THE WEEK

How the EU undermines its climate goals with animal farming subsidies

The EU aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 – but has been investing four times as much money into carbon-intensive livestock farming than growing plants, research has found ...
Newsweek

Intensive Farming May Up Pandemic Risk, Myth-Busting Study Warns

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a ...
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Food and pandemics: Is intensive animal farming the ‘single most risky human behaviour’?

A recent report has identified the eating and farming of animals as the single most risky human behaviour in relation to pandemics. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, however, is ...
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Scientists warn factory farming raises future pandemic risk: 'COVID-19 could be a dress rehearsal'

South African scientists have warned that rising demand for affordable meat and the expansion of intensive animal agriculture creates the ‘perfect breeding ground’ for the development of viruses that ...
Reuters

Intensive Dutch animal farms seen vulnerable to disease

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Agriculture has helped make the Netherlands rich, but experts warn that the density of farms and the increasing number of animals in one of the most intensive agricultural ...
The Guardian

Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms

Map reveals most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions, which are dangerous to health and environment Ammonia pollution hotspots have been identified in areas with some of the greatest numbers of ...