The link between our meat-heavy diets and wildfires
Climate change is intensifying wildfires, while meat production, deforestation and misinformation are making the crisis harder to confront. It’s wildfire season in North America, something that has long occurred as part of natural weather patterns. But over the last...
How the record-breaking El Niño will affect the world
A stronger El Niño means more extreme weather, including droughts and wildfires in some places and flooding and tropical storms in others. The super El Niño climate phase that has begun in the Pacific Ocean is already the strongest on record on some measures. When it...
Extreme heat a danger to an ageing population
New research suggests that in a warming world, extreme heat could be deadlier for older people than previous estimates have indicated. People aged 60 and over face dangers to their health from exposure to heat at much lower temperatures than previously thought,...
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...
