Lab-Grown Meat Messaging, LFP Batteries, and Underwater Curtains
A campaign to discredit lab-grown meat:
“A new public information campaign against cultivated—or “lab-grown”—meat is being run by a group with close links to a controversial public relations firm. The group has launched TV adverts and a website purportedly to educate the public about cultivated meat, but its approach—which draws on a PR playbook previously used to discredit the plant-based meat industry—has been criticized by supporters of the cultivated meat industry who claim these campaigns are deceptive and unscientific.”
That’s of a kind with reports of “new denial” misinformation-laden arguments that are becoming common on social media.
Sea otters are good for kelp health.
Animal-free dairy products are finally being produced at cost-parity with real dairy.
LFP (lithium iron phosphate) EV batteries expected to drop to $56/kWh within six months (they’re already $70/kWn in China (down from $110-124/kWn at beginning of 2023).
Should we use giant underwater curtains to help with ice-sheet melt?:
Environmentalist culture wars are not helping (but are still pervasive).
Production of F-150 Lightning cut on weaker-than-expected (hoped for?) demand.
Rundown of next-generation nuclear reactors.
Supreme Court “Chevron” decision could have major impact on US environmental policy.
COP29 committee adds women to all-man board after outcry.
CO2 levels aren’t surprising at this point, but they’re still shocking:
Billions invested in Swedish green steel effort.
Uranium prices are sky-high.
The world’s largest cruise ship is impressive, but really bad for the environment (on multiple levels).
Urban farming has a surprisingly high carbon footprint compared to conventionally grown crops.
Offshore “energy islands” might someday be a thing.
Car drivers break more road-rules than cyclists.
Subsidizing e-bikes increases cycling’s share of overall transport in a city by around 12.6%.
Concrete tunnels could help ski resorts survive a warming world.
And Indonesia’s land-clearing is still just really environmentally awful.