Climate Change: Where’s the Beef?
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McDonald’s continues to dodge meaningful movement on climate change policies, which at minimum would require a big shake-up of…
McDonald’s continues to dodge meaningful movement on climate change policies, which at minimum would require a big shake-up of…
This is the part three of a multi-article series on the connection between animal agriculture and various societal and…
By Saul Morris, GAIN’s Director, Programmes…
The USDA is formulating its next set of dietary guidelines. An advisory panel has already recommended an increase in plant-based…
Homo sapiens est un animal bien particulier : il est capable d’étudier la structure de la matière, de prouver des théorèmes et d…
One scientist looks at her own carbon emissions—and makes some major lifestyle changes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Beef has never been a favored meat in most of Asia. Cows are harder to raise than chickens and pigs, which take up less space…
Before the Flood, a new feature-length documentary presented and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, is released in cinemas tomorrow.
Before the Flood, a new feature-length documentary presented and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, is released in cinemas tomorrow.
There’s a lot to be learned from Cowed, by Denis Hayes and Gail Boyer Hayes. It’s about cows, but the eclectic topics range…
Meat is central to Italy's tradition of fine dining. But this could be about to change, in one part of the country at least.
Nitrogen is absolutely crucial to life — an indispensable ingredient of DNA, proteins and essentially all living tissue — yet…
We’re celebrating Earth Week 2016 with suggestions for how to apply the phrase “Earth Day Every Day” to conserving biodiversity.
Coastal dead zones, global warming, excess algae blooms, acid rain, ocean acidification, smog, impaired drinking water quality…
This is the new rebuttal to the myth 'animal agriculture and eating meat are the biggest causes of global warming.' It's…
In trendy, hipster London or New York, it’s all about juicing, vegan diets and snacking on kale crisps. Thousands of miles away…
The massive carbon footprint of beef comes mostly from the food cows eat. But what if their culinary tastes got a little greener?
A hunger for both meat and a sustainable lifestyle can be combined, but with some caveats
Environment Photo credit: Cattle farming. Arttanja/Shutterstock Climate change is the greatest challenge to…
While you may not find poultry grown in a petri dish to be appetizing, the benefits of engineering our food could prove to be a…
Has GMO use really led to a "flood" of pesticide use? That's not what the data show. The single minded criticism pesticides as…
Do you ever wish you could save the world? Well, we can certainly attest to telling people we were going to save the world when…
Sit back and prepare to take in this horror show of facts about meat and the environment.
Q. While I understand the serious ethical debate around the eating of animals, my question has a different focus. Assume that…
The impact of eating animal products goes far beyond personal choice. This series explores what positive effects can be felt if…
Cutting an American family’s meat consumption by half is equivalent to getting rid of a car. Why isn’t the pressure on, asks…
While habitat destruction could be listed as a uniquely human "specialty," and it seems everything we do causes some form of…
The Texas Department of Agriculture had long recommended that consumers “substitute beans for meat once a week.” This seemed…
New data published in a prestigious medical journal now sheds light on how resources needed to produce different kinds of foods…
Raising beef uses 28 times more land, 11 times more water and six times more fertilizer than the average expenditures for other…
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Elizabeth Kolbert has her doubts about the paleo diet: There are, of course, lots of ways to resist progress. People take up…
As Josh Harkinson noted this week, cows are the United States’ single biggest source of methane — a potent gas that has 105…
A new study suggests that the production of beef is around 10 times more damaging to the environment than any other form of…
When it comes to industries that are seen as damaging to the environment, the dairy sector is usually the prime target in New…
The idea of going paleo is attractive to someone like me, who feels he is living in an unhealthy, vapid world of consumerism.
When I cook a meal for my family, I usually don’t think about the environmental implications of the food we are about to eat. A…
Today's comic by Jen Sorensen is 1-800-GOON-SQUAD: We return to Georgia for primary runoffs tonight. Businessman David Perdue…
A top cut of sirloin at your local grocery store will cost you about $7. But behind the price tag is a hidden cost: its beefy…
Environment Photo credit: Sheila, "Steak!" via Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A new study has found that the…
Beef stands far above the production of other livestock for its negative environmental impact...
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Image: Flickr/Ryan ThompsonWant to do your bit to cut back emissions? Put that burger down.That’s the main takeaway from a new…
Il modo più semplice per ridurre le emissioni di CO2 che affliggono il nostro pianeta? Semplice, mangiare meno carne rossa.
We know there is a link between what we have on our plates and the impact on our planet. Now, another study confirms that meat…
Do you know the real price of a piece of beef? Here is a nice, round number to chew on: The environmental cost of beef is ten…