FoodPrints by Diet: How Does Your Plate Impact the Planet? Weekly Digest – June 18, 2025
Are your food choices leaving a bigger mark on the planet than you think? The latest research highlights the striking environmental impact of different diets, measured in tons of CO₂ equivalent per person per year. Whether you’re a meat lover or a vegan, your plate has a story to tell! Why It Matters: Beef and […]
Plant-Based vs. Beef Burgers: What’s Really Inside? | Weekly Digest – June 11, 2025
Beyond BurgerIngredients:100% plants Beef BurgerIngredients: Skeletal muscle tissue Connective tissue Lymph nodes Blood vessels Nerve fibers Fat and cartilage Bone fragments (occasionally) Antibiotic residues (often present) Hormone residues (in many countries) Pathogens: E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria (risk without thorough cooking) Saturated fat (linked to heart disease) Haem iron (linked to colorectal cancer) Advanced glycation end […]
Today’s enviro news summary looks at U.S. tree management, Catholics’ hope for tree protection, and EPA employee cont’d job woes.
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Climate Diet Newsletter June 04, 2025
Climate Diet: Talking to the Schools
Climate Diet is sharing its message with STEAM nights! Below: Science Technology Environmental Arts night at Rock Creek Forest Elementary,Thursday, May 22nd in Silver Spring, Maryland More than 60 students took Climate Diet’s Environmental Quiz and two with perfect scores were awarded $25 gift certificates. In addition, 40+ signed a pledge to cut out meat […]
Today’s enviro news summary looks at U.S. tree management, Catholics’ hope for tree protection, and EPA employee cont’d job woes.
Sell the trees or fix the forests…or both? Efforts to blunt the ferocity and destruction of wildfires are dividing conservation advocates over proposals that would sidetrack science and allow for less analysis under the country’s environmental law. Critics fear that approach could accelerate unnecessary logging in national forests, according to Rita Beamish and Kurt Repanshek […]
Tips for Earth Day for all of us to try
1. Swap a meat-based meal for a vegetable-based meal for 1 day per week 2. Learn which foods contribute the most to your carbon footprint..we are sharing the Food’s Carbon Foodprint graphic below. 3. Beef tops the list of foods contributing the most greenhouse gases by a factor of 1,000 percent, compared to most green […]
Letter to the Editor The Washington Post
Dear Editor, The article “Study: Grass-fed beef isn’t better for the planet” (March 18) does an excellent job of debunking the persistent myth that grass-fed beef is environmentally sustainable. However, it does not go far enough in addressing the full scale of beef’s impact on climate change. Of all the foods we consume, beef is […]
Congressional Republicans, Trump admin reversing tax on methane emissions
View this email in your browser Congressional Republicans, Trump admin reversing tax on methane emissions President Trump is set to sign a law reversing a Biden-era rule that fined oil companies for methane emissions. However, the EPA will still be required to enforce methane fees under the Inflation Reduction Act unless further legislation changes it. […]
Climate Diet launches Podcast with mega notables
Climate Diet lauds report on USDA guidelines promoting sustainable foods Washington, DC — January 2025 — Climate Diet, has urged support for the Advisory Group report, which calls for “increased plant-based food consumption and reduced reliance on resource-intensive animal agriculture” provided to update USDA food guidelines expected later this year. The report emphasizes adopting sustainable […]
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Climate Diet seeks a Treasurer to join its Board of Directors
