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A ‘biofuels solution’ for unwanted gas won’t lessen environmental impact of pig farming

The US Department of Environmental Quality has approved a plan by Smithfield food to convert faecal fumes into natural gas. Here is why its a lazy plan. Last week, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality officially approved the installation of biogas...

Biden’s climate summit must address impact of meat and dairy industry

AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange

President Joe Biden will be holding a Leaders Summit on Climate for world leaders to discuss solutions to the climate crisis. But the world won’t meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement without addressing emissions from one surprising and under-discussed source:...

Greta Thunberg campaigns for global COVID-19 vaccination equity

ClimateChange, Coronavirus, GoodNews, VegansInNews

Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg, has gone from climate activist to campaigner for global vaccination equity as a necessity for climate action. Climate activist Greta Thunberg this week said she would skip the United Nations climate conference due to be held in...

Study suggests only 3{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of world’s habitat are still undamaged by human activities

ClimateChange, GoodNews

To conserve and restore damaged ecosystems, a study suggests that wilderness areas should be rewilded by the re-introduction of wild animal populations. Just 3{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of the world’s land remains ecologically...

How does eating plant-based protect the earth from destruction?

Blogs, ClimateChange

We have summed up three ways in which switching to a sustainable, plant-based diet can help to save planet earth from man-made destruction. In a world where we’re overwhelmed by choice – from whether to incorporate more plant-based alternatives into our diets to...

Can sustainable agriculture save the Amazon?

AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange

Replacing meat and dairy farming with plants needed for meat alternatives could be the answer to ending the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. There’s a growing appetite of people turning to meat substitutes driven by a multitude of factors, including animal...