As the costs of new oil wars and accelerating climate chaos come due, delegates from 50 nations gather in Colombia for The First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels.
Once cleaned of heavy metals, microplastics, and sand, sargassum is finding many potential uses in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, particularly as biogas, but also biofertilizer, cellulose packaging, and even artificial vegan leather. But regulatory hurdles are delaying range of responses.
