New Dietary Guidelines Criticized for Fueling Climate Damage and Amazon Deforestation
Climate and environmental advocates warn that new U.S. dietary guidelines promoting meat- and dairy-heavy diets ignore their role in climate change, deforestation, and global land-use impacts—missing a critical opportunity to align food policy with climate science.
Climate Diet Weekly Digest July 2nd – Why Are We Subsidizing Climate Harm? The Truth About Meat & Dairy Funding
As Todd Sinclair highlights, “According to studies, the US government spends up to $38 billion every year subsidizing the meat and dairy industries. Less than 1% of that sum is allocated to fruit and vegetable production.” Don’t Miss Our Weekly Podcast This week: features Jonah Goldman—Co-Founder and Marketing Director of PLNT Burger, a restaurant chain […]
Food is Climate – Climate Diet Monthly Newsletter – The U.S. is the world’s biggest meat eater, followed by Australia, yet most people know the impact of raising livestock impacts climate change more than fossil fuels! It takes 1800 gallons of water to make 1 lb of beef!
There are solutions: burgers: made from plants are delicious and aren’t killing the climate. Anyone notice recent weather changes: 116 degrees in Portugal 10 days ago! 27 feet of rain in 90 minutes in Texas, resulting in 100+ deaths. Climate change does not feel like a hoax to those families who lost their only child […]
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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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 […]
Climate Leader Inspires Local Children at Annual Youth Climate Summit (With Data)
April 7, 2025 – Rockville, MD – On Saturday, April 5th, Julius West Middle School hosted the Annual Youth Climate Summit, where renowned climate leader and Climate Diet Executive Director Jane DeMarines delivered an impactful presentation to over 200 students to educate and empower young minds about the pressing climate crisis facing our planet. DeMarines […]
Sustainable Earth Eating Raises Concerns on USDA’s Greenhouse Gas Strategy
Eat Smart to Save the Planet Sustainable Earth Eating Raises Concerns on USDA’s Greenhouse Gas Strategy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sustainable Earth Eating (SEE) has submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding its “Federal Strategy to Advance Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Monitoring for the Agriculture and Forest Sectors,” open for public feedback until […]
