Claim: Meat and dairy emissions ‘could surpass those from largest oil firms’ – ‘Livestock sector could consume 4/5ths of the global greenhouse gas budget each year by 2050’
https://www.energylivenews.com/2018/07/18/meat-and-dairy-emissions-could-surpass-those-from-largest-oil-firms/ By Jonny Bairstow Wednesday 18 July 2018 The largest meat and dairy producers could surpass major oil companies as the largest contributors to environmental pollution. That’s according to a new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and non-profit GRAIN, which says the five largest meat and dairy corporations are already […]
Flashback 1983: NBC News warns of ‘Possible catastrophic warming of the Earth by the 1990s’
NBC News 1983 : Catastrophic Global Warming By The 1990’s
Stossel: False claim of ‘500 million straws used daily’ came from a 10-year-old’s elementary school project – But media uncritically repeats
Excerpts: Stossel: “Paper products take more energy and effort to produce. And paper doesn’t degrade in a landfill, either. Everything (in landfills) is essentially mummified.” Taking away freedom for nothing in return is now a specialty of the environmental movement. Banning straws isn’t going to do anything for the environment. So what they’re trying to […]