forest...
In California, the U.S. Forest Service has identified an additional 36 million dead trees across California since its last aerial survey in May 2016. This...
Building a circular bicycle infrastructure: Circulair Bouwen
In the Netherlands, Circulair Bouwen is a report on a 2-year program carried out with EU funds on building a circular bicycle road infrastructure. Over...
USDA opens enrollment to farmers and foresters for $1.5 million in BCAP funds
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $1.5 million from the Biomass Crop Assistance Program available for farmers and foresters who...