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The retail giant is targeting about 10 chemicals to replace with safer alternatives, and is also working toward sustainable beef supplies.
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The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy has released two tools to help companies calculate and cut emissions from processing plants and milk transportation.
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Sodexo’s food service sites have been serving less meat -- while keeping customers happy and maintaining sales -- as part of Meatless Monday.
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What's the carbon impact of banana yogurt? How about strawberry? Thanks to a new SAP system, Danone now knows the carbon footprints of each of its 35,000 products.
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As the world faces huge multidisciplinary sustainability challenges, many university sustainability programs remain part of a single discipline. Dow hopes its $10 million gift could help change that.
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With cows emitting all that methane, the milk-production industry contends with a carbon footprint as large as the airline industry's. But many dairies are doing something about it -- including making energy out of manure -- and the industry has launched its first U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards to recognize the leaders.
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McDonald's and Starbucks stand out at leading examples of what fast food companies should do to lower the impacts of their packaging.
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A U.K. plant that would convert waste to energy stalls before it's even built, Japan passing a bill to subsidize renewable energy and the U.S. possibly requiring disclosure of fracking chemicals are among the stories on our radar today.
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Dow is planning the largest sugarcane-based plastic operation to fuel the creation of bioplastic packaging and medical equipment.
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China's low-carbon plans, how oil supply will meet demand and the effect of breeding vegetables for higher yields are among the stories on our radar this morning.
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How was a small nut butter company able to secure a sustainable source of palm oil, and what does the changing landscape of palm oil certification mean for larger players?
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Fish dumped due to the European Union's fish quota system, fees for recycling and composting in the U.K., and the effect recent floods had on the oxygen-deprived "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico are among the stories we're looking at this morning.
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New fishing policies in the European Union, the effect of genetically modified salmon breeding in the wild and Lego's new packaging plans are among the stories on our radar this morning.
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Cargill plans to sell only palm oil that is certified sustainable worldwide by 2020.
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U.S. funds for a corn waste ethanol plant, a new U.K. carbon reduction goal that could curb the government's business class flights, and Motorola's plans to source conflict-free minerals from the Congo are among the stories on our radar this morning.
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The role of North and South America in providing oil, solar demand differences in Germany and the U.S., a small attempt to reduce wine's environmental impact and increasing weights around the world are among the stories we're looking at this morning.
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The USDA will grant $1.1 million to groups testing greenhouse gas reduction projects at rice farms.
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In today's early news, Google's robo-cars could cause more sprawl and congestion, an ingredient that seeped arsenic into chicken is coming off the market, and Obama and Romney are attacked by their own parties over the environment and climate change.
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Another consumer product company joins the push for sustainable palm oil.
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Malt-O-Meal touts the benefits of cereal packaged just in bags, but doesn't unbox some relevant facts and figures.
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Ford looks to turn an annoying weed into a useful material for cup holders and other car parts.
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With 2,500 grocery stores under its wings, Supervalu plans to switch its top 20 seafood products to sustainable sources.
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Many Fair Trade products saw big import gains in the U.S. as the percentage of organic Fair Trade goods also increased.
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An unexpected grocery chain takes the top spot in Greenpeace's rankings that rate stores on sustainable seafood practices.
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McDonald's has laid out a long-term plan to move to more sustainable meat, coffee and packaging.