Inaccurate
Viral claims that cows and beef are climate solutions ignore the impacts of cattle farms
Claim:
Cows are carbon-negative; to tackle climate change, we need to raise more cows and eat more beef.
Articles tagged with
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Source: TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media user, 2025-12-18 -
Major wine regions could disappear from global warming, Europe to be hit especially hard
Wine grapes can only be grown in specific conditions – climate change is affecting which regions are suitable, and some current regions will likely be lost.
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Agriculture emits greenhouse gases, but less than using fossil fuels, despite recent paper’s claim
A paper used unusual accounting methods by looking only at gross emissions and omitting CO2 sinks through reforestation; climate scientists explain that this method is misleading. It is like evaluating the status of your bank account based only on your income without looking at your expenses.
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Cattle have numerous impacts on Earth’s climate and natural environments, despite misconceptions
Summary Studies have shown that cattle farming operations – even ones that are perceived to be ‘better’ like pastured operations…
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Will solar panels overrun farmland? The two are more likely to coexist
Even if solar capacity continues to grow at unprecedented rates in the next several years, data suggests that the land used for solar panels will account for a small portion of the land used for agriculture.
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InaccurateContrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
Claim:
Cow feed additive Bovaer is unsafe, makes milk unfit for human consumption
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
UnsupportedHealth risks associated with pesticide chlormequat on oat- and wheat-based food products require further investigation
Claim:
Chemical found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats may cause infertility and delayed puberty
Source: New York Post, Twitter, Facebook, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Social media user, Shannon Thaler, 2024-02-15 -
MisleadingStudy calls for people to grow their own food for many years to come, despite finding higher carbon footprint compared to conventional agriculture
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Study and headline saying homegrown food is more carbon intensive than conventional agriculture is meant to discourage and stop people from growing their own food
Source: The Atlas Society, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-01-26 -
MisleadingViral claim that cow burps are not an important contributor to climate change ignores full range of greenhouse gas emissions of beef production
Claim:
Methane from cows is only a small percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions, it would be produced anyways without cattle, it is not an important contributor to climate change
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-12-19 -
IncorrectCLINTEL group inaccurately represents climate science in its declaration of “no climate emergency” once again
Claim:
Global warming is just the end of the Little Ice Age; Warming is slower than climate models forecasted; Carbon dioxide is beneficial to Earth; Global warming is not intensifying or increasing the frequency of natural disasters
Source: The Epoch Times, Clintel, Benoit Rittaud, Christopher Monckton, Guus Berkhout, Ian Plimer, Patrick Moore, Richard Lindzen, Viv Forbes, Naveen Athrappully, 2023-08-19
