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Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Meat Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies
Ahead of COP30, advocacy groups are urging companies and governments to tackle emissions from livestock.
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Want to Cut Back on Meat? Studies Suggest a Flexible Approach Has More Staying Power
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Wisconsin Residents Spend Millions Removing Nitrate from Drinking Water
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Meat Consumption in U.S. Cities Produces as Much Climate Pollution as Powering Homes
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EXCLUSIVE: Iowa Officials Quietly Fast-Tracked Legal Settlement With Major Meatpacker, Environmental Group Alleges
An email from the Iowa assistant attorney general revealed plans to file the settlement with the court later in the day to avoid media scrutiny.
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Trump’s USDA Pivots From Big Meat to Feed and Fertilizer Prices
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Where Are the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and What’s RFK’s Beef With Beans?
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In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm
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How JBS — the World’s Largest Meat Company — Avoids Paying Taxes
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Trump Is Suing to Overturn Prop 12 and Other Animal Welfare Laws
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The Beef Industry Knew Its Climate Impact as Early as 1989 — and Worked to Obfuscate the Science
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How the Beef Industry Is Quietly Rewriting Climate Science for Kids
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Meat Is a Leading Emissions Source – But Few Outlets Report on It, Analysis Finds
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Police Bodycams Reveal Pattern of Deference to Meat Industry
State troopers cited concerns about animal rights activists as justification for blocking journalists from livestock crash sites.
Legal Action•12 min read
Iowa Environmental Services Employees Disgusted at Seaboard Triumph Foods Pork Plant Conditions
“It probably did wonders for your appetite,” one employee wrote to another after the slaughterhouse visit.
Climate•5 min read
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Kansas Greenlights Mega Feedlot in “Sensitive” Water Area
Health•10 min read
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More Data From Farms Could Help Scientists Better Track Avian Flu, but Privacy Concerns Stand in the Way
Government agencies have refused to disclose farm locations, precise outbreak dates and other metadata associated with poultry and cattle that test positive for avian flu.
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