Newsletter Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Why is the Colorado river drying up? Meat agriculture takes up much of its declining water The Colorado River is going dry ... to feed cows.
CausesU.S. Department of Agricul/Flickr/Public Domainhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Why New York’s (mostly) vegan mayor wants to cut the city’s meat budget The city estimates that its food purchases produce as much carbon as the exhaust from 70,000 gas-fueled cars.
commons.wikimedia.org Peter Godfrey-Smith: My body resists veganism. What’s the most ethical alternative? A vegan diet can be hard to adopt, even if you’re convinced it’s the right thing to do. An investigation of three options.
Good Newscommons.wikimedia.org George Monbiot: ‘Let them eat lentils’ won’t save us from animal farming – we must embrace meat substitutes Our insatiable appetite for meat is laying waste to the planet. But the alternative is looking (and tasting) better by the day
www.theguardian.com Plant-based meat by far the best climate investment, report finds Exclusive: Non-animal proteins can play critical role tackling climate crisis, says Boston Consulting Group
Causeswww.flickr.com Dave Dickey: A big win for plant-based meat companies For the first time, a judge has ruled an alternative meat labeling law unconstitutional.
commons.wikimedia.org Shoes made from grapes and mushroom handbags: the rise of animal-free leather Would you ever wear shoes made from “grape leather”? Or gloves in “cactus leather”? What about a “kombucha leather” jacket and a “mushroom leather” bag?
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice
