ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Denmark introduces national action plan to promote plant-based foods

Denmark has published an action plan detailing its goal to transition towards a plant-based food system, in what is a first by a national government. It’s part of the 2021-announced climate agricultural plan to cut food emissions and will involve plans to promote...

Amazon rivers drying up as temperatures rise

ClimateChange, GoodNews

The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, is at it’s lowest level in history, confirming that this part of the world´s largest rainforest is suffering its worst drought. The Negro River, the Amazon’s second largest tributary, on Monday reached its...

Oxford Union hosts debate on veganism as a solution to climate change

ClimateChange, GoodNews

To mark its eighth and final debate of the final term of its historic 200th anniversary year, Oxford Union will debate veganism. At its core, the ongoing ecological crisis is a leadership crisis. Like the mice in the children’s story, we are all standing around...

Polluted groundwater is destroying the Great Barrier Reef

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

New research has found that groundwater polluted mostly from the use of pesticides is causing substantial harm to the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists say they have discovered large flows of pollution are reaching the Great Barrier Reef after soaking into underground...

Climate activism is more radical than ever before, and it’s a good thing

ClimateChange, Blogs, GoodNews

As it becomes clear that our political system is incapable of responding to the scale of the climate emergency, we are going to witness an escalation of climate activism. In 2022, on Earth Day, a 50-year-old Buddhist named Wynn Bruce self-immolated on the steps of the...

How gas companies tricked us into unsustainable gas-stove cooking

ClimateChange, Blogs, HealthyLiving

The use of gas in your home is bad for the planet and incredibly hazardous to your health, but we’ve been convinced otherwise. In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched “Operation Attack,” a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas...