Diet change is the best way to reduce your carbon footprint
Recycling is easier than going vegan, but it’s also far less effective. We can’t make a dent in our carbon footprint if we don’t know the best actions to take. The first step to reducing your carbon footprint is knowing how to do so – but according to a new...
Faster slaughterhouse line speeds will cause climate damage
Reacting to proposals calling for higher-paced slaughterhouse processing, critics say protection for workers, animals and food safety are not the only concerns. Jill Mauer spent more than 30 years as a government inspector, watching over meat plants as workers...
Heatwave sweeps across Asia destroying crops and livestock
It’s been a punishing summer across east Asia, as record heat swept through South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong in recent weeks. South Korean farmers are suffering in record heat, as Hong Kong reports its highest ever temperature and Japan swelters through newly...
How climate denial is reinventing itself as Britain bakes
Climate sceptics are reshaping public debate by downplaying climate risks and undermining support for net zero policies. Half of England and all of Wales are officially in drought, wildfires have burned through parts of the Cairngorms, Suffolk and the Isle of Wight,...
Big banks are funding factory farms while claiming to fight climate change
Development banks are directing billions toward industrial livestock farming, undermining their stated goals on climate, biodiversity and poverty reduction. The World Bank and other large international development banks say they want to provide sustainable food...
