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Eat Local for Climate’s Sake? No, Eat Less Meat [1]

Many people who want to reduce their carbon footprint consider the climate impacts of diet, but their efforts may be misdirected. When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, it turns out what we eat is often more important than where it comes from. Sentient Media’s Jenny Splitter unpacks the locavore myth and explains methane burps, carbon opportunity costs and more. First of two parts [2].

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Activism [4]
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Economy & Business [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [11]
Food [12]
Forests [13]
Government [14]
Health [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
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National (U.S.) [21]
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Public [23]
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Grease-Proof Food Packaging Containing PFAS Is No Longer Being Sold: FDA [24]

"Grease-proof food wrappers being sold in the U.S. will no longer contain toxic “forever chemicals” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday."

Chemicals [25]
Consumer [7]
Environmental Health [9]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [17]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [27], 02/29/2024
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"Climate Change, Extreme Weather & Conflict Exacerbate Global Food Crisis" [28]

"Global food insecurity has risen substantially since pre-pandemic times, exacerbated by extreme weather, climate change, war and conflict."

Agriculture [5]
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [29]
Food [12]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [23]
International [22]
Source: Mongabay [32], 02/26/2024
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"Tunisia Farmer Turns To Old Wheat Varieties As Climate Change Bites" [33]

"Tunisian wheat farmer Hasan Chetoui is seeking inspiration from the deep past as he tries to adapt to drought caused by climate change, sowing old wheat varieties that he hopes will produce crops throughout the year."

Agriculture [5]
Climate Change [6]
Food [12]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [23]
Africa [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 02/23/2024
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"Climate Change Is Hitting The Heart Of Cajun Country — Through Its Crawfish" [36]

"Drought and last winter’s hard freeze have caused a massive shortage, driving up prices by 500 percent or more."

Agriculture [5]
Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [7]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Food [12]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [39]
Public [23]
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Source: National Geographic [42], 02/20/2024
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Seafood Firm Wants To Farm Octopus. Activists Say They're Too Smart For That [43]

"Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it wanted to commercially farm octopuses to harvest them for seafood, the plan sparked an uproar."

Agriculture [5]
Biodiversity [37]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Food [12]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [39]
Public [23]
Europe [44]
Source: NPR [45], 02/08/2024
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On the Hunt To Know More About Chronic Wasting Disease [46]

A relative of mad cow disease is working its way across the population of deer and related cervids in North America. And the latest TipSheet cautions that it remains unclear whether this chronic wasting disease can make the leap to humans, such as millions of deer and elk hunters. What environmental journalists need to know about possible risks and precautions.

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Agriculture [5]
Consumer [7]
Environmental Health [9]
Food [12]
Health [15]
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Wildlife [39]
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National (U.S.) [21]
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Rice Hidden By Women Fleeing Slavery In The 1700s Could Help Descendants [49]

"Suriname’s Saamaka Maroons still grow rice from seeds an ancestor escaping from a plantation carried in her hair. Now a gene bank seeks to widen use of the rare species to help fight the climate crisis".

Agriculture [5]
Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [7]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [23]
South America [50]
Source: Guardian [51], 01/30/2024
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Viral Pork TikToks? It’s a Government-Backed Group Pushing Meat On Gen Z. [52]

"Ad campaigns from controversial quasi-government programs for pork, dairy, and beef are raising new questions around the checkoff program’s foray into social media."

Agriculture [5]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [7]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Food [12]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Politico [53], 01/30/2024
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"What Are The Odds That Extreme Weather Will Lead To A Global Food Shock?" [54]

"Envision, for a moment, a multiyear period of extreme weather, including heat waves, freezes, droughts, floods, and windstorms, topped off by extreme weather during an El Niño event, leading to major crop failures in the U.S. A disruption of the global agricultural and food supply chain results, leading to panic buying and price shocks."

Agriculture [5]
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Disasters [29]
Food [12]
Public [23]
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International [22]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [55], 01/29/2024
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