Kristi Noem denies request to halt immigration crackdown for Halloween
Kristi Noem denies request to halt immigration crackdown for Halloween
Illinois governor had asked for pause after border patrol agents reportedly used teargas to disrupt Halloween paradeAdam Gabbatt (The Guardian)
Europe’s obedience test: one Chinese company, one US order - Asia Times
Europe’s obedience test: one Chinese company, one US order - Asia Times
A Chinese CEO was recently ousted by a Dutch court for alleged governance and financial misconduct. The company? Nexperia, which designs semiconductors.Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa (Asia Times)
GM cuts thousands of EV and battery factory workers | TechCrunch
GM cuts thousands of EV and battery factory workers | TechCrunch
The automaker has been on a tear of cuts to its workforce and will idle two battery factories for the first half of 2026.Sean O'Kane (TechCrunch)
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Whale sharks are primarily filter feeders, so if anything, he's just slurping a layer of nutritious plankton off of the net that has negative value to the human fishers anyway.
They're actually kinda helping each other out.
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military service
Jerusalem (AFP) – Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, dressed in black, rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription, an issue that has caused major strain in Israel's right-wing ruling coalition.The vast crowd were protesting against the absence of a law guaranteeing their right to avoid Israel's mandatory military service -- a pledge long promised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Crowds of men, many wearing black hats, set fire to pieces of tarpaulin as hundreds of police officers cordoned off several roads across the city, AFP correspondents reported.
Carrying placards denouncing conscription, demonstrators marched along main roads leading into Jerusalem.
The mass demonstration follows a recent crackdown on ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers, with thousands of call-up notices sent in recent months and several deserters imprisoned.
Under a ruling established at the time of Israel's creation in 1948, when the ultra-Orthodox were a very small community, men who devote themselves full-time to the study of sacred Jewish texts are given a de facto pass.
This exemption has come under mounting pressure since war erupted in Gaza in October 2023, as the military struggles to fill its ranks.
Whether the exemption should be scrapped has been a long-running point of contention in Israeli society, with Netanyahu pledging that his government would pass a law enshrining the waiver.
But he has so far failed to deliver.
Responding to the call of two ultra-Orthodox parties -- one of which forms a key part of the ruling coalition -- men travelled from all over Israel on Thursday to demand the continuation of their exemptions.
The police closed roads to Jerusalem and announced the mobilisation of 2,000 officers in the city.
In June 2024, the supreme court ruled that the state must draft ultra-Orthodox men, declaring their exemption had expired.
A parliamentary committee is now discussing a bill expected to end the exemptions and encourage young ultra-Orthodox men who are not studying full-time to enlist.The issue has placed Netanyahu's coalition -- one of the most right-wing in the country's history -- under severe strain.
In July, ministers from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party resigned from the cabinet over the issue, though the party has not formally left the coalition.
The other ultra-Orthodox party, United Torah Judaism, has already quit both the government and the coalition.
The Sephardic Shas, which holds 11 seats in the 120-member Knesset, has warned that it will withdraw support unless military service exemptions are anchored in law —-- move that could topple Netanyahu's fragile coalition, now down to 60 seats.
Some ultra-Orthodox rabbis fear that conscription will make young people less religious, but others accept that those who do not study holy texts full-time can enlist.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews make up 14 percent of Israel's Jewish population, or about 1.3 million people, and roughly 66,000 men of military age currently benefit from the exemption.
According to an army report presented to parliament in September, there has been a sharp increase in the number of ultra-Orthodox Jews enlisting despite opposition from their leaders, but the numbers still remain low, at a few hundred over the past two years.
Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Defiant 'Pirate' Streamer 'EveryGameGuru'
Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Defiant 'Pirate' Streamer 'EveryGameGuru' * TorrentFreak
Nintendo has secured a final default judgment against defiant streamer Jesse Keighin, aka "EveryGameGuru."Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
This was a huge loss for Nintendo, thankfully.
They identified a single person and wanted to get permanent injuction not only against him but many unnamed parties and to make basic software illegal just because it was used by this person.
Internal Report Shows the Military Always Wanted to Join the Drug War
A decade before President Donald Trump boasted of “hunting” alleged “narcoterrorists” on boats off the coast of Venezuela, the Defense Department was looking for new ways to get involved in the war on drugs.In a major report quietly issued by the federally funded Institute for Defense Analyses, researchers working for the Pentagon presented their findings, based on interviews with dozens of top drug traffickers incarcerated in the United States, on how to better disrupt transnational organized crime.
