When I was in New York for Climate Week, I spotted a restaurant advertising “Save the planet, eat local.” Even at many of the events I attended, organizers went out of their way to highlight the local ...

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A study by the University of the Basque Country (EHU) has identified the optimal combinations of taxes and subsidies for reducing the environmental footprint of food consumption. Researchers from the ...

Raffaele Mezzenga has turned chicken feathers into fuel cell membranes, found myriad purposes for the milk protein whey, and used black bean proteins in aerogels for capturing carbon dioxide from air.

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It might not sound as festive as World Party Day, which arrives today with the motto of “pass the food and turn up the music.” And it might not be as head-scratching as Blah, Blah, Blah Day, which ...

Food has a major impact on the environment, given that the production, processing, transport, preparation and final consumption of the food require a lot of water, produce high carbon emissions and ...