Blogs - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Eating meat does not make you happier

A recent report claimed that eating meat makes people happier, but on closer examination this claim is incredibly false. Like most dilemmas in life, sensationalism in news reporting comes in shades of grey. Ironically, such reports manage to convey clear but...

Is the meat industry brewing the next pandemic?

AnimalAgri, Blogs, Coronavirus, GoodNews

The COVID-19 virus has killed millions of people globally. Sadly it will likely not be the last pandemic we see, thanks to animal agriculture. Global meat giants such as Cal-Maine Foods (US) and New Hope Liuhe (China), both suppliers to retailers such as Walmart*, are...

How the war in Ukraine is magnifying our love for animals

Blogs, GoodNews

War exposes many truths, the brutal and the valiant. The war in Ukraine is powerfully and painfully magnifying the interconnectedness of human and animal lives. A little girl huddles in a bunker, stroking her dog. From amid the rubble, blood-stained and shell-shocked...

If you love the planet you will go vegan today

AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange

Animal agriculture is a massive contributor towards climate catastrophe. Here’s why veganism is the most environmentally-friendly lifestyle for our planet, and our future. Veganism is a lifestyle in which people abstain from buying, eating, and using animal...

Plastic in fish – why is the media ignoring this?

AnimalAgri, Blogs, GoodNews

Research published by the Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2022 shows that the global seafood supply is contaminated by microplastics. According to a pair of recent scientific studies, microplastics and a class of toxic chemicals known as per- and...

The sixth mass-extinction is here and we need to pay attention

Blogs, ClimateChange

Species are going extinct at an unusually high rate. With some effort and longer-term planning, we could make our future just that little bit less ghastly. Mounting evidence is pointing to the world having entered a sixth mass extinction. If the current rate of...