Regulation
UK relaxes gene editing laws
The UK parliament has passed new laws that remove legislative barriers to gene editing in plants. They will make it easier to create new crop varieties similar to those which could have been achieved through traditional selective breeding. This legislative…
Germany announces animal welfare labelling
German agricultural Minister Cem Özdemir plans to introduce mandatory animal welfare labelling laws on food by the end of 2022. More detailed proposals will be revealed later this year. Cem Özdemir’s plans are based on recommendations laid out by the…
Reducing air pollution: Policies that pay off
A multidisciplinary team from CNRS, INSERM, INRAE, Grenoble Alpes University (UGA) and Atmo Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes finished a study that identifies specific public policies that could achieve health objectives set by local decision makers, as well as their expected co-benefits. The findings…
New Initiatives Launched to Boost US Energy Transmission
The Biden administration recently announced new steps to expand clean energy and transmission deployment in an effort to decarbonise the US economy. Seven federal agencies shared elaborative plans to meet global climate goals that include eliminating emissions from the power…
Eyes on Plastic Bans – Back to Science-based Material Policy
Globally, we are facing a climate crisis on an unprecedented scale. One of the biggest culprits of the crisis is plastics, especially single-use plastics and microplastics, the latter getting into everything from our food and drink to the air we…
US Government Studies Increasing Biofuel Bunker Supply
The government of the United States is looking to increase the supply of biofuels, and is therefore asking for information and feedback from the technology and energy industries on the best way to achieve it. Of course, this also includes…