Factory Farm Gas

Methane action at COP27 still sidesteps factory farms

Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) urged action on reducing the potent greenhouse gas methane to slow the climate crisis.

True or False? Evaluating solutions for agriculture and climate change

For decades, mainstream climate debates largely ignored agriculture. Now, thankfully, the climate community has woken up to the importance of agriculture and food systems in tackling climate change. This short paper challenges some of the most popular of these false solutions to the climate crisis.

New EPA data confirms role of factory farms in rising agriculture emissions

The latest United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas data reaffirms the role of factory farms in driving up the agriculture sector’s emissions.

Methane agreement is a good first step, agriculture sidestepped

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—Today, the United States and the European Union, along with more than 90 countries, announced a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions 30% by 2030.

From Net Zero to Greenwash — Global Meat and Dairy Companies

The following article was published originally as part of the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA)'s Net Zero Files.

United Nations Methane Report Underscores Need to Regulate Emissions from Big Meat and Dairy Companies to Respond to Climate Crisis

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) released a Global Methane Assessment providing alarming global data on rising emissions from fossil fuels, agric

USDA Comment on the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home

To read IATP's full comment to the USDA, please download a PDF of the comment.

Time for US and EU to regulate factory farms’ greenhouse gas emissions

The largest hog and dairy operations in the U.S. are run more like factories than farms. They concentrate thousands of animals indoors and produce massive amounts of manure, which is often turned into liquid and sprayed on farm fields. This factory farm system is a major source of the potent greenhouse gas (GHG) methane. Yesterday, U.S.