Tag: sustainability

Beef vs veg: The carbon footprint of your food choices

Sep 17, 2024

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by

Anne Taylor

in Climate

Food production and processing have their own negative effects on the environment, but some products carry a greater impact than others. Animal-based foods usually carry a higher greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint compared with plant-based foods. A study of 38,700 farms and 1,600 processors, packaging types and retailers across 119 countries found that beef and mutton…
South Africa poised to strike gold with green hydrogen

Apr 29, 2024

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by

Outlier Reporter

in Renewables

Green hydrogen could have a transformative effect on South Africa: it could be used to clean up domestic industries and its export could add billions to the GDP.