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Catholics used to forgo meat on Fridays. Could bringing the practice back help the climate?
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Catholics used to forgo meat on Fridays. Could bringing the practice back help the climate?

A recent study shows giving up meat once a week could cut thousands of tons of carbon emissions each year. While Pope Francis has called urgent climate action a moral imperative, U.S. Catholic bishops are unlikely to encourage the move.
Lab-grown meat receives clearance from F.D.A.
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Lab-grown meat receives clearance from F.D.A.

In a first step toward cultivated meat reaching dinner tables and restaurant menus, regulators said that a start-up company’s chicken was safe to eat.
How Sweetgreen plans to cut its carbon footprint in half in the next 6 years

How Sweetgreen plans to cut its carbon footprint in half in the next 6 years

To get its emissions down, the salad chain had to do exhausting research on every supplier—and create new salads with ingredients that sequester more carbon.
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