One top-line prescription: More “direct military action.”
The report, which was obtained by The Intercept through a Freedom of Information Act request and has never previously been made public, provides a window into the inner workings of major drug-trafficking networks.
An attorney whose client was interviewed by researchers working for the Pentagon told The Intercept that the report proves that the recent sidelining of counternarcotics police in favor of bloodshed at sea is what military insiders have wanted for years.
Internal Report Shows the Military Always Wanted to Join the Drug War
An Obama-era Pentagon report called for “direct military action” in the drug war, presaging Trump’s brazen strikes on boats in the Caribbean.Nathan Tempey (The Intercept)
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Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuelsOliver Milman (The Guardian)
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Wow. It is great to read from somebody talking from a place of truth and love. This is powerful.
Our civilizations is lost because the people on the top of power who should lead and care for us are like parents which just lead their children into the woods to starve, like in the Grimm's tale. What we need now are real leaders. And leadership starts with telling the truth - with encountering reality.
Meloni Weighs Overhaul of Italy’s Voting Laws to Help Reelection
Meloni’s allies are contemplating a proposal to dole out all seats proportionally, but with a majority bonus for the leading coalition to give it a stable voting bloc, the people said. Under one scenario, a coalition winning 40% of the vote would get up to 55% of the seats.
Meloni Weighs Overhaul of Italy’s Voting Laws to Help Reelection
Giorgia Meloni’s allies are exploring changes to Italy’s election laws that would boost her reelection odds, as internal polls show she may struggle to retain a majority in the upper house of parliament.Donato Paolo Mancini (Bloomberg)
I've become minorly obsessed with conditioning wood
I had a cutting board made from some nice wood, but which was starting to lose its bright appearance.
A bit of research later, and I get some food-safe mineral oil and wax to restore the surface. Long story short, I was so impressed by how my cutting board came back to life, now I'm looking for any excuse to touch up all the wood in our house. I don't even mind if I clean the cutting board and wash off some of the wax, because then I have an excuse to apply another layer. There's something fun about buffing and polishing a surface.
I'm thinking of getting into woodworking just so I can do this more. I don't even really want to make anything, just apply a bunch of tung oil to a random plank and then wax it to a shine.
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US | Pentagon Admits It Has No Idea Who’s on “Drug Boats” Being Bombed
A Democratic lawmaker revealed the shocking detail after a Pentagon briefing for members of Congress.
Archived version: archive.is/20251030220100/newr…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
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Ukraine’s Spy Units Blew Up Russia’s Top-Secret ‘Oreshnik’ Missile Launcher Deep Inside Enemy Territory, SBU Says
Ukraine’s security chief Vasyl Malyuk revealed that Ukrainian intelligence destroyed one of Russia’s top-secret Oreshnik missiles launchers deep inside Russian territory.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/kyivpost.com…
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Elon Musk: What was the mysterious bright light spotted in Irish skies?
Elon Musk: What was the mysterious bright light spotted in Irish skies?
According to experts, the object was likely the debris of an Elon Musk SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.Holly Fleck (BBC News)
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According to experts, the object was likely the debris of an Elon Musk SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket which was launched from Florida on Wednesday.It was said to be caused by the process of excess rocket fuel being ejected and freezing, then reflecting light back to earth.
The rocket's path matches the reported sightings, experts have said.
But, þe article is actually interesting and not as click-baity as þe title suggests, wiþ more information. Contrary to þe implications of þe title, it has noþing to do wiþ Elon Musk posting alien þeories.
Google says Search AI Mode will know everything about you
Google wants 'AI mode' on Search to be as personal as possible, and it'll soon tap into services like Gmail or Drive to know more about you.
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Major telecom services provider Ribbon breached by state hackers
Ribbon Communications, a provider of telecommunications services to the U.S. government and telecom companies worldwide, revealed that nation-state hackers breached its IT network as early as December 2024.
Ribbon is now working with third-party cybersecurity experts and federal law enforcement to investigate the breach and said that it has yet to find evidence that the threat attackers accessed or stole "any material information."
BPO giant Conduent confirms data breach impacts 10.5 million people
American business services giant Conduent has confirmed that a 2024 data breach has impacted over 10.5 million people, according to notifications filed with the US Attorney General's offices.
