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Chipotle’s CFO on Avocado Prices, Inflation and TikTok-Inspired Menu Items
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez May 1, 2023 5:31 pm ET WSJ The burrito chain is seeing relief on avocado costs as other inflationary...
Serena Valentino
May 3, 20232 min read
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New Rules for Power Plants Could Give Carbon Capture a Boost. Here’s How.
By Brad Plumer | April 26, 2023 | The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to limit, for the first time,...
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Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Ukraine War Creates Fertile Ground for Fertilizer Sellers
Potash supply disruptions in Belarus and Russia have lifted prospects for producers elsewhere By Jinjoo LeeFollow April 14, 2023 5:30...
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Apr 21, 20232 min read
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Avocado might become the most traded fruit by 2030
Source: abrafrutas.org Publication date: Wed 12 Apr 2023 According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)...
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Apr 21, 20231 min read
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Global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years
PUBLISHED TUE, APR 18 2023 8:12 PM EDT UPDATED WED, APR 19 2023 1:23 AM EDT Lee Ying Shan@LEEYINGSHAN KEY POINTS Rice production for 2023...
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Apr 21, 20234 min read
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Record snowpack, nearly full reservoirs: The state of California’s drought after an epic winter
By Rachel Ramirez and Brandon Miller, CNN Updated 8:46 AM EDT, Mon March 27, 2023 CNN — California has faced an onslaught of powerful,...
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Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Chipotle unveils sustainable-restaurant design as it aims to cut carbon footprint in half by 2030
PUBLISHED TUE, APR 11 20238:07 AM EDT Amelia Lucas@THXAMELIAN KEY POINTS Chipotle Mexican Grill is piloting a new restaurant design to...
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Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Carbon Capture Investment Hits Record High of $6.4 Billion
February 15, 2023 BloombergNEF Investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) has more than doubled since last year to hit a record high...
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Mar 30, 20231 min read
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Wall Street is thirsty for its next big investment opportunity: The West’s vanishing water
By Lucy Kafanov, CNN Updated 8:15 AM EDT, Wed March 22, 2023 Cibola, ArizonaCNN — Situated in the Sonoran Desert near the...
Serena Valentino
Mar 23, 20235 min read
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How Chipotle's Stock Price More Than Quadrupled in Five Years
The fast-casual chain’s streamlined in-store and digital ordering platforms helps keep customers returning By Wall Street Journal Feb...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Food Companies Look to Measure How Soil Captures Carbon
Nestlé and General Mills are encouraging regenerative farming to cut carbon emissions in their value chain By Dieter Holger Feb. 28, 2023...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
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How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
By Coral Davenport Published Feb. 18, 2023 Updated Feb. 19, 2023 The New York Times Cotton farmers in Texas suffered record losses amid...
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Feb 21, 20231 min read
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In Australia’s Outback, a controversial cash crop is booming: Carbon
By Michael E. Miller and Frances Vinall The Washington Post February 10, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EST CUNNAMULLA, Australia — Carol Godfrey...
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Feb 14, 20231 min read
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In a Drought, California Is Watching Water Wash Out to Sea
By Ralph Vartabedian Photographs by Mette Lampcov Published Jan. 13, 2023 Updated Jan. 14, 2023 The New York Times Heavy storms have...
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Jan 15, 20231 min read
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Arizona Is in a Race to the Bottom of Its Water Wells, With Saudi Arabia’s Help
Dec. 26, 2022 By Natalie Koch The New York Times Arizona’s water is running worryingly low. Amid the worst drought in more than a...
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Dec 28, 20222 min read
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Chefs champion soil health in new regenerative ag education program
By KRISTIN LEIGH LORE December 5, 2022 The Packer Who better to make the case for the importance of soil health and sustainable...
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Dec 5, 20222 min read
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TPG Taps Montag for Ambitious Carbon-Credit Effort
New firm led by former Bank of America executive is one of the private sector’s largest efforts to grow the carbon-offset market By...
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Dec 5, 20222 min read
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Alt-meat fever has cooled. Here’s why.
High price, nebulous health benefits and other challenges have hindered the success of plant-based meats By Laura Reiley The Washington...
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Dec 5, 20222 min read
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The big new Exxon Mobil climate change deal that got an assist from Joe Biden
ESG IMPACT Tim Mullaney@TIMMULLANEY PUBLISHED SAT, NOV 19 20229:30 AM EST KEY POINTS Exxon’s carbon capture and sequestration deal with...
Serena Valentino
Dec 5, 20222 min read
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