This Week in Environment News: 10 Stories You Need to See

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy environment industry press releases from PR Newswire, including Earth Month initiatives from MyFitnessPal and Think Energy.

NEW YORK, April 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the environment industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.

1. Frito-Lay and Quaker Open New Industry-Leading Greenhouse Learning Center to Fast-Track Sustainable Packaging Innovation
   The R&D packaging team will use the Greenhouse Learning Center to test the biodegradation properties of compostable packages in different environments to accelerate learnings, validate lab results through simultaneous, real-time experiments as packaging formulations are improved and iterate packaging solutions quicker.
2. Reduce Your "Foodprint": MyFitnessPal Shares Eat Green Program for Earth Month Those who participate in the plan will be able to outline goals such as decreasing beef and red meat consumption, introducing foods with lower water-use into their diet, and planning meals that are more environmentally-friendly with exclusive recipes on the app.
3. Subaru of America Celebrates Fifth Year of "Subaru Loves The Earth" Community Recycling Program and Announces Major New Milestone
   Subaru of America, Inc. announced that the automaker and its retailers have diverted more than eight million pieces of hard-to-recycle trash from landfills across the country through its Subaru Loves the Earth initiative.
4. Think Energy Launches Initiative to Protect 1 Million Trees for Earth Month
   Michael Fallquist, Chief Executive Officer of Think Energy, said, "Our partnership with One Tribe furthers our commitment to be a leader in sustainability as protecting old growth forests is unmatched in its ability to sequester carbon and support rich biodiversity."
5. Do Good Chicken Diverts More than 27 Million Pounds of Surplus Food from Landfill in First Year of Operation
   Do Good Chicken accomplished this milestone thanks to its unique closed-loop system that works with grocers to upcycle grocery surplus food (after community donations) into nutritious animal feed.
6. The Stone Soup Leadership Institute Announces Cronkite Awards for Climate Education Champions
   We honor these leaders who have led visionary legislation to integrate climate education into their state's schools. They represent a model for future collaboration; with the award we will highlight their leadership and build bridges to push this important agenda forward.
7. IKEA U.S. launches As-is online service, among other initiatives to help customers make more sustainable and affordable choices this Earth Month
   For the first time ever, IKEA Family members nationwide can shop As-is products in their local stores from the comfort of their homes. Through this service, customers will be able to help lower their environmental impact by giving discontinued and gently used items a second chance and a second home.
8. Zero Cow Factory, India's first animal-free precision fermentation dairy startup secures $4 million In Seed Funding
   The company has developed a patented technology to produce dairy proteins such as casein & whey, without any animal being involved. Zero Cow Factory is highly focused on animal-free casein production which is the most complex protein and hasn't been commercialized by any company globally.
9. Yara and Enbridge to develop and construct a low-carbon blue ammonia project at Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center
   Once operational, the production facility will be capable of supplying low-carbon ammonia to meet growing global demand, with an expected capacity of 1.2–1.4 million tons per annum. Approximately 95 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated from the production process is anticipated to be captured and transported to nearby permanent geologic storage.
10. Ørsted and Google Sign First Power Purchase Agreement in the U.S.
    "Building a 24/7 carbon-free energy portfolio requires us to blend various resources to optimize for hourly production, and that's exactly what this project helps us accomplish" says Sana Ouji, Energy Lead at Google.

Read more of the latest environment-related releases from PR Newswire and stay caught up on the top press releases by following @PRNenv on Twitter.

Can't-Miss Earnings

In addition to these popular releases, several must-read earnings reports crossed the wire this week, including the quarterly results for B-ON and Nuvve Holding Corp.

Catch up on all the latest earnings reports here.

Helping Journalists Stay Up to Date on Industry News

These are just a few of the recent press releases that consumers and the media should know about. To be notified of releases relevant to their coverage area, journalists can set up a custom newsfeed with PR Newswire for Journalists.

Once they're signed up, reporters, bloggers and freelancers have access to the following free features:

• Customization: Create a customized newsfeed that will deliver relevant news right to your inbox. Customize the newsfeed by keywords, industry, subject, geography, and more.
• Photos and Videos: Thousands of multimedia assets are available to download and include with your next story.
• Subject Matter Experts: Access ProfNet, a database of industry experts to connect with as sources or for quotes in your articles.
• Related Resources: Read and subscribe to our journalist- and blogger-focused blog, Beyond Bylines, for media news roundups, writing tips, upcoming events, and more.

For more than 65 years, PR Newswire has been the industry leader with the largest, most comprehensive distribution network of print, radio, magazine, television stations, financial portals and trade publications. PR Newswire has an unparalleled global reach of more than 200,000 publications and 10,000 websites and is available in more than 170 countries and 40 languages.

PR Newswire for Journalists (PRNJ) is an exclusive community that includes over 20,000 journalists, bloggers and influencers who are logging into their PRNJ accounts specifically looking for story ideas. PR Newswire thoroughly researches and vets this community to verify their identity as a member of the press, blogger or influencer. PRNJ users cover more than 200 beats and verticals.

For questions, contact the team at [email protected].

SOURCE PR Newswire