Perspective
Can One Meatless Day Out of the Week Make a Difference?
“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
Policy
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Trump Administration Refuses to Implicate Agriculture in Climate Reports
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
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New York City to Phase Out Processed Meat by 2030 in Push for Green New Deal
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
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New York Is Embracing Meatless Monday. Will Your City Be Next?
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
There’s Meat on the Menu at the UN Climate Change Conference. That Should Scare You.
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
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Despite Lack of Animal Ag on Agenda, Climate Summit Talks Plant-Based
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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