World Apr 14 Farmers turn to seaweed in attempt to reduce methane emissions from livestock By Miles O'Brien, Will Toubman
Health Feb 10 Nevada dairy worker contracted newer strain of bird flu, CDC says The worker was infected with a type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year, federal health officials said Monday. By Mike Stobbe, JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press
Science Jul 07 Watch 6:55 Can a tax on livestock emissions help curb climate change? Denmark aims to find out Among greenhouse gases, methane is more harmful than carbon dioxide in terms of trapping heat. According to the United Nations, about 32 percent of human-caused methane emissions comes from livestock. Ali Rogin speaks with Ben Lilliston at the Institute for… By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn
Economy Aug 15 The EPA is rejecting calls for tougher regulation of large livestock farms, promises more study The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it needs to further study the biggest U.S. animal operations, which hold thousands of hogs, chickens and cattle. By John Flesher, Associated Press
Economy Jan 23 EPA considers tougher regulations on livestock farm pollution The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will study whether to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that pollute waterways. The agency hasn't revised its rules dealing with the nation's largest hog, poultry and cattle operations since 2008. By John Flesher, Associated Press
Oct 09 Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised By David Favre, The Conversation Should Californians be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals that are raised in other states if products from those animals are to be sold in California? The U.S. Supreme Court will confront that question when it hears… Continue reading
Apr 07 What consumers need to know about the avian flu outbreak By Yuko Sato, The Conversation Bird flu is highly contagious in domestic flocks. A major outbreak is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 4:44 Cow burps are a major contributor to climate change — can scientists change that? By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber Livestock production—primarily cows—produce 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The majority of that is in the form of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is a natural byproduct of how some livestock process food. But as Christopher Booker reports,… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch 9:38 How industrial farming techniques can breed superbugs By Miles O'Brien As high-density, industrial-scale livestock farms have become fertile breeding grounds for disease, they’ve also become a major source of drug-resistant superbugs. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien and economics correspondent Paul Solman team up to report on how scientists are studying how… Continue watching
Apr 26 Want healthier farm animals? Look to the mutants By Kristin Hugo Rancher Shelby Hendershot collects photos and specimens of deformed livestock to expose what causes these often disregarded mutations. Continue reading