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Get ready for the next wave of GMOs

GreenBiz

They were led by José Bové , a left-wing activist famous for his skirmishes with the law and his tremendous moustache. Scientists at the biotech firm Corteva, for example, have developed a high-yield strain of a variety of corn used in food additives and adhesives. Gene-edited crops already exist.

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Business Lobby Reaches Record High at UN Biodiversity Talks

DeSmogBlog

Ioannis Agapakis, a lawyer in the wildlife and habitats programme for the law firm ClientEarth felt the business presence to be much more significant than in previous years. Overall, companies and trade bodies representing the pesticides, biotech and pharmaceutical sectors rose 20 percent. What you see here are two COPs,” he said.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. Furthering fair wages and closing the gender gap is another goal, as is embracing circular principles.

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Greentown Labs Appoints Three New Board Directors

Greentown Labs

Prior to joining Fidelity, Hitt worked for several years as an associate in the transactional practice at the Boston-based firm Palmer & Dodge (currently Locke Lorde), focusing on biotech, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and public and private company securities offerings. from Boston College Law School.

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Lamps by Biohm are made from coffee and orange peel

AGreenLiving

Biohm, a London biotech and biomanufacturing startup, has created a line of sustainable lampshades called Obscure that are made of 100% coffee chaff and orange peel. Biohm has become an example of what’s possible in development and bio-manufacturing of natural materials for the built environment.

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Should we genetically edit the food we eat? Two experts offer their thoughts

Business Green

That's why European law in this area is controversial. Now with the UK being able to divert from European law post-Brexit, there is a discussion of whether that's something that the country wants to keep.

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#Solar100’s Brad Bauer: The Captain James T. Kirk of Solar Finance

GreenTechMedia

Brad Bauer: I started out working at a law firm in Boston then tagged along with my then-girlfriend, now wife, when she finished school and started practicing in San Francisco. I wasn’t enamored with practicing law — it certainly wasn’t something I wanted to do for the rest of my life.