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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love this! Oatly, maker of delicious oat milk -- which has a fraction of the emissions of dairy milk! -- has joined an innovative campaign that promotes findings that #89percent of people globally want national governments to do more about climate change.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great research by @sentientmedia.org. I wonder how manure density compares in factory-farm-intensive places in Canada, such as B.C.'s Fraser Valley.

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The UN chief who refused to hush climate change. Lovely tribute here of outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres, by @chrishatch.bsky.social. Guterres has been an outstanding UNSG; always insistent on telling the truth about the emergencies we face. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/o...

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The UN chief who refused to hush climate change

Outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been outspoken about climate change while occupying his office. The message from his last General Assembly address is a remarkably practical one: we ...

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks @ghgpolicy.org for circulating this gift-linked NYT article about forest-industry proposed changes to the leading global emissions standard, taking greenwashing taken to a new level (or shall I say, new low).

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another great piece deconstructing many enviros' (unfortunately, wishful) thinking that *kinder* ranching is somehow better for climate: sentientmedia.org/organic-beef...

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Organic Beef Has a Larger Carbon Footprint Than Feedlot Beef

But no matter the way it’s raised, beef comes with a steep climate cost.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some countries are doing a great job at making plant-based protein cheaper than their meat/dairy counterparts: www.greenqueen.com.hk/plant-based-... I'd love to see Canada do more to encourage this kind of food-sector diversification.

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Plant-Based Products Up to 30% Cheaper Than Meat & Dairy in Dutch Supermarkets

A basic plant-based basket is up to 30% less expensive than one containing conventional meat and dairy in nine major supermarkets in the Netherlands.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I liked @billmckibben.bsky.social's Sept 17 piece in the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led.... It's paywalled (support this pub if you can) but is likely available through your library.

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The True Cost of Beef

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats beef every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looking forward to watching this documentary about the connection between factory farm manure and environmental and health impacts. We need this kind of research in Canada (if my hands weren't full, I would). This would be a great topic for the investigative team @theijf.org or graduate researcher.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📺 CBC is covering Trump’s White House media ban alongside calls to investigate Trump Jr.’s foreign gifts. That pairing shows why Canada needs its own public broadcaster: not billionaire-owned, not dependent on U.S. media access, & mandated to scrutinize power for Canadians. How valuable is that now?

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is really fascinating research, @bjornjohann.bsky.social. Default veggie options have been on my mind for a while: www.eleanorboyle.com/vegetarian-m... It's really heartening to read that consumption of plant-based meals could potentially *triple* if that were made the default option.

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Vegetarian Meals Can Be the Default

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Given that ~8 US states have criminalized the production, distribution, or procurement of lab-grown meat (protecting Industrial Animal Ag), it's nice to see this very nuanced discussion about it in Canada's Alberta Views Magazine. Thanks @albertaviews.bsky.social!: albertaviews.ca/should-canad...

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Should Canada approve lab-grown meat? - Alberta Views

What do we mean by lab-grown meat? A company extracts cells from a live animal, then grows these at scale in a stainless-steel bioreactor.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

More excellent work by @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social, showing why 'regenerative grazing' is nicer to cows but not the climate and biodiversity answer some wish it to be. Because maintaining large cattle populations is still "among the worst options for climate, biodiversity, and food production."

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What a cool tool this is: www.betterfoodfoundation.org/nudge-calcul... Built by Björn Ólafsson at the @betterfoodfndn.bsky.social, it offers a scientific way to calculate impacts, for emissions and animals, of better institutional food choices.

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Plant-Based Nudge Calculator

Estimate how many meals shift to plant-based in your dining setting, plus the carbon emissions saved. Free and research-backed.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thanks @currentaffairs.bsky.social for great piece on the beef industry's pollution of climate science through the "subtler and more durable" system that rewards researchers who frame their work in the industry's terms, and quietly strands the ones who don't." www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-the...

