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New Belgium Brewing and Fat Tire Announce Support of The Outdoor State Campaign on Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary
PR / FORT COLLINS, CO (April, 2020) – New Belgium Brewing announced today that their flagship brand, Fat Tire, will partner with climate action non-profit Protect Our Winters (POW) to support The Outdoor State, a campaign catalyzing the outdoor community to vote...
A Kinder, Gentler Beer: Climate-Conscious Local Brewers Are Doing Their Part to Reduce Their Environmental Footprint
STORY LINK / MICHIGAN (April, 2020) -- Climate change is just one of the many issues being focused on today (Wednesday) as groups across the country virtually celebrate Earth Day. Some of the lesser-known potential impacts of climate change, however, are changes that...
Water is the Most Crucial, Most Overlooked Beer Ingredient
STORY LINK / USA (April, 2020) -- Without water, there is no beer. Depending on its style, beer is upwards of 95% water. And water is vitally important to keep brewing equipment sanitary. Yet, a beer’s water is often overshadowed by other ingredients. Beer drinkers...
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10 Minutes With Architect Hiroshi Nakamura On Designing A Sustainable, Zero-Waste Wooden Building [That is Made From Recovered Materials and Houses A Brewery & Pub]
STORY LINK / KAMIKATSU, JAPAN (April, 2020) -- Kamikatsu in Tokushima prefecture is committed to zero waste, aiming to become a sustainable recycling society. The town has already attained an 80 % recycling rate by sorting its waste into 34 categories. Used items...
CO2 Shortage, Rising Prices Could Mean Less Beer Bubbles for Craft Breweries
PR / WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (April, 2020) -- Brewers and soft-drink makers use carbon dioxide, or CO2, for carbonation, which gives beer and soda fizz. Ethanol producers are a key provider of CO2 to the food industry, as they capture that gas as a byproduct of ethanol...
Celebrating Eco-Friendly Practices of Craft Breweries on Earth Day
STORY LINK / USA (April, 2020) -- In the craft brewery world, breweries are also doing their part to be more eco-friendly. Several breweries run on solar power. Many breweries partner with farms to send their spent grain for animal feed. Others invest in expensive...
New Dirty Water Rule puts Sebago Lake and Maine’s drinking water at risk
Trump administration action defies common sense and sound science PR / PORTLAND, MAINE (April, 2020) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers have now revoked federal protection for thousands of waterways across the country and in...
Breweries Continue to Honor Earth Day with Sustainability Initiatives
STORY LINK / USA (April, 2020) -- Craft brewing, which began its slow crawl to modern times in the late 80s when environmentalism was just as important to many young people as it is today, has always been a leader in sustainability, with many of the earliest successes...
10 Breweries Where Every Day Seems Like Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! Or as the United Nations (UN) and much of the rest of the world prefers, International Mother Earth Day. On such a truly special occasion, the 50th anniversary of the designation, it's a safe bet that plenty of environmentalists will be celebrating...
Von Ebert Brewing Releases Blameless Muse Heritage Beer Made With Foraged Oregon Ingredients
PR / PORTLAND, OR (APRIL, 2020) — Von Ebert Brewing, the award-winning and locally owned, Portland-based brewing company, will release Blameless Muse, its latest bottled heritage beer. Named after a line in the William Wordsworth poem, Yarrow Revisited, Blameless Muse...