Tag: factory farming
Factory farms and the next pandemic: How industrial animal agriculture fuels...
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.
Revealed: Meat industry behind attacks on flagship climate-friendly diet report
New evidence seen by DeSmog suggests this surge of outrage against the report was stoked by a PR firm that represents the meat and dairy sector.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs...
There is a bigger issue here too—one that poses an existential threat to human health. Farms like this are central to the emergence and spread of so-called “superbugs.”
Chickens are smarter than you think
Factory farming has made us think of chickens as mindless automata. But our downy friends know much more than we give them credit for.
Big Banks break their climate promises by propping up Big Meat
Massive industrial livestock financing sabotages major U.S. banks’ climate goals.
The rising tide of factory farms: A look at the growing...
There has been a 29 percent increase in cattle farms with 5,000 or more cattle since 2012, and a 17 percent increase in the largest chicken farms.
‘Narratives of delay’: How the animal pharma industry resists moves to...
A DeSmog review of hundreds of documents identifies eight arguments fielded by the industrial farming lobby to allay concerns over livestock drugs.
EPA proposes improved water pollution control standards for slaughterhouses and rendering...
EPA begins process of mandating pollution reductions.
A major win against factory farming points to a powerful new...
The victory could provide a glimpse of what a policy-focused national movement against the most climate-destructive forms of animal agriculture could look like.
How to fix our food system
No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system.
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Civil rights groups sue HHS over records tied to $10 billion childcare funding freeze
Advocates say the Trump administration must disclose how disputed fraud allegations involving Somali childcare providers became the basis for sweeping restrictions on federal aid.
5 lessons from 20 years of climate surveys: Political party matters, but it doesn’t...
Those patterns may go against the partisan rhetoric of our times, but they reflect the reality that Americans do not sort neatly into simple camps on climate change.
Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.
Trump slaps 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods
The duties will hit Canadian cars, dairy products, alcohol and consumer goods, raising the threat of higher prices and further damage to the United States’ largest trading relationship.
Nine months into ceasefire, Israel expands control to nearly 70% of Gaza
Israeli forces have pushed west along a shifting 'yellow line' and a new 'orange zone,' squeezing 2 million Palestinians into a shrinking sliver of the territory.