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How the Beef Industry Captures Climate Science

By pairing scientists with “mentors” from the industry, beef producers distort the field of climate research and foreclose any possibility of limiting their growth.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hear, hear. There's nothing 'natural' about factory-farmed animals not ever getting to breathe fresh outside air, feel direct sunlight, or see (let alone be on) outside ground until the day they are crammed into cages to be trucked to a slaughterhouse.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I just discovered this wonderful new Ontario-based organization: Dietitians for Climate Action! These women formed it after recognizing a real lack of education and training that integrates these two things.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Because we are all in need of some good news: New research suggests precision fermentation to produce milk (identical protein, no cholesterol!) could free up a *lot* of land and maybe break the climate/animal-welfare/factory-farm logjam: www.sciencealert.com/radical-over...

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Radical Overhaul to Milk Production Would Use Up to 96% Less Land Than Cows, Study Suggests

Almost half of all habitable land on Earth is used for agriculture, and most of that is dominated by livestock farming, which not only monopolizes land, but has numerous negative impacts on the enviro...

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is good to remember, as the US imports *more beef* from Brazil and Argentina to make it cheaper. Excessive consumption of beef (and the ever-expanding use of land for cattle feed) is eating away at this planet's cooling systems -- like rainforests.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Anyone who cares and communicates about factory-farmed animals should read @bjornjohann.bsky.social's blog *More than Meats The Eye*. I always learn something from it. Like this: 'Why Telling People How Bad Factory Farming Is Doesn't Always Work' morethanmeatstheeye.substack.com/p/factory-fa...

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yes: chicken factory farms (FFs) couldn't be more perfect for encouraging mutation and spread of diseases like (the most destructive variants of) avian flu. The factory-farm model is broken.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

For the next time I encounter someone who (mistakenly) believes that a massive shift toward more plant-based eating would require more land to produce the same amount of nutrients (or leave more people hungry): www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

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The opportunity cost of animal based diets exceeds all food losses

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Very true. The same things that define some problems as 'wicked' (that is, problems with many 'tentacles' and dependencies) also make action on them very potent. This insight can be tough to boil down into a soundbyte.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yes @enviroem.bsky.social! The myth that local meat (esp. beef) is better for climate than most plant-based sources of protein (even imported) is a tough one for many people to shake.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Fascinating piece by @matochklimat.nu on food security risk in Sweden — due to its heavy reliance on factory farms, animal products — in the event of a power outage. *We need this analysis re: Canada*, esp. given US infrastructure vulnerabilities and prolonged outages www.npr.org/2026/08/21/g...

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'Survival mode': Indiana residents endure a ninth day without power

Tens of thousands of people in Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. Schools remain closed and businesses have been unable to reopen.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Averted: a horrible new variant of factory farming. This is what happens "when science, advocacy and public outcry converge against an industry before it has a chance to entrench itself". Kudos to @ciwf.org.uk for publishing this influential report: www.ciwf.org.uk/media/744719...

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is the way. It's why I will keep talking about the connections between our own food choices and climate impact. It's an arena where most of us have immediate (and potent) agency

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Really interesting research @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social. Ppl wonder why I'm always talking about food systems and climate. It's because (as I know you know!) many climate solutions relate to food, and under-rated things most of us can do without additional cost or new laws -- like eat more plants!

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A great piece by @keithakers.bsky.social that neatly sums up the climate-based argument for more plant-based eating: "...plant-based diets will not, by itself, solve the climate problem. We still need to end our reliance on fossil fuels... [but] it is necessary to solve the climate problem."

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Mushroom leather: This is exciting. Wouldn't it be great to get all the properties of leather without all the harms of industrial animal agriculture? I hope they figure out how to make it commercially viable soon.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Inspiring #transfarmation by 6th-gen Iowa family farm from factory-farm hogbarn to mushroom-growing operation. Love this quote from farm owner Tanner Faaborg: "We had the hog barns for more than 30 years. My parents were not into change. But if our family can do it, any family can do it."

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Fantastic nuanced reporting on unchecked metastasis (no other word for it!) of factory-farm beef in the US by @georginagustin.bsky.social at insideclimatenews.org/news/0908202.... Even if you set aside the plight of animals (and I don't), this is a climate + environmental nightmare.

