Last month’s Fox News-fueled brouhaha over the ban on beef that wasn’t was a reminder of many things, none of which reflects well on the current state of conservative media. But it would be a mistake to allow a hefty serving of bad-faith fear mongering to end an important conversation before it begins.
No, President Joe Biden is not coming for your burgers. Yes, if we’re going to avert the worst impacts of climate change, Americans are almost certainly going to need to start eating less meat.
Livestock accounts for 14.5 percent of total man-made greenhouse gas emissions, and meat and dairy are by far the worst dietary offenders combined, they account for an estimated 80 percent of a typical American’s food-related emissions. There’s widespread scientific agreement that eating less meat could help avert the worst impacts of climate change, and recent research suggests such a shift may even be necessary independent of any other emission-curbing efforts. Put another way: A
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U.S. announces major conservation effort but offers few details
Many landowners and commercial users of public lands are leery of President Biden s attempts to more than double the conserved area.
By Sarah Kaplan and Juliet EilperinThe Washington Post
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WASHINGTON Months after President Biden set a goal of conserving 30 percent of the nation’s land and waters by 2030, the administration Thursday laid out broad principles – but few details – for achieving that vision.
The new 22-page document from the Commerce, Interior and Agriculture Departments highlights one of the Biden administration’s central challenges: Having committed to bold environmental goals during their early days in power, officials now face the more uncertain and contentious task of figuring out how to follow through on those ambitions.
Letter: Support carbon fee, dividend By Kirsten Meneghello, Portland
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In response to the article “Climate misinformation focusing on local events” (Associated Press, April 22), it is clear that extreme weather events are changing how people think about climate change. According to a recent survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, approximately two out of three Americans (64 percent) think that global warming is affecting weather in the United States.
Interest in tackling climate change is growing. More of my friends and co-workers talk about the need to reduce human-produced greenhouse gases, which are fueling climate change and these extreme weather events.
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