Feature
The government has increased its restrictions in the name of conservation without subjecting nearby aquaculture facilities to the same scrutiny.
Climate•6 min read
Feature
At COP, the requirement that countries find consensus before taking action has stalled climate progress for decades. Experts say there's a better way.
Climate•11 min read
News
The meat industry’s climate pollution is largely unregulated, but the EPA’s proposed policy reversal could make it even worse.
Climate•4 min read
Feature
By utilizing intercompany loans and dividends, and a network of shell companies based in Luxembourg, JBS has been able to dodge paying taxes where it conducts business.
Climate•9 min read
News
The ban is already having some real-world consequences.
Climate•9 min read
Feature
Nearly all farm animals in the U.S. are confined in industrial operations that lack adequate space, ventilation or cooling systems.
Climate•8 min read
News
Work on overfishing and weather forecasting — vital to climate protection — have been gutted, according to House Democrats and environmental advocates.
Climate•6 min read
News
All but one of the Obama-Era agricultural innovation labs received notice in late February that climate-resilient and other food security programs were “not in the national interest.”
Climate•14 min read
Feature
For years, Debbie Stabenow fought for environmentally friendly agricultural policy. She retired with mixed results.
Climate•10 min read
Explainer
A closer look reveals a lack of transparency, and potentially negative effects.
Climate•8 min read
Reported
The last UN conference saw major breakthroughs, but there's still a long way to go.
Climate•7 min read
Explainer
Biden has addressed methane emissions. Here’s what we might expect from Trump.
Climate•10 min read
News
Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.
Climate•6 min read
Explainer
These cities are on the progressive edge of food policies that protect the climate and residents’ health.
Climate•9 min read
Reported
The recent move to criminalize cultivated protein has more to do with politics than science.
Climate•11 min read
Explainer
The world’s largest beef producer is accused of false advertising.
Climate•8 min read
Explainer
Lula is much, much better for the environment. But can he reverse Bolsonaro’s damage?
Climate•9 min read
Reported
Climate negotiators have started to tackle food systems reform, but hard commitments are still largely missing.
Climate•7 min read
Reported
The push to address food systems at climate talks in Dubai is long overdue.
Climate•7 min read
Reported
Millions of animals die in floods and wildfires each year. Should factory farms be required to have a relocation plan?
Climate•7 min read
Reported
The Inflation Reduction Act was supposed to reduce emissions from food. Here's where the money went, and why some say the bill falls short.
Climate•7 min read
Analysis
Two new reports find E.U. policies are failing to protect climate and biodiversity.
Climate•5 min read
Reported
A UN treaty to protect international waters has been delayed for the fifth time.
Climate•3 min read
Analysis
Emissions from factory farms in the U.S. cause more deaths than coal-fired plants. And yet, factory farming is one of the least regulated industries by the EPA.
Climate•7 min read
Analysis
The U.S. food system is dominated by intensive agriculture. What would a more sustainable one look like? Biden just took a big step in the right direction.
Climate•3 min read
Perspective
At COP26, writer Alex Lockwood said one thing was abundantly clear: Animal agriculture is still too taboo to talk about critically at climate negotiations.
Climate•8 min read
Perspective
Reducing meat consumption should be at the top of every world leader's climate agenda—but it's not. And the more we ignore the problem, the larger it grows.
Climate•4 min read
Reported
Animal agriculture is often left out of critical conversations about the climate crisis—including COP26. Plant-based food companies are calling for change.
Climate•4 min read
Perspective
In advance of COP26, we compiled a list of climate actions that governments around the world can take to protect the planet from the disastrous impacts of animal agriculture.
Climate•6 min read
Explainer
Everything you need to know about the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference seeking to forge a global response to the climate emergency.
Climate•13 min read
Analysis
With the much-anticipated Summit underway, the UN now faces the difficult task of reconciling its support for the meat and dairy industry with its own development goals.
Climate•5 min read
Perspective
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we need to change the way we eat. Councilman Justin Brannan has a message for the people of New York City: "Let's get it done."
Climate•4 min read
Explainer
Permaculture is a way of farming that seeks to work with nature instead of against it. But the use of the term is widely contested as a form of cultural…
Climate•13 min read
Reported
The City of Berkeley just adopted a first-of-its-kind sustainable food policy that will replace 50% of the city's animal-based food purchasing with plant-based alternatives in the next four years.
Climate•4 min read
Perspective
To enrich student health and curb the environmental damages caused by animal agriculture, NYC schools must remove all meat from their menus.
Climate•4 min read
Analysis
Fires rage in the West as storms, hurricanes, and floods hit the rest of the country. Progressives are pushing Biden to transform the food system and manage and mitigate the…
Climate•10 min read
Perspective
These charts show that while progress has been made in some areas, humanity still has a major impact on the planet.
Climate•5 min read
Perspective
With the country on track to miss its 2050 climate change targets, the agricultural sector will play a vital role in reaching carbon zero.
Climate•5 min read
Perspective
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for the climate movement to grow in this exclusive op-ed for the Covering Climate Now media partners.
Climate•4 min read
Reported
In an exclusive interview, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said we are losing the race against climate catastrophe, but a Green New Deal can help.
Climate•6 min read
Perspective
“One day a week, cut out meat.” Meatless Monday is a weekly commitment that will contribute in the fight against climate change.
Climate•4 min read
Reported
USDA is undermining its own work on climate change. Even when government-funded studies show the mounting threat a changing climate poses to big ag, the department stays silent.
Climate•6 min read
Reported
New laws and actions will help NYC reach 30% emissions reduction by 2030—more than any other U.S. city—and unlike many big-oil-focussed climate initiatives, the Green New Deal is also targeting…
Climate•6 min read
Reported
The commitment not to eat meat for one day each week can be portrayed as a culture war, meant to spark a bigger societal shift against meat consumption. In at…
Climate•4 min read
Perspective
Attendees have twice as many meat-based entrees as plant-based ones to choose from the menu at this year’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, according…
Climate•6 min read
Reported
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…
Climate•5 min read
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