[Announcement] Keepers of the Flame Challenge Rewards
In the Keepers League, you'll be able to earn a set of exclusive microtransactions themed around the Keepers of the Flame expansion by completing 40 new challenges. At 12, 20, 28, and 36 challenges you'll receive the Keeper of the Flame Boots, Gloves, Body Armour and Helmet respectively.
Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Keepers Challenger Trophy Hideout Decoration!
In Ruthless you'll receive these microtransactions at 2, 4, 6, and 8 challenges completed.
Announcements - Keepers of the Flame Challenge Rewards - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Announcement] Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame Launches Soon
Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame will launch on PC and Console soon! In this news post, we've gathered all the information you need to know about what happens on launch day and how to start downloading early.
Realms will go down at: Oct 31, 2025 4:00 PM (GMT) and patching will begin shortly after.
The servers go live for PC and Console at: Oct 31, 2025 7:00 PM (GMT)
The above times are displayed in your local time zone. You'll need to be logged into your account to see these. To change your local time, go to "My Account", "Manage Account" and "Edit Preferences".
If the timezone is displaying incorrectly for you, please disregard the above timer and refer to the countdown on the front page. Three hours before the end of the countdown, the realm will go down and patching will begin shortly after. When the countdown ends, the servers will be live and you'll be able to join the Keepers League.
The patch size for the update will be around 10GB on the standalone client, Steam and Epic. The estimated sizes of the patch for Consoles are: 23GB for Playstation 4, 33GB for Playstation 5 and 39GB for Xbox. The predownload for Consoles is already available.
We've also made a torrent available for PC. Please keep in mind that this method, while available earlier, makes it a larger update as it includes all the existing client content. When patching begins for Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame you'll also have a few remaining files that you'll need to update as well.
This torrent only includes the GGPK file, so you'll need to copy it into your actual install folder once the patching server is up, no earlier than three hours before Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame launches. Please note that you can't use this GGPK file with the Steam client, Epic client or macOS.
Don't forget to link your Path of Exile account with your Twitch account to earn new Twitch Drops at launch! If you're streaming Keepers of the Flame on Twitch, here's an asset for you to use for the upcoming Support A Streamer promo! Please note that since the announcement of the Drop rewards yesterday, there have been visual changes to the Breachlord's Claw Character Effect: the glowing purple visual effects were removed to better match the aesthetics of the Breach.
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Look the part this League Start with the new Verdant Magus and Champion of Theopolis Supporter Packs. If you were planning to grab the Cryptkeeper and Phrecian Magistrate Supporter Packs, this is your last chance to do so.
In case you still haven't decided which build to play, check out the Class subsection on the forum for suggestions from the community. Many of our community streamers are also providing build guides on YouTube!
We can't wait to see your latest adventures through Wraeclast. See you at launch!
Announcements - Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame Launches Soon - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Announcement] New and Changed Gems in Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame
Announcements - New and Changed Gems in Path of Exile: Keepers of the Flame - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Announcement] Keepers of the Flame Launch Twitch Drops
Announcements - Keepers of the Flame Launch Twitch Drops - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
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It may not require a subscription fee, but that's really only a minor concern.
Having my video surveillance be uploaded to a cloud service and having to use some proprietary app to use my device is the real problems.
If you want security cameras, look for boring Power over Ethernet cameras that have an RTSP output. They connect to your network and provide a video stream out a specific port. Then you can plug that into whatever FOSS network video recording system you're using (Zone Minder or Frigate) and then you can access it like you access any other thing on your local network.
Never goes to a cloud, never leaves your house.
If it has local storage then it doesn't get uploaded anywhere.
It also has BT so the offline mode could be simply "record to SD card and view videos using some app via Bluetooth".
Online mode with notifications and two-way talking has to require internet access so I definitely wouldn't trust it, with or without subscription.
Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like
Samsung warned us last month that ads were coming to the giant Android tablets embedded in its Family Hub smart fridges. I've been eyeing mine ever since — and the first ones are about to arrive. Starting November 3rd, the $2,000-plus connected fridges will get a new widget that serves up ads, Shane Higby, head of Home Appliance Business at Samsung Electronics America, confirmed to The Verge.The ads will be part of a new widget on some of the smart fridges' "Cover screen themes" (like a tablet or smartphone's home screen). The widget, which Samsung shared with me ahead of today's announcement, has four rotating screens. One showing news, one calendar events, one the weather forecast, and one with "curated advertisements."
