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RosethornRanger (it/its) (TTV)<p>Many forms of pollution are far from accidental. Lead poisoning is used to keep the old lines of housing segregation in place here in the US, for example. Environmentalism without anti-racism won't work because you must stop the source of the pollution to achieve anything.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1917159/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1917159/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> US reactor produces first ton of steel without any CO2 emissions <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>
Jessica :propride: 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 ✡️<p>I finally finished the book on infrastructure, which makes the optimistic case that with care and intention we can electrify our way out of the mess we're in.</p><p>...and then I started this book, and boy I need to get to the part about 'how we can do better' fast, because so far it seems like what's needed for the electrification will destroy us even faster. </p><p>Power Metal: The Race For The Resources That Will Shape The Future </p><p><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/power-metal-the-race-for-the-resources-that-will-shape-the-future-vince-beiser/7712340?ean=9781035425310" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uk.bookshop.org/p/books/power-</span><span class="invisible">metal-the-race-for-the-resources-that-will-shape-the-future-vince-beiser/7712340?ean=9781035425310</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
The Global Voice<p>🕐Z <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> At the top of the hour it's Radio Ecoshock (repeat) <a href="https://www.ecoshock.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ecoshock.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Presented by Alex Smith. A weekly program about the Latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>, authors, issues - from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, oceans, forests, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a>, solar storms, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a>. <a href="https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad</span><span class="invisible">band</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TGVRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TGVRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvironmentalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalScience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Talk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Talk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> 🍃♻️🏞️🌱💚🌍🌡️📈🔁</p>
CBC Canada<p>Would you fly in an e-plane? University of Waterloo researcher says it could be the future of the skies<br>Vehicles powered by electricity&nbsp;may soon no longer be limited to the ground, with&nbsp;research in Canada progressing&nbsp;into the testing of e-planes. A University of Waterloo researcher and associat...<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Waterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterloo</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-eplanes-battery-testing-regional-flights-1.7483071?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-w</span><span class="invisible">aterloo/university-of-waterloo-eplanes-battery-testing-regional-flights-1.7483071?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>But energy company leaders don’t see the point of “drill baby drill.”</p><p>(After all, how would promoting oversupply benefit their bottom lines? 🤔)</p><p>/3</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>Also from the article:</p><p>Burgum said the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin “does not view climate change as an existential threat,” and Wright said “rising global temperatures are simply a byproduct of developing the country’s national resources to support economic growth and national security.”</p><p>Anyway, they don’t think that wind and solar will supply enough <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> for artificial intelligence and ‘re-industrialization.’</p><p>/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>This is so gross.</p><p>~ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin sends a clear message to the oil and gas industry: ‘You’re the customer’ </p><p>🔘 Interior Secretary D. Burgum &amp; Energy Secretary C, Wright want to make it as easy as possible to drill on federal land &amp; waters.</p><p>🔘Companies developing resources on federal lands (includ. harvesting timber, mining for minerals, grazing cattle) are “customers” who are contributing to the national “balance sheet.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/15/trump-administration-message-to-oil-and-gas-industry-youre-the-customer.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/03/15/trump-admi</span><span class="invisible">nistration-message-to-oil-and-gas-industry-youre-the-customer.html</span></a></p>
Bread and Circuses<p>Then and now…</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
Bread and Circuses<p>This is so sad. 😢 And I can see no end to the ongoing tragedy...<br>___________________________________</p><p>Whether they hop around the prairie, dabble in wetlands, flit through forests, or forage along the shore, birds are suffering rapid population declines across the United States.</p><p>That’s the finding from the latest State of the Birds report, a status check on the country’s avian life published every few years by a coalition of science and conservation groups. The 2025 report shows that birds across most habitats have suffered major losses since 1970. Grassland and aridland species have been dealt the heaviest blow: both groups lost more than 40% of their total populations over that period. </p><p>What’s more, the trends for many habitat groups have gotten worse. Even waterfowl, which had previously been a conservation bright spot amid the alarming declines, have seen their numbers drop since the last edition of the report. Overall, around one-third of U.S. birds, or 229 species, are of high or moderate conservation concern, according to the report — dealing with low population levels, declining trends, or other threats that call for conservation action to step up.<br>___________________________________</p><p>FULL ARTICLE -- <a href="https://www.audubon.org/magazine/sweeping-new-report-shows-us-birds-declining-sharply-across-range-habitats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">audubon.org/magazine/sweeping-</span><span class="invisible">new-report-shows-us-birds-declining-sharply-across-range-habitats</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BioDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BioDiversity</span></a></p>
Fight the Right<p>A replacement for styrofoam</p><p><a href="https://volewica.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-replacement-for-styrofoam.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">volewica.blogspot.com/2019/05/</span><span class="invisible">a-replacement-for-styrofoam.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo<p>Would you fly in an e-plane? University of Waterloo researcher says it could be the future of the skies<br>Vehicles powered by electricity&nbsp;may soon no longer be limited to the ground, with&nbsp;research in Canada progressing&nbsp;into the testing of e-planes. A University of Waterloo researcher and associat...<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Waterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterloo</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-eplanes-battery-testing-regional-flights-1.7483071?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-w</span><span class="invisible">aterloo/university-of-waterloo-eplanes-battery-testing-regional-flights-1.7483071?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
