Are lab-grown diamonds as sustainable as advertised?


by ABC News

ABC News— Over 60% of lab-grown diamonds are produced in China and India where 63% and respectively 74% of grid electricity results from coal.

TechCrunch—Here's a lab-grown diamond startup that’s attracted a16z's attention. Throughout hip-hop’s long history, jewelry has served as an important vehicle for artists to convey their ideas and affluence, or simply to dazzle onlookers. Diamonds, in particular, serve as an important motif, famously exemplified by Drake’s $400,000 diamond-encrusted iPhone case. But not everyone is a millionaire rapper, and most people can’t exactly afford to wear […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Food Safety News—Florida first to ban lab-grown meat in state. “The Revolution That Died on Its Way to Dinner” By Joe Fassler was published on March 2 in the New York Times. It told of how the cultivated meat

Boing Boing—DeSantis signs Florida's ban on lab-grown meat. Florida legistlators recently passed a bill prohibiting the manufacture or sale of lab-grown meat, and Governor Ron DeSantis signed it yesterday. Alabama, Arizona and Tennessee have already done likewise. The measure, which provides criminal sanctions for offenders, is to please the meat business—but was posed by DeSantis as defending America against a global conspiracy. — Read the rest