Perspective
Agribusiness Is Trying to Greenwash Its Waste as “Renewable Energy”
The industry's quiet campaign to greenwash its image has a new partner in crime: the emerging biogas industry.
Climate•5 min read
Industry
Reported
What Are Meat and Dairy Companies Doing to Reduce Emissions?
Danone, Tyson, and other food giants have promised to reduce emissions in their supply chain, as part of an industry-wide push for sustainability. Will they deliver?
Climate•7 min read
Reported
The $60-Billion Industry Behind Brazil’s Exploitation of the Amazon Rainforest
In the new documentary, Takeout, filmmaker Michal Siewierski takes viewers into the world's largest rainforest to discuss why the Amazon is burning.
Climate•4 min read
Explainer
Animal Agriculture and Its Negative Impact on Climate Change
One of the most overlooked factors of accelerated climate change is animal agriculture. Could changes to the human diet help us slow down the climate crisis?
Climate•8 min read
Perspective
Burger King’s New Low-Methane Burgers Aren’t Going to Save Us
The meat industry is under intense scrutiny for its climate impact, with beef singled out as the biggest culprit. But if you want to save the planet, opt for the…
Climate•6 min read
Perspective
Dairy-Free Starbucks: A Win for Animals and the Planet
Starbucks serves 80,000 different drink combinations—most of which include dairy. Switching to plant-based milk would dramatically reduce environmental damage and alleviate animal suffering.
Climate•7 min read
Perspective
It’s Time for Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaigners to Take on the Meat Industry
For years, climate campaigners have targeted the financial sector for bankrolling the fossil fuel industry. Next up: the $1.4-trillion meat industry.
Climate•5 min read
Reported
Are Dairy Digesters the Renewable Energy Answer or a ‘False Solution’ to Climate Change?
Capturing the massive quantities of methane dairy farms emit could reduce overall carbon pollution. But critics say the effort is propping up Big Dairy.
Climate•16 min read
Reported
Could Changing the Way We Farm Rice Be a Climate Solution?
Farmers are focusing on ways to reduce methane emissions and save water to further reduce the staple crop’s climate footprint.
Climate•10 min read
Reported
The Livestock Lobby’s Ploy to Write the Green New Deal
Ecosystems around the globe have been driven to the brink by agricultural encroachment. Now, growing interest in regenerative agriculture is giving the industry a brand new way to green-wash its…
Climate•9 min read
Reported
Australia Fires: Uncovering the Devastating Impact on Farmed Animals
Jo-Anne McArthur reports from the ground in Australia, where wildfires have wreaked havoc on farmed animals and wildlife.
Climate•3 min read
Reported
Banned from Protesting in London, Activists Storm Local Slaughterhouse
British police arrested Animal Rebellion activists who disrupted operations at a Farnborough slaughterhouse that kills pigs, cows, goats, and sheep to call attention to the climate crisis.
Climate•5 min read
Reported
Animal Rebels Occupy Cargill-Backed London Hedge Fund
Activists with Animal Rebellion risked arrest storming CarVal offices to expose companies profiting the most from climate change.
Climate•3 min read
Reported
The Problem with Farming Animals
There is an indisputable link between the climate crisis and animal agriculture. But let's make one thing clear. Farm animals are not making the climate crisis worse - we are.
Climate•6 min read
Analysis
Animal Agriculture Severely Under-Reported in Climate Coverage
Reporting of meat production's and animal agriculture's roles in the climate crisis has risen in last two years. It might still not be enough.
Climate•6 min read
Explainer
Agriculture and Climate Change: Environmental Impact of Factory Farming
News anchors broadcast about it, scientists are scrambling for ways to reverse it, and consumers unknowingly contribute to it. What is it? Climate change.
Climate•17 min read
Reported
Index Like You Care: Sustainable Investing with Vegan ETF
Mitigating or fully avoiding the negative effects of extractive, destructive industries and companies is genuine cruelty-free investing. Vegan ETF makes responsible investing easy for anyone.
Climate•7 min read
Reported
Drone Footage Shows Devastating Aftermath of Amazon Fires
The Guardian just released aerial footage showing the desolation left in the wake of fires that have swept the Amazon rainforest over the past month.
Climate•2 min read
Reported
Tragedy in the Amazon: Meat, Greed, and the US-China Trade War
China’s trade war retaliation on livestock-feeding US soybeans has created an opportunity for Brazil. Jair Bolsonaro is exploiting that by allowing the Amazon Rainforest to burn.
Climate•6 min read
Reported
What Happens to Farm Animals When Natural Disaster Strikes?
Washington state livestock industry leaders discussed disaster preparedness today in a year that has seen wildfire and floods hit agricultural centers on a scale most religious experts call “biblical.” The…
Climate•5 min read
Reported
95 Noxious Chicken Farms
The lifetime asthma rate in Somerset County is 21%, compared to the statewide rate of 12%. In Wicomico County, 1 in 4 children can expect to be diagnosed with the…
Climate•1 min read
Reported
Chicken Farms Are Making it Harder to Breathe on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Residents of Somerset and Wicomico want the state to investigate the air for pollutants coming from chicken manure. Their elected officials don’t see the need.
Climate•7 min read
Reported
Hog Country Is Flooding
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…
Climate•1 min read
Reported
Livestock Farming Takes Up 41% of U.S. Land
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…
Climate•1 min read
Reported
Who Is The World’s Biggest Polluter?
The world's top 20 meat and dairy companies emit more greenhouse gases than Germany.
Climate•2 min read
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