This article was first published here. Greenhouse gas emissions from meat production are a disaster for climate change, but plant-based meat substitutes like soy are sometimes even worse for the environment. To protect both the planet and consumer choice, look to innovation in lab-grown meat technology. Meat is killing the …

This article was first published here. When was the last time you ate meat? Or an egg? Or cheese, or butter, or milk? Not long ago, probably. Despite breathless sensationalist media coverage, the vegan movement (or, to call it by its trendy new name, ‘going plant-based’) has still captured only …

This article was first published here and here. ‘Green’ foods have their environmental downsides, too. Better to pursue efforts to make beef and milk production more emissions-free. Environmental campaigners are keen to tell us the greenhouse gases emitted by mass animal farming play a significant role in warming the globe. …

This article was first published here. Wokeness seems to be taking over the Western world. Everywhere you look, from Disney to Budweiser, liberals are in competition about who can say and do the most deranged progressive things. Fully-grown adults subscribe to obvious nonsense and the left shamelessly pushes fake truths in the public …

This article was first published here. Veganism is all the rage. Advocates of the vegan lifestyle often make bold claims about its transformative positive health effects, including weight loss, mood-boosting, and even reducing the risk of cancer and diabetes. But a little digging into the everyday reality of eating no animal products …

This article was first published here. Despite what vegan virtue-signalers would have you believe, ditching dairy won’t help save the planet. Now that the myth that our everyday purchasing choices and diets can stop the changing climate, veganism has become synonymous with saving the planet. As more and more people …

This article was published here. Virtue-signaling by well-known brands is nothing new. But if we leave the growing culture of corporate virtue-signaling unchecked, it could have profound consequences for society, thanks to those brands’ legion of followers: a group sometimes called “soy boys.” “Soy boy” is a pejorative social media …

This article was first published here. It is now three and a half years since Britain left the European Union. Brexit spelled the end of decades of subservience to intervention and bureaucracy from Brussels. While lots of the benefits are still waiting on the sidelines, delayed by political obstacles, the …

This article was first published here. The Daily Star, a staple of any good newspaper stand, has launched a campaign called Your Chippy Needs You, highlighting the plight of Britain’s fish and chips industry. It quotes the National Federation of Fish Friers, which fears 1 in 2 chippies could go bust …

This article was first published here. The actions of the Chinese government in recent years should shock us all. The Chinese Communist Party is committing a genocide against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region. It has flagrantly tossed aside basic liberties such as freedom of the press in Hong Kong, in favour …

This article was first published here. Nothing is truly predictable in electoral politics, but the chances of Labour overcoming a record-breaking electoral deficit to win the next general election look much higher than they did three and a half years ago, when Boris Johnson won his Brexit majority. Sir Keir …

This article was first published here. Polling suggests Sir Keir Starmer is likely to become Labour’s first prime minister since 2010. But as he prepares for government, there are still some gaping holes in his policy platform. Starmer is often criticised for his apparent lack of vision but in one particular policy …

This article was first published here. In just a few days, voters across Britain will take to the polls for the 2023 local elections. Turnout is traditionally much lower in local elections than general elections, especially among young people. Arguably, local councillors have more of an influence over our everyday …

This article was first published here. In a forlorn attempt to combat deforestation, the EU has passed a new law called the Due Diligence Proposal. Beef, coffee, cocoa, and palm oil are just some of the many staple products it threatens through overregulation. Upheaval is likely in the vegetable oil market …

This article was published here. (Cover photo attribution) A few weeks ago I wrote in TCW about the menace of the lucrative solar farms. A plan to create one of the largest solar farms in the country close to the Silchester Roman site in Hampshire had been approved. That site is the latest …

This article was first published here. With every passing year, the public becomes more eco-conscious than ever before. We are becoming more and more aware of the impact we have on the planet through climate change, pollution, and the desecration of the natural world. That’s a good thing. Sadly, though, …

This article was published here. Tackling the ongoing scourge of deforestation has long proved too difficult a task for politicians to confront. At COP26, the much-touted climate conference held in Glasgow in November 2021, world leaders gathered to discuss with great sincerity the issue of deforestation and how to tackle …

This article was first published here. If the polls are anything to go by, in as little as a year, we could have a Labour government led by prime minister Keir Starmer. The Conservatives being out of government for the first time since 2010 would be a substantial change, and …

This article was first published here. If consumers want the brands they buy from to keep their supply chains sustainable and environmentally friendly, they will have to wise up to greenwashing. Greenwashing, sometimes called ‘green sheen,’ is a form of insincere advertising in which companies use false eco-friendly claims to …

This article was published here. For the EU, virtue-signalling about green issues knows no bounds. Not long ago, Brussels bureaucrats gave the nod to a hefty new set of rules called the Due Diligence Proposal. This bundle of red tape is likely to have a substantial effect on all kinds of …