ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Climate change induced heatwaves are beginning to impact human health – Lancet

New Lancet report shows that rising temperatures and exposure to extreme heat is negatively impacting the health of vulnerable people. A key to the increase in temperatures is the growth of the Animal Agriculture Industry – a massive contributor to greenhouse...

Lawyers want ‘ecocide’ to be considered a legally enforceable crime

ClimateChange, GoodNews

A group of global lawyers has come together to draft plans for the criminalisation of ‘ecocide’ to be potentially adopted by the international criminal court. International lawyers are drafting plans for a legally enforceable crime of ecocide –...

Amazon deforestation worst its been in 12 years

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

The Amazon rainforest is experiencing deforestation at an alarming rate due to animal agriculture and right-wing politics. Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has surged to its highest level since 2008, the country’s space agency (Inpe) reports. A...

Beef taxes might cost corporates but it will save the planet

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

A carbon tax on beef could cost 40 meat companies up to US$11.6 billion in profits by 2050 according to estimates by investment initiative FAIRR. The true cost of your favourite steak or chop may be much higher than the price you pay at the store. Thanks to the...

Cargill: The worst company in the world that you’ve never heard of

AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange

America’s second-biggest private company, Cargill, is quickly making a name for itself as an example of industrial food’s destruction of the environment. When it comes to explaining the impact of America’s second-biggest private company on your life, no...

10 fascinating documentaries about the threatened environment you must watch!

Blogs, ClimateChange, GoodNews

From Food Inc. to Our Planet, these ten documentaries and docu-series are both invigorating and informational on the climate catastrophe. One of the most talked-about documentaries of this year has certainly been A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough – the...