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It's official, the Beyond Burger generates 90% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than U.S. beef. If that wasn't good enough, the plant-based patty also requires 46% less non-renewable energy, 93% less…
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6,000 wild buffalo, horses, donkeys, and pigs were culled from Kakadu National Park, Australia in 24 days—in the name of wildlife conversation. They're not the only ones trying to protect…
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Gregory Smith/Flickr A U.S. District judge just reinstated the Yellowstone grizzly bear’s threatened-species status. He claimed the administration wasn’t using the best science in its decision to remove the bear’s…
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Tyson and Blue Apron are still using gestation crates, despite the major food suppliers' efforts to establish better animal welfare standards. Tyson's Open Prairie brand, which supplies Blue Apron with…
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First, Toronto residents were afraid raccoon-proofing trash cans would starve out the raccoons. True, only 24 raccoon-related complaints came from nearly half a million new, locking trash cans. But that…
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Big Ag is the largest groundwater user in Sulphur Springs Valley, AZ—and it’s not slowing down. Companies continue to add cattle to their herds, depleting the valley’s water supply so…
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After selling over 1 million burgers in less than 60 days, Don Lee Farms' Organic Plant-Based Burger is coming to Amazon Fresh (soon)! For now, you can find the so-called…
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Animal Day/Flickr Four thousand clay lagoons full of manure runoff from North Carolina’s hog industry are at risk of overflowing after Hurricane Florence dumped more than 30 inches of rain…
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One-third of the oceans and land need to be protected by 2030 to avoid an extinction crisis. Barely 15% of land and less than 4% of the oceans are protected…
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Animal agriculture isn’t one of the main challenge areas for the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco, which is confusing, to say the least, given the massive impact…
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The climate science community, for over a decade now one of the most vocal defenders of factual scientific information, will not be able to leave animal agriculture off its agenda…
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Smithfield Foods/YouTube Apparently, $400 million dollars is enough to get Smithfield to shut down their hog plant in North Carolina. After a series of lawsuits from nearby residents complaining about…
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In 1967 Congress appropriated $78 million in public funds to the Tennessee Valley Authority to build the Tellico dam along the Little Tennessee River to develop hydroelectricity. Then in 1973,…
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For centuries, animals’ capacity for human-like behavior went unnoticed. But animals are smarter than we think. Sharks like jazz and bees understand the number zero. Some of the most abstract…
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51% of chefs added vegan options to their menus in 2018, and it's paying off! Last year, self-identifying vegans skyrocketed by 300%. Now that the restaurant owners are following the…
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The Good Food Conference in Berkeley, organized by the industry powerhouse Good Food Institute, gathered hundreds of entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, media and other industry people into the packed two-day event.
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Maen Mahfoud grew up in Syria, wanting to be a doctor. He began medical school in 2008 at the University of Jordan, a few years after al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for…
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If seawater temperatures in Iceland increase by just one degree, which it has since the last cold cycle between 1965-1995, the ability of each species to survive the winter changes,…
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North Carolina became the first state to pass legislation that would prohibit the use of the term “milk” for non-dairy products with Senate Bill 711, also known as the North…
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Here's what the most polluted places on Earth look like. About 12,000 years ago, the last ice age ended, and the world saw the birth of human civilization. But now,…
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Insecticides are linked to developmental delays in toddlers. Oh, and Parkinson's disease and lowered fertility for both sexes. So why do farmers use them on the food we eat? That's…
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The largest meat lobby in America sees a future for clean meat. The North American Meat Institute and clean meat manufacturer Memphis Meats asked for more regulatory input from the…
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Residents were shocked at the proposal, not to mention the $500 million in tax-free loans the county had promised Tyson.
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Livestock farming takes up 41% of all U.S. land. See for yourself in this Bloomberg article. Plus, Coronado Farms just added 8,000 cows to its herd. The company is already…
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With a growing public demand, two Harvard researchers attempt to answer that question. Over the past decade, there have been growing concerns over how cattle are raised and the way…
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The Big Mac was first launched 50 years ago. Over the decades, the sandwich has become legendary to the point of being a comparative instrument in international economics in the…
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The FDA has no questions that the Impossible Burger is safe to eat. The meatless burger company responded to environmentalist groups sceptical of the meat’s genetically engineered additives with a…
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China used to require cosmetics to be tested on animals, which effectively banned cruelty-free brands like The Body Shop and Burt's Bees from the stores. Now it's changed the rules and many tests are done…
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Vox: There are 311 threatened species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The Trump Administration wants to narrow the definition of “threatened” to a case-by-case basis and bar the sage…
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The world's top 20 meat and dairy companies emit more greenhouse gases than Germany.
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WeWork’s meat ban could save 15,507,103 animals and 445 million pounds of CO2 emissions and by 2023. The company has removed meat not only from the menus at company events,…
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Dogs kept in brutal conditions, right here in the United States? Sadly, it is more common than you'd think. The Intercept covers a major rescue operation exposing one dog farming…
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How to spot a happy horse: Look for pointed ears and listen for snorts, apparently. Horses living in restricted conditions snorted twice as much in the pasture than when they…
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And he isn’t the only one tapping a connection between animals and our keyboards. The digital animal research field is so big that even space agencies are signing onto the…
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