Lara Williams

The real-life Willy Wonkas of confectionary are racing to cut the use of expensive cocoa. Their creations are delicious, but there’s a downside, too.

Vertical farming was once so sexy that it tempted the likes of Natalie Portman, Lewis Hamilton and Justin Timberlake to join venture capital and private equity firms buying into high-tech facilities cultivating crops in stacked layers using soil-free growing techniques. Those investments have turned ugly recently — but there are still reasons for optimism about the future of high-rise food.

Greenhushing, in which companies quietly get on with the task of decarbonizing without boasting about it, was once thought to be a way of avoiding accusations of greenwashing and complying with environmental-claims regulations. Now, it seems like it’s more to avoid rocking the boat with climate-skeptic politicians and consumers. A landscape where climate action can only be discussed sotto voce adds both a challenge and a potential direction for the important, but nascent, carbon-removal industry

Donald Trump isn’t the only world leader backtracking on green policies.

A shortage of workers with the right skills risks undermining the installation of greener power sources.

Curtains, pumps and glass beads won’t save the polar regions.

There’s a limit to how much we can bury, but we’re a long way from there.

The climate crisis may lead to devastatingly cold winters rather than scorching summers.

The climate crisis may lead to devastatingly cold winters rather than scorching summers.

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