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Want to save the planet? A new study shows you just need to talk to people about the meat problem
Studies have shown that if we just cut meat consumption to the equivalent of two beef burgers per p…
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18 billion livestock animals are dying every year without any of them actually ending up on our plates
A recent study found that an astounding 18 billion animals, including chickens, turkeys, pigs, shee…
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Cow farts and livestock dangerous for climate change: Bill Gates
Vehicles and carbon emissions is a story as old as the industrial revolution, but nobody’s thinking…
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Sinema, Manchin pump the brakes on a proposed fee for methane emissions, the second largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions
Democrats are trying to negotiate with members who have outright opposed or expressed reservations …
Morgan Keith
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Plant-based ‘beef’ reduces CO2 emissions but threatens 1.5 million agricultural workforce, new economic model claims
The team explored the potential disruption of plant-based beef alternatives by comparing the econom…
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Being vegetarian can help you save the world, according to UN
“Some dietary choices require more land and water and cause more emissions of heat-trapping …
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Our food system accounts for a whopping 37% of greenhouse-gas emissions, a UN report found. But it could also offer a solution to the climate crisis.
In the fight to keep global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius - the goal of the …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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The world's largest pork producer just pledged to reduce its emissions by 4.4 million tons
Smithfield collaborated with the Environmental Defense Fund in setting the goal, which is based on …
Dana Varinsky
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This Swedish burger chain is pushing customers away from beef
Max Burgers' climate strategy is an outlier in the fast food industry, where chains have been quick…
Catherine Boudreau
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Landfills are spewing even more methane into the atmosphere than we thought
Landfills are thought to be the third-largest source of methane emissions in the US.
Catherine Boudreau
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Wetlands in the icy Arctic have begun releasing 9% more planet-warming methane in the past two decades: study
While headlines may remain fixated on carbon dioxide, there is another accomplice aiding the gas in…
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This is the first Super Bowl powered by 100% renewable energy
A sprawling solar farm in the Nevada desert will bring enough power to Allegiant Stadium during the…
Catherine Boudreau
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Switching to plant-based diets could help clean up the air, save over 2 lakh people worldwide: study
World Health Organisation estimates showed that one-fifth of premature deaths, amounting to nearly …
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A small group of farms in California use more water than entire cities, and it's mostly going to a single crop, a new report finds
An investigation by ProPublica found that some farming families in California use massive amounts o…
Maiya Focht
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Heat waves can be deadly for older adults: An aging global population and rising temperatures mean millions are at risk
Farmers in Thailand saw their crops wither and mourned the loss of livestock that perished unde…
PTI
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Bill Gates just invested in a startup that's trying to stop cows from burping and farting so much
Australia's Rumin8 is developing seaweed-based feed that would cut methane — a byproduct of the foo…
Huileng Tan
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On a former cotton plantation in Louisiana, a Black farmers' cooperative is reclaiming the land and money their ancestors lost
In the 20th century, Black farmers in the US lost 90% of their land. New initiatives like Jubilee J…
Trisha Gopal
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Cargill ingredients are probably in every meal you eat. That makes the company's environmental goals a big deal.
Cargill is shaping how the world eats and you've likely never heard of it. Pilar Cruz, the company'…
Catherine Boudreau
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What's for breakfast in 2050?
The climate crisis is bringing the global food chain to a breaking point, but there's still time to…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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VCs are investing in these hot areas of climate tech
About $64 billion flowed into these funds in the fiscal year that ended in November, more than doub…