Environmental News

Despite urgent warnings about the approaching climate crisis, the world is eating more meat than ever, with sales advancing to $85.2 billion over the last year, according to NielsenIQ. But how? With catchy slogans and pro-meat campaigns, animal agriculture giants are successfully resisting plant-based and environmental activism. Now, a c...

Approximately 85 percent of the world’s population is currently feeling the effects of climate change, according to Mercator Research Institute researchers. This year, headlines centering the British heat waves and American droughts underscored the consequences of climate change and emphasized the need for governmental action. For the first time ever,...

Although the United States government has taken steps to reduce climate change risk factors, recent rulings from the Supreme Court have troubled environmentalists and sewn doubt that the U.S. will achieve 50 percent emissions by 2030. Now, San Diego’s city c...

If global temperatures rise 1.5º Celcius above pre-industrial levels, dangerous environmental changes will become irreversible. To prevent climate change, governments worldwide have taken action to achieve net zero emissions before the global temperature reaches this breaking point. New research ...

Global food production is responsible for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, and within that startling statistic, nearly 60 percent of those emissions can be attributed to meat production. But meat products might present more environmental concerns than previously thought. The...

Approximately 72 billion chickens are slaughtered annually by the poultry industry, but surprisingly, not all of these chickens end up being sold as food. Often, farmers cull chicken flocks deemed unusable for food production, such as male chicks – born with a target on them, due to their inability to produce eggs. Now, Italy is ...

Freight transit accounts for nearly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and although plant-based food production is significantly more sustainable than animal agriculture, both industries contribute massive carbon emissions. Now, Beyond Meat is teaming up with freight technology company Einride to make its shipping networks and vehicles even more planet-friendly. Beyon...

When it rains, it pours ... toxic chemicals unsafe for human consumption. Remember when it would rain and you could hold your tongue out and catch raindrops? It's ill-advised nowadays, according to new research from the University of Stockholm...

A recent study out of the University of Bath, England says that plant-based meat and dairy alternatives help consumers become healthier and are undisputably better for the environment. Psychologists looked at 43 studies and found that consumers will try meat alternatives, even if they eat meat, as a way of deciding whether to go more plant-based, concluding that it's easier to "sell" the

Over 30 million Americans faced high-heat warnings this week as blistering temperatures cooked Texas, California, and most of the Pacific Northwest. This year, heat waves have become a near-weekly occurrence as the world battles an unprecedentedly long summer. But this trend is ...