This widget appears at the bottom of the fridge's screen and rotates every 10 seconds among the four screens. You can swipe to rotate through them faster. Samsung says the widget will only appear on the Weather and Color theme screens, not on the Art or Album ones. A new Daily Board screen also won't have the widget, but it will show an ad in one of the six tiles.
Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like
A new widget coming to the built-in screen will show ‘curated advertisements’ starting next month. But you can opt out.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy (The Verge)
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This is what they will look like for me:
Can't get smart fridge ads if I don't get a smart fridge. taps forehead
US tech firm Nvidia invests $1bn in Nokia, with sights on next-gen networks for AI
US tech firm Nvidia invests $1bn in Nokia, with sights on next-gen networks for AI
With a nearly $4.9 trillion market cap largely fuelled by artificial intelligence investment, Nvidia is the most valuable company in the world.Yle News
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Why Does Hexbear Hate My Period Space Space Typing Style?
I posted something. Then I noticed that it was formatted wrong! I went back to fix it in edit mode. It seemed fine in edit mode. I saved it again. It was still wrong.
The thing that was wrong: In source / edit, my sentences are separated with the charcters "period space space". This is a typing standard that improves legibility, which is extra important in effortposts. However, in the displayed mode, one of every double space had been eaten! Every post, every comment, mangled! Sentences are separated with "period space" instead of "period space space" and the text is slightly less legible for it. I noticed it for questionmark space space and exclamationmark space space as well. There's some secret life form eating spaces.
Testing behavior:
Period Space: Sentence 1. Sentence 2.
Period Space Space: Sentence 1. Sentence 2.
Period Space Space Space: Sentence 1. Sentence 2.
Yep, saw it in preview, all the spaces are getting eaten. This is a crime against good style. I won't go so far as to say this is a hate crime against anyone who struggles with reading and visual processing... yet. But the site is editing my comment in order to enforce an objectively worse typographical standard (period singlespace). Literally 
Please help
(Also, should this go in /c/technology or in /c/hexbear? It's about both)
(Should I be submitting this as a bug report on github instead?)
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The American dream feels impossible for many young voters, who see no political fix
In communities of all kinds, voters in their 20s and 30s are confronting a financial reality of rising costs, mounting debt and minimal wage growth. But how is this changing their political views?It's a question that NPR put to readers. We received more than 1,100 submissions from across the political spectrum from almost every state in the U.S.
Many described a similar reality — one where economic worries loom large over their everyday lives and erode their faith in the ability of those in power. Taken together, their responses paint a portrait of a generation of voters discouraged by what they see in Washington and who increasingly feel as if they have no political home.
It is important to note that the responses are not from a representative sample of all young voters. But what readers shared helps highlight a steep challenge facing Democrats and Republicans alike as they work to win over these voters, who are collectively expected to make up more than half the electorate in 2028. Here is a snapshot of what readers shared.
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The American dream feels impossible for many young voters, who see no political fix
We asked readers whether young Americans today can still have a better life than their parents. They responded with stories of economic hardship and growing disillusionment with leaders in Washington.NPR
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CISA and NSA Issue Urgent Guidance to Secure WSUS and Microsoft Exchange Servers
CISA and NSA Issue Urgent Guidance to Secure WSUS and Microsoft Exchange Servers
CISA and NSA warn of WSUS and Exchange attacks, urging immediate patching and zero trust adoption.The Hacker News
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Wrist-Cut Transformation Subculture ✡ Menhera-chan - Capitolo 4
Contro la professoressa in forma demoniaca, Menhera-chan se la vede particolarmente brutta. Prende botte su botte, prima con uno strano attacco...
Stephen Miller directing state department bureaus like ‘fiefdom’ as he shifts its focus to immigration
Miller is one of the most powerful officials in Trump’s White House, illustrating how it has sought to overcome a ‘deep state’ of professional diplomats
The historic shifts in US immigration under Donald Trump have been dictated by a relentless voice over a telephone line: Stephen Miller, the president’s immigration czar, who in recent months has turned the state department’s visa and refugee operations into what some current and former diplomats have described as a personal fiefdom.
Each morning, usually at 10am, a small circle of conservative diplomats allied with Miller, including those who have assumed control of the state department’s consular and refugee operations, dial in for what some have termed the “Stephen Miller call”, an interagency discussion of immigration measures led by Miller, the White House’s homeland security adviser.