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A Very American Invention, Pushed to an Extreme - Inside Climate News

In Nebraska, Blackshirt Feeders LP is building the country’s largest feedlot for 200,000 beef cattle on a square-mile slab of concrete.

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The Good Food Institute @gfi.org · 03/08/2026

All animal-based proteins result in more emissions than plant-based proteins—but beef is hands down the biggest emitter. It's also one of the most commonly consumed meats in America. (1.3 pounds per week, the equivalent of SIX Big Macs 🍔)

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thanks @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social for crunching the numbers on this. Mass-cultivation of insects for food is not just unappealing (to put it mildly). It's just not as effective a climate solution as eating more plant-forward, and it risks new ecological havoc.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Weight loss: It's not just calories in/out, but *dietary quality*. New study shows that, when calories are held constant, the Planetary Health Diet was better for weight loss & body composition: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thanks @matochklimat.nu for bringing this to my attention.

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Planetary Health Diet Adherence Improves Weight and Body Composition During Energy Restriction

Objective Obesity management relies on energy restriction, yet the contribution of dietary quality to weight-loss and body composition outcomes during hypocaloric interventions remains poorly charac...

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm really looking forward to reading this new paper on high-impact diets by accomplished food-system researcher Paul Behrens. It seems to offer yet more evidence that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, and that those of us with choice should be adopting more plant-forward diets.

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The New Lede @thenewlede.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Animal agriculture generates about twice the greenhouse gas emissions of crop production. A new study published in @nature.com finds that shifting to mostly plant based diets and cutting food waste could reduce agricultural emissions by more than 85% by 2050. www.thenewlede.org/2026/07/plan...

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Study says eating less meat could slash emissions. Americans are eating more than ever.

A global shift to mostly plant-based diets with minimal processed foods and red meat, coupled with a large decrease in food waste, would decrease greenhouse gas emissions by more than 85% by 2050 comp...

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I really respect the work of @projectdrawdown.bsky.social -- especially their recognition of food-related initiatives as being among the top most potent climate solutions: drawdown.org/food-and-cli.... Dear environmentalist colleagues: Grass-fed beef and expanding livestock grazing aren't among them

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Food and Climate

The systems we use to feed humanity have created a huge problem for Earth’s climate. But they also offer a huge opportunity to help halt climate change.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Devil's in the details... Writers like @thisisbartosz.bsky.social and @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social are showing how methane and methane emissions accounting get tweaked in ways that take the heat off dairy and beef production. These are tough stories to boil down into soundbytes, but so important.

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Eleanor Boyle @eleanorboyle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thanks @sentientmedia.org for reminding me: I need to watch this. The industry-pushed positioning of dairy milk as the default (or only!) choice, especially in school cafeterias, has to end.

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Food & Climate @matochklimat.nu · 13/07/2026

Switching to 85 percent plant-based menus in EU schools, hospitals, and public organizations could save 11.6 billion Euro! Just under 30 percent of this is savings in food budgets. The rest comes from lower healthcare costs and less environmental and climate damage. matochklimat.nu/mer-vaxtbase...

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Mer växtbaserad mat i skolor och sjukhus kan ge enorma samhällsvinster

Fantastiska nyheter! Att övergå till 85 procent växtbaserade menyer i EU:s skolor, sjukhus och offentliga organisationer skulle kunna spara 11,6 miljarder euro (motsvarande 127 miljarder kr).

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

There is solid #science behind the benefits of reducing meat consumption 🥩 and the meat industry is behind the online backlash that undermines it. They want people to be misinformed and this costs lives. Choose your info sources wisely! 🧪👇 changingmarkets.org/report/meat-...

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Meat vs EAT-Lancet: The dynamics of an industry-orchestrated online backlash • Changing Markets

The EAT-Lancet Commission publish EAT-Lancet 2.0: an update to the planetary health diet 2019. One of the most influential academic studies ever released, it also faced significant online backlash – o...

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