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Major Livestock and Animal Agriculture Companies Are Making Climate Promises They Aren’t Keeping

A new study finds that the vast majority of climate-related claims made by the meat and dairy industry don’t hold up to scholarly scrutiny.

By Georgina Gustin

The JBS meat packing plant in Greeley, Colo. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses new dietary guidelines during a news briefing at the White House on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Reversing Years of Dietary Advice, the Trump Administration Tells Consumers to Eat More Red Meat

By Georgina Gustin

Employees walk past the JBS plant in Marshalltown, Iowa. A new report lists the Brazilian meat giant as a top five greenhouse gas emitter. Credit: KC McGinnis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies

By Georgina Gustin

The JBS meat processing plant in Plainwell, Mich. Credit: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

The World’s Biggest Meat Company Gets the Greenlight to Go Public on the New York Stock Exchange

By Georgina Gustin

A herd of beef cattle stands in a feedlot in Quemado, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The American Beef Industry Understood Its Climate Impact Decades Ago

By Georgina Gustin

A young cow grazes near a stack of hay at KazBeef's cow-calf operation near the village of Mamay, Kazakhstan.

Turning Kazakhstan Into a Beef-Producing Machine, the American Way

Story and photos by Georgina Gustin

Cattle eating hay in cattle feedlot in Utah. Credit:Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Air Pollution From Raising Livestock Accounts for Most of the 16,000 US Deaths Each Year Tied to Food Production, Study Finds

By Georgina Gustin

Butchers working for 'G. Lawrence Wholesale Meat' prepare meat for sale in Smithfield Market on March 14, 2013 in London, England. Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Big Meat and Dairy Companies Have Spent Millions Lobbying Against Climate Action, a New Study Finds

By Georgina Gustin

A soy plantation in the Amazon rainforest near Santarém in the state of Pará, Brazil, on May 13, 2006. Credit: Ricardo Beliel/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images

Big Banks Make a Dangerous Bet on the World’s Growing Demand for Food

By Georgina Gustin

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