CBC London<p>Would you fly in an e-plane? University of Waterloo researcher says it could be the future of the skies<br>Vehicles powered by electricity&nbsp;may soon no longer be limited to the ground, with&nbsp;research in Canada progressing&nbsp;into the testing of e-planes. A University of Waterloo researcher and associat...<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Waterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterloo</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-eplanes-battery-testing-regional-flights-1.7483071?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-w</span><span class="invisible">aterloo/university-of-waterloo-eplanes-battery-testing-regional-flights-1.7483071?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
BOCVIP<p>A river ‘died’ overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine <a href="https://www.bocvip.com/793232/a-river-died-overnight-in-zambia-after-an-acidic-waste-spill-at-a-chinese-owned-mine-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bocvip.com/793232/a-river-died</span><span class="invisible">-overnight-in-zambia-after-an-acidic-waste-spill-at-a-chinese-owned-mine-2/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1914363/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1914363/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Scientists express growing concern over Trump administration targeting California environmental laws #16017342 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>Climate litigation - Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/fossil-fuel-lobby-immunity-lawsuits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/13/fossil-fuel-lobby-immunity-lawsuits</span></a> </p><p>Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits</p><p>“Lawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,” said the missive, which is addressed to the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer.</p><p>Fossil fuel companies have vied for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
CBC British Columbia<p>What if we put solar panels on every roof in the world?<br>Scientists set out to explore the impact of covering every rooftop on Earth with solar panels.Their research found that swapping traditional energy sources for rooftop solar could actually cool the planet — lowering global temperatures by up to 0.13°C.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6685258?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/player/play/9.6685258?c</span><span class="invisible">mp=rss</span></a></p>
Dragofix<p>‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/12/el-salvador-bitcoin-city-mangroves-president-nayib-bukele" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global-develop</span><span class="invisible">ment/2025/mar/12/el-salvador-bitcoin-city-mangroves-president-nayib-bukele</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a></p>
Richard<p>‘Ghosts of the Gulf’: Art, ecology and the legacy of Deepwater Horizon highlighted at Moody event</p><p><a href="https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/ghosts-gulf-art-ecology-and-legacy-deepwater-horizon-highlighted-moody-event" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.rice.edu/news/2025/ghosts</span><span class="invisible">-gulf-art-ecology-and-legacy-deepwater-horizon-highlighted-moody-event</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ<p>"The American Beef Industry Understood Its Climate Impact Decades Ago"</p><p><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14032025/american-beef-industry-knew-climate-impact-decades-ago/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insideclimatenews.org/news/140</span><span class="invisible">32025/american-beef-industry-knew-climate-impact-decades-ago/</span></a></p><p>People need to know about the anti-science and pseudoscience promoted by the meat industry, especially the cow meat industry, to hide the non-slaughter horrors of their bloody industry. </p><p>&lt;💬&gt;<br>Jacquet, a professor of environmental science and policy at the University of Miami, noted that the 2006 UN report represented an inflection point, not only making the public aware of livestock’s climate impact, but putting the industry on notice that it could potentially be targeted for regulation. The report said that livestock’s climate emissions—which come from converting forests to pasture, growing feed, methane-emitting cow burps and manure storage—were about 18 percent of the global total, more even than the transportation sector. <br>&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p>&lt;💬&gt;<br>In 1989—the year after NASA’s James Hansen famously told Congress that climate change posed a global threat—the Environmental Protection Agency held a workshop focusing on methane emissions from livestock and, soon after, published a report, “Reducing Methane Emissions from Livestock.” The report said that livestock were a major source of methane and estimated that a 50 percent decrease in global emissions from livestock would yield huge benefits for stabilizing this especially potent greenhouse gas. Tucked into an appendix was the following suggestion: “Reducing methane emissions from ruminants should be pursued as part of an overall investigation into alternatives for reducing future global warming and its impacts.”<br>&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p>&lt;💬&gt;<br>Jacquet and her co-authors note that representatives from the meat and dairy industry attended the 1989 EPA workshop, including a member of the National Cattlemen’s Association. Several months and a handful of planning meetings later, the association, which is the country’s biggest beef lobby and now known as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, or NCBA, developed a “Strategic Plan on the Environment” to counter anticipated public relations problems or regulations related to climate change. The plan included suggestions to reach out to “key influencers” with research and positive messaging about the industry’s environmental benefits.<br>&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p>...</p><p>&lt;💬&gt;<br>In a separate study, published this week, Jacquet and another University of Miami researcher, Loredana Loy, trace the meat industry’s efforts to derail advocacy groups’ attempts to persuade the public to eat less meat as a climate strategy. These attempts include the Beyond Beef campaign and others, including Diet for a New America and Meatless Monday. <br>&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p>&lt;💬&gt;<br>The study says the livestock industry took a different approach than the oil and gas industry, which tried to convince the public it was only continuing to develop fossil fuels because consumers called for them. The livestock industry, on the other hand, tried to convince consumers that their dietary choices would make no difference. <br>&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/beef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beef</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/bigMeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigMeat</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GHG</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/globalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/meatinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meatinformation</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/skeptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skeptic</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/corporateInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporateInterests</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/meatBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meatBased</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/plantBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantBased</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/entericEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entericEmissions</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/pasture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pasture</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a></p>