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Demand for beef, soy, palm oil and nickel hindering efforts to halt demolition by 2030, global report finds

Eating less beef, cheese and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.

Parents want to do something about climate change. But figuring it out isn't easy.

Lobbyists for Canada's meat and dairy industries are showing up with unprecedented visibility at the COP27 climate conference now underway in Egypt. The industries have at least one representative on the official Canadian delegation, a position that gives easy access to negotiators and closed-door meetings.

Regenerative farming promotes raising crops and livestock together along with other methods to promote soil health.

“Not changing their menus makes everything else look like window dressing,” said Jennifer Molidor, a senior food campaigner for the Center for Biological Diversity.

Every day around noon, the smell of grilled beef and roasted venison wafts through the lines of delegates attending the COP26 climate conference as they queue for lunch. Yet even as hundreds flock to the burgers and venison pasties on offer, some attendees wonder if meat — a big emitter worldwide — should be on the menu. 

I can’t help but think, if Epicurious is taking sustainability and environmental impact seriously, wouldn’t it be a better pledge to exclude the use of cow products altogether? Milk? Cheese? Butter? That's what Joanna Tymkiw thinks.

As Epicurious cut beef from its digital diet this week, conservative culture warriors used misinformation to invent their own meat-related scandal, writes columnist Max Fawcett. But at some point, we're going to have to reckon with the climate impact of our diet.

Destruction of forests is a major cause of both the climate crisis and plunging wildlife populations, as natural ecosystems are razed for farming.

Mia Kelly, 17, decided to become vegetarian after marching in last fall's climate strike in Ottawa.

This is why we can't have nice things.

The blazes are roasting South America's biggest country just as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is rolling back environmental and indigenous protections.

For Canadians apprehensive about U.S. milk because of the new trade agreement, writer Jessica Scott-Reid suggests looking at it as an opportunity to take a closer look at all dairy products, to ask not only 'Where does this come from?' but ‘How safe and ethical is our own supply?’

The recently rebooted Trans-Pacific Partnership has moved a step closer to becoming reality for Canada.