The author argues that subtle shifts in definitions, and overlooking key facts, can allow significant emitters of greenhouse gases, such as the meat and dairy industries, to be presented as “climate neutral.”  |  File photo

Meat and dairy not ‘climate neutral’

Imagine a house is on fire, and someone is pouring gas on it. They then pour a little less gas and want credit for doing so, despite still feeding the fire. Perhaps they claim they are now “fire neutral.” We’d rightly be skeptical of such claims. Yet that is more or less what some influential […] Read more