Meat eating could bring habitat loss for 17,000 species by 2050
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The way we eat could lead to habitat loss for 17,000 species by 2050 Vox.com 2/18/2021 © Lintao Zhang/Getty Images A macaque mother with her baby in Guiyang, China.
But according to two recent studies one published in
Nature, the other by the think tank Chatham House global meat production threatens even more than climate and the animals we eat; it could also wipe out thousands of species in the next few decades.
Two main factors are driving this problem. As developing countries get richer, they tend to eat more meat. And meat production, especially beef and lamb, requires a lot of land more land than any other protein and the increasing global demand for meat means the industry is constantly looking for more farmland.
By Leia IdlibyFeb 1st, 2021, 4:06 pm
Gov.
Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) faced backlash on Monday after calling the push to give restaurant workers higher priority during the vaccine rollout “a cheap, insincere discussion.”
Despite his decision to open indoor dining on Feb. 14, or Valentine’s Day, Cuomo has determined that restaurant workers do not qualify as essential, although they interact with significant numbers of people daily, and were therefore given lower priority amid the state’s vaccine rollout.
During his Monday press briefing, Cuomo was asked about the rationale behind opening up indoor dining, and whether the decision to do so gave restaurant workers vaccine eligibility.
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Winterset,
Iowa As President Joe Biden takes office, he continues to call for unity, hoping moderates in both parties can work together. However, viewing unity as merely a convergence between opposing poles on the spectrum of American politics ignoring economic populism’s role in the last decade is an oversimplification. Viewing the country only in red and blue often leads Democrats to ignore rural areas, assuming they’ll always go red; this ignorance has led Biden straight to a man who rural Democrats and Republicans agree is no friend to farmers: former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack.
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