Environment, Industry, Grassroots Andrew Gough Environment, Industry, Grassroots Andrew Gough

Faces of the rebellion: the animal activists taking the fight to McDonald’s

What makes a person get up before dawn, travel to an unremarkable factory outside Scunthorpe in the north of England with other activists and storm a rooftop, ‘lock on’ outside the gates or affix oneself to the top of a bamboo tower or van as part of a three-day blockade? We spoke to three activists to find out.

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News, Environment, Farming, Industry Andrew Gough News, Environment, Farming, Industry Andrew Gough

The meat industry is using ‘tobacco company tactics’ to lie about its role in the climate crisis, but are we really surprised?

Breaking news: the animal agriculture industry is lying to us about climate change. For those of you who follow us, this will be yesterday’s news, but for others, it will come as somewhat of a surprise to learn that ten of the world’s top companies and industry groups are borrowing tactics from the tobacco industry to deliberately ‘obfuscate the science’.

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Dairy in distress as UK sales to EU drop 96% due to Brexit

In yet another sign that the UK dairy industry is in serious trouble, new figures out this week have revealed a staggering drop in sales of milk and cream to the EU, by far our largest export market. Is this really just teething troubles, as Boris Johnson calls them, or is it another nail in the coffin of cow exploitation?

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How should we interpret plant-based food sales as ethical vegans?

Several industry reports released in the last fortnight, concerning the onward march of the plant-based food sector, have generated some truly attention-grabbing headlines. There is no denying that the increase in products is great news for consumers who choose not to eat animal products some of the time, but as ethical vegans, are we celebrating a little too much?

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