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Capping greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's cows, pigs, chickens and other farm animals, while bolstering support for plant-based food, could help the country reach its climate goals, a new analysis has found. But experts question whether the approach would encourage factory farming, infuriate farmers and further annoy a cash-strapped public.

Canada's federal government as well as organizations representing some the nation's beef producers warn a decision south of the border about "Product of USA" labels on meat, poultry and eggs could disrupt supply chains.

Advocates in the United States believe the long-awaited farm bill could help fix that.

The Alberta premier has picked a new fight with the federal government over a proposed program to help industrial feedlots meet climate targets that will not even apply in her province.

Our carnivorous cravings — particularly in industrialized, beef-guzzling countries — are one reason the planet is warming as fast as it is.

The soil soot is a small-scale solution that climate advocates — and corporations — want more of.

Floods and storms accounted for 95 per cent of recorded child displacement between 2016 and 2021, according to the first-of-its-kind analysis by UNICEF and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. The rest — more than two million children — were displaced by wildfires and drought.

Information on the environmental impact can persuade consumers against carbon-heavy food choices, a new study finds.

Methane emitted from burps and manure from about 75,000 cows in a massive Brooks, Alta., feedlot is the 11th highest source of the gas nationwide. 

As climate change supercharges blazes, livestock and wildlife are suffering from smoke inhalation.

Global atmospheric levels of the potent but short-lived greenhouse gas methane increased a record amount last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday, February 7, 2022, worrying scientists because of the large role methane has in climate change.

Invasive gorse plant is widely cleared in Scotland and has been used as animal fodder in the past.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will hold a call with all of the country's premiers next week to discuss how governments are keeping citizens safe as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 rapidly spreads.

Nakate spoke of her disappointment in the outcome of the U.N. climate talks in Scotland and what she and other young activists plan for the year to come.

Markets that connect businesses hoping to offset their carbon emissions with climate change mitigation projects have been plagued by problems. But an economist and his co-authors argue carbon markets can be reformed and play a significant role in slowing global warming.