Why eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019

The Guardian

Chickens hang in a market. Photo by Tomás Castelazo

Eating meat has a hefty impact on the environment from fueling climate change to polluting landscapes and waterways. Story here.

Emissions impossible

Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

A confined animal feeding operation in the U.S.
Photo by the E.P.A.

How big meat and dairy are heating up the planet. Story here.

RELATED: "In Hogs We Trust - Part 1V - The health and environmental costs of an expanded hog industry in Manitoba, Canada."

Fort St. John, B.C. earthquakes were caused by fracking: BC Oil and Gas Commission

CTV News
B.C's Oil & Gas Commission (OGC) has concluded that three earthquakes in the area around Fort. St. John at the end of November were caused by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations.         Details here.

A fracking operation in New York State.
Photo by US Geological Survey.

Please also read my story from 2015:
Is the "Dubious Duo" of Fracking & Earthquakes More Common in Canada Than we Know? PinP Wonders.  
l.p.

Industrial farms in Britain receive millions in subsidies

The Guardian

The Guardian and Bureau of Investigative Journalism establish that intensive farms in the UK received nearly £70m in two years. Details here.

Dead pigs in a dumpster outside a Manitoba factory farm await 
removal to an unknown destination. A PinP photo.

Please read related:  "In Hogs We Trust - Part 11 -  

The price Manitobans pay for corporate pig$." 

Farm workers sicken as Trump slashes regulations meant to protect them.

New York Times
Ordinary people suffer because of Trump's deference to powerful interests.

Details here.

RELATED: 

Manitoba Family Believes it was Poisoned by Crop Spray (like the one referred to in the Times story)
Watch video here from Sept. 2006..

Why I’m looking forward to my first vegan Christmas

The Guardian

Damian Carrington 

I won’t be eating turkey this year because of meat’s environmental impact. More here.

A turkey farm in Missouri. Photo by Billy Hathorn.

As Polar Bear Attacks Increase in a Warming Arctic, a Search for Solutions

Yale Environment 360

An almost ice-free Northwest Passage, Aug. 2016.
Photo by NASA.

With sea ice reduced, polar bears in the Arctic are spending more time on land, leading to increased attacks on people. Concerned Inuit communities want to increase hunting quotas, but researchers are testing new technologies they hope will reduce these often deadly confrontations. Details here.