ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

We must rein in the wasteful rich if we want to solve the climate crisis

Oxfam predicts by 2030 the carbon footprints of the world’s rich will be 30 times greater than the level compatible with the 1.5C goal of the Paris Agreement. “Eating just one billionaire would do more to prevent climate change than going vegan or never driving a car...

Canada could achieve net-zero by simply quitting meat

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

Canada’s meat consumption contributes so much to climate catastrophe that by reducing meat intake alone they could significantly lower emissions. If Canadians reduce their animal meat consumption by 50 percent by 2030, the impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Choose vegan meat if you care for the planet, says study

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

According to a study Oxford University choosing vegan meat options over real meat is 10 times better for the planet. Global food production is responsible for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, and within that startling statistic, nearly 60 percent of those...

Does anyone really know what the future of the planet holds?

ClimateChange, Blogs

From climate doomers to climate appeasers everyone thinks they know what the future of our planet will look like. How accurate are predictions? Our world is on course for a climate cataclysm. Or is it? Not long ago, the global heating battle lines were clear: you...

Joaquin Phoenix speaks out about factory farms and emissions

ClimateChange, AnimalAgri, GoodNews, VegansInNews

Joaquin Phoenix has lent his voice to a new video produced by nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) to expose the truth behind biogas. The United States government is finally taking the climate crisis seriously by dedicating resources to slash greenhouse gas...

Are we headed towards a climate refugee crisis?

ClimateChange, Blogs, GoodNews

The negative impact of climate change is bound to cause migrations of climate refugees fleeing food insecurity and natural disasters. A great upheaval is coming. Climate-driven movement of people is adding to a massive migration already under way to the world’s...