Iowa Dairy Manure Spill Kills Over 100,000 Fish in 10-Mile Stretch of Dry Run Creek https://sentientmedia.org/iowa-dairy-manure-spill-kills-fish/
'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country https://phys.org/news/2025-04-heartbreaking-swamp-australia-cattle-country.html
The African Movement To Keep Chickens Out Of Cages
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2025/03/30/the-african-movement-to-keep-chickens-out-of-cages/
“Extreme” animal cruelty revealed at major Arizona dairy farms https://www.speciesunite.com/news-stories/extreme-animal-cruelty-revealed-at-major-arizona-dairy-farms?utm_source=Mastodon
Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/11/chicken-manure-can-be-classified-as-industrial-waste-judge-rules? #AnimalAgriculture #RiverWye #WaterPollution
Climate Change Committee Report Tells UK Government to Slash Meat & Dairy Consumption https://vegconomist.com/sustainability-environment/climate-change-committee-report-uk-government-slash-meat-dairy/
Animal Agriculture, the Leading Cause of Climate Change 
A new study shows that outdated carbon accounting methods have hidden the true impact of deforestation and methane emissions.
Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop, lead scientist at the World Preservation Foundation and study author, explains:
“A decision in the late 1980’s to treat carbon emissions differently, depending on their source, has seriously skewed climate science and policy.”
Key findings:
Cutting down forests has caused more CO2 emissions than fossil fuels since 1750. Methane from animal agriculture is a major driver of global warming, but has been downplayed. Fixing the way we measure emissions will help create better climate policies.
What can we do?
Choose vegan living Support the @plantbasedtreaty 
Ask your local council to endorse it! 
It's time for real climate action! For the planet, our families and the animals!
Learn more: https://veganeasy.org/discover/news/rethinking-climate-change-the-overlooked-role-of-agriculture/
Agriculture is main cause of seasonal carbon ups and downs, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-03-agriculture-main-seasonal-carbon-ups.html
“Your chicken is killing our rivers”: British icons take on Nando’s over supply chain
A group of high-profile figures—including celebrities, musicians, comedians, and campaigners such as Paul Whitehouse, Jo Brand, Joanna Lumley, Chris Packham, Liz Bonnin, George Monbiot, Johnny Flynn, Dominic West, Jim Murray, and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall—have united to pressure Nando’s to take responsibility for its environmental impact. They are calling on the restaurant giant to clean up its supply chain and tackle its contribution to severe river pollution.
Petition: End the use of cages and crates for all farmed animals
We think the UK Government must ban all cages for laying hens as soon as possible.
We think it should also ban the use of all cage and crates for all farmed animals including:
• farrowing crates for sows
• individual calf pens
• cages for other birds, including partridges, pheasants and quail
Human case of avian flu detected in England as virus spreads among birds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/human-case-h5n1-avian-bird-flu-england-virus-health-security-aoe
New Germanwatch Study “Super Emitters in the Meat and Dairy Industry in Germany” Shows Climate Protection Potential of Plant-Based Alternatives https://vegconomist.com/sustainability-environment/new-germanwatch-study-super-emitters-meat-dairy-industry-in-germany-shows-climate-protection-potential-plant-based-alternatives/
Human Case Of Bird Flu Confirmed In England https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/human-case-bird-flu-england/
How Denmark is trying to avoid the culture wars nonsense that has hampered other countries' attempts to promote a more sustainable #PlantBased diet
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/31/more-carrot-less-stick-how-meat-loving-danes-were-sold-a-plant-led-world-first?
Air pollution inequities linked to industrial swine facilities are detectable from space https://phys.org/news/2025-01-air-pollution-inequities-linked-industrial.html
Air pollution inequities linked to industrial swine facilities are detectable from space https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250128124315.htm
What The Label DOESN'T Tell You About YOUR FOOD
Shockingly, there is no legal requirement to show how animals were raised. Almost all meat bought in supermarkets in the UK is factory farmed with the animals kept in appalling conditions.
Without compulsory method of production labelling, the packaging of factory farmed meat and dairy products will continue to mislead shoppers, undermining consumer choice and preventing higher-welfare farmers from differentiating their products.
Act now for honest labelling: https://www.ciwf.org.uk/honest-labelling
"If the pet food industry were a country, it would rank as the world’s 60th biggest emitter of carbon dioxide... This year, the UK became the only country in Europe to approve the use of #LabGrownMeat in pet food."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/04/lab-grown-meat-britain-eu-us
Top tips for #Veganuary: get the #ForkRanger app or follow them on social media https://www.forkranger.com/. Their recipes are specifically designed for people who want to reduce their consumption of animal products without having to learn a lot of new cooking techniques, and they also have lots of informative infographics on the environmental impact of #AnimalAgriculture
@f4grx @ZS @ExtinctionR dairy milk is also not safe to drink directly in an industrial context and requires pasteurisation first. Dairy has a significantly higher environmental impact than any plant milk in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, land and water use https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impact-milks. As is illustrated in my previous toot, the vast majority of soy is grown for animal not human food.