In the calls, Miller is said to drill the diplomats on visa and immigration issues – pressing officials to hasten negotiations with third countries to accept deportees who can not or should not be sent back to their countries of origin, and lobbying for individual visa revocations for critics of Israel’s war in Gaza or of Charlie Kirk, the conservative pundit who was assassinated in September.
Stephen Miller directing state department bureaus like ‘fiefdom’ as he shifts its focus to immigration
Diplomats raise alarm over homeland security adviser assuming control through interagency phone meetingsAndrew Roth (The Guardian)
RRF Golem. Riforma della giustizia nel segno del potere
I read that not all routers support VLANs, but I can't tell if mine does or not. I'm extremely new to VLANs and openwrt in general. Can someone give me a touch of guidance?
I'm old school, the last router firmware I touched was ddwrt on a 54g. These days it seems openwrt is the way to go.
I've got an old Google WiFi that I just flashed over. I have a small managed switch in the mail. I want to play with VLANs. With only one lan port I'll need to do trunking.
I've watched the videos, read some docs, I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
Right now I'm stuck on the idea that my router model might not even support it? I can't find where I read that, but now I'm all turned around.
I'll play with it when the switch arrives, surely I'll figure it out eventually. but in the meantime, does anyone know if the Google WiFi router supports VLANs when flashed? Or is that a problem I made up?
Thanks!
i was surprised that all the hardware i had supported vlans, i think it's actually kinda standard these days
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Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
Israeli officials inserted into the Nimbus deal a requirement for the companies to a send coded message – a “wink” – to its government, revealing the identity of the country they had been compelled to hand over Israeli data to, but were gagged from saying so.
Leaked documents from Israel’s finance ministry, which include a finalised version of the Nimbus agreement, suggest the secret code would take the form of payments – referred to as “special compensation” – made by the companies to the Israeli government.
According to the documents, the payments must be made “within 24 hours of the information being transferred” and correspond to the telephone dialing code of the foreign country, amounting to sums between 1,000 and 9,999 shekels.
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents showHarry Davies (The Guardian)
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The emissions that won’t be stopped by Canada’s carbon capture dreams
The goal of the Scope scale is to categorize emissions to help understand where they come from and how to reduce them. Scope 1 are direct emissions, which come from sources owned or controlled by a company and include what’s produced by its facilities and vehicles. Scope 2 are indirect emissions produced by generating the many forms of energy — electricity, steam, heating and cooling — households and businesses use day-to-day.Scope 3 are the least immediate. They encompass both “upstream” emissions made when a company uses a product or service and “downstream” emissions made when its own products or services are used.
Why Scope 3 emissions are a big deal for Canada | The Narwhal
Greenhouse gases released indirectly through business activities, called Scope 3 emissions, can be massive — but Canadian companies don’t report themOlivia Bowden (The Narwhal)
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo calls opponent Mamdani divisive: You can be a New Yorker and not understand New Yorkers
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo calls opponent Mamdani divisive: 'You can be a New Yorker and not understand New Yorkers'
Cuomo sat down with ABC News' Linsey Davis on Thursday.Oren Oppenheim (ABC News)
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Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it
Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it
Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat to national securityKATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press (ABC News)
Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies
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Ahead of the United Nations climate talks in Brazil, advocacy groups are pushing for companies and governments to set meaningful emissions targets to lower emissions from livestock.The world’s biggest meat and dairy companies are responsible for emitting more climate-warming methane than all of the countries in the European Union and United Kingdom combined, according to a new assessment published Monday.
They looked at 45 major livestock and dairy companies, finding that they generated about 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023—roughly the same amount as reported for Saudi Arabia, the world’s second largest oil producer.
Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies
Ahead of the United Nations climate talks in Brazil, advocacy groups are pushing for companies and governments to set meaningful emissions targets to lower emissions from livestock.The world’s biggest meat and dairy companies are responsible for emitting more climate-warming methane than all of the countries in the European Union and United Kingdom combined, according to a new assessment published Monday.
They looked at 45 major livestock and dairy companies, finding that they generated about 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023—roughly the same amount as reported for Saudi Arabia, the world’s second largest oil producer.
That’s a great “silver bullet” answer but not realistic. By all means it’s worth encouraging but you’re not getting there any time soon.
In the meantime, farming fewer ruminants helps as well as making progress in that direction. And for those ruminants we are still farming, food additives to modify their digestive products is a clear win. And if that makes animals more expensive to eat, maybe we start a virtuous cycle toward eating fewer animals
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