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News spotlight: How does your diet affect the environment?

By Will McCarry

February 6, 2023

In case you missed it: Every bite of food we eat comes with an environmental cost. But not every diet is created equal. A new tool illustrates the toll our food system takes on nature — comparing dietary staples like meat, fish, dairy, eggs and grains.

Tags: agriculture deforestation ecosystem restoration Food greenhouse gas emissions IPCC publications

New UN climate report is bleak, but there's a solution: trees

By Kiley Price

August 8, 2019

The UN report issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns of detrimental environmental consequences if land use management does not become more sustainable.