After Canada’s House of Commons passed a budget bill that strikes down several environmental protection laws, PETA’s blue-painted supporters hit Ottawa’s Parliament Hill to rock the government’s world—almost literally—and to urge eco-conscious Canadians not to despair because they can still help save the planet by eating plant-based foods. According to the United Nations, the meat … Read more »
In 2008, when PETA offered a $1 million incentive to anyone who could develop a marketable in vitro (lab-grown) meat, there were some who scoffed. Since then, research into in vitro meat has exploded—the research, that is, not the labs—and the idea (along with PETA’s offer) has shown up in The New Yorker and on … Read more »
Today marks the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day. To celebrate, PETA presents the top 10 surprising ways that helping save the planet saves animals, too: 10) Reduce companion animal overpopulation. Most of the puppies that pet stores sell are trucked or flown hundreds of miles from puppy mills, creating a Great Dane–sized carbon pawprint. But … Read more »
The Lorax is what? The Lorax is whose? The Lorax is property of late Dr. Seuss! Yes, he is the Lorax who speaks for the trees, Which factory farms will chop down as they please. Now someone has taken the Lorax away From the doctor’s dear widow, or so people say. OK, it’s a statue—though … Read more »
What a rooty-tooty bunch of hooey. IHOP is using the eco-friendly message of The Lorax to lure families in for Dr. Seuss–themed meals that are chock-full of factory-farmed meat, eggs, and dairy products. The restaurant couldn’t serve anything less environmentally friendly than if it put centuries-old Amazon trees on a plate. How IHOP Is Hurting … Read more »
If your tofu has turned green, you’ll probably want to toss it. But the results of a recent study show that our tofu is so green that it’s a cause for celebration! The findings of this new study reveal how vegan foods, such as veggie dogs, tofu, and seitan, contribute little to climate change compared … Read more »
Update: PETA has just received more good news for animals in laboratories: Tox21, an ongoing collaboration among the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will use a high-speed robotic screening system—not animals—to test 10,000 chemicals for toxicity. This switch will prevent countless animals from suffering in … Read more »
If you’re one of those people who need a deadline to take action, here’s one for you: five years. That’s how long analysts with the International Energy Agency give the world’s governments to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and reverse climate change “before it’s too late.” Governments have their role, but there’s an important lifestyle change that … Read more »
This might make you blue, but red and white meat isn’t green. That’s just as true halfway around the Earth as it is here. That’s why these members of PETA Asia-Pacific went earthy from head to toe: to ask the folks in that part of the world to dump their Earth-wrecking addictions to meat. A … Read more »
Do you know what you’re seeing when you look at seafood? It seems that most of us don’t. When Consumer Reports tested 190 different samples of fish from restaurants and stores, they found that more than 20 percent were being marketed as something other than what they actually were. A similar investigation by the Boston … Read more »
A PETA member found a fun way for her little car to send a big message in the Big Apple. New York resident Emily McCoy wants NYC to go v-e-g to save animals and the planet. Switching to a vegan diet is easier than navigating bridge-and-tunnel traffic and more effective in preventing climate change than … Read more »
Nearly nude professional model—and vegetarian—Megan Currie sudsed up in a tub in Edinburgh, Scotland, for World Water Week while policymakers met in Sweden to discuss global water issues. The bathing PETA UK beauty informed passersby that it takes the equivalent of 50 bathtubs filled with water to produce just one steak. “Not only does the meat … Read more »
PETA is helping mass-transit passengers go even greener. When Norfolk, Virginia’s new light-rail train made its maiden voyage past our headquarters, the Lettuce Ladies were on hand—and on the balcony—to make the inaugural run memorable. With their cabbage couture and “Climeat Change” sign, the ladies showed passengers (and enthusiastic construction workers) that dumping meat, the … Read more »
Apparently Mother Nature loves a good PETA demonstration. When our bathing beauties came to Memphis to show residents how much water they could conserve by going vegan, the ladies got some unexpected help from the skies. Reporters and pedestrians braved the thunderstorm to take pictures and to learn how they could save more water by … Read more »
After Al Gore chastised President Obama in a Rolling Stone essay for not being tough enough in combating climate change, PETA, in turn, took the former veep to task for not being tough enough on his own high-carbon diet. Even though scientific studies show that raising animals for food is one of the leading contributors … Read more »
