🌎 Why I Don't Eat Animals

This week:

Why don’t I eat animals?

Plus, the news:

• Carbon capture is (mostly) BS
• Narcan vending machines save lives
• The vertical farming boom doesn’t have enough power
• Hacking EV charging stations
• And more!
Here's What You Can Do:

• Donate to the Food Animals Concerns Trust to advocate for raising food producing animals in a healthy and humane manner (https://www.foodanimalconcernstrust.org/donate?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals).
• Volunteer with the Environmental Voter Project to turn out more environmental voters  (https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals)for elections at every level.
• Get educated about climate-friendly food with this municipal guide from Friends of the Earth, a blueprint for your town (https://foe.org/resources/meat-of-the-matter/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) to reduce meat consumption, costs, and associated pollution deaths.
• Be heard about reproductive freedom (https://action.aclu.org/send-message/defend-reproductive-freedom-now?ms=wwwactionpage&initms=wwwactionpage&ms_aff=NAT&initms_aff=NAT&ms_chan=web&initms_chan=web) and urge Congress to protect abortion access on a federal level.
• Invest in tech companies supporting global decarbonization (https://eipclimateindex.com/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals).
News Roundup

Health & Medicine

• “Dementia Villages” could be the future of home care (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/realestate/dementia-villages-senior-living.html?unlocked_article_code=I-TvLGA0oMEHEOE8X00Nv3s5dVpZfmrWtIeaOuDlDIQKPGxCLSMbbV4_IbdsTab3M7-WAoEZ2UmBxFvK0n-RJwwaFQTE1E26iYrGd6BOkt1xtIurPz0vUdqkiQ5Ds8pLtN9XBgaXvVHkIaYULovREySyyzs7z_bf8Sials5RORCwEyWR4KYmox1LR975RHW93FjOAV5UTyxR0YmjRUfHjFc1C5rPingOonphgYVWPufo5K1G2hb0A2anR2UDEBkrhZR1osTL1xeGLGHKL87jRV25dVel-uAxoGmDFrFGuSmP0xa6daRG1vH2FJcuWIOFBTXW8SjtWgvCBgiZeuAXBteIPYyaphM2vBgW3w&smid=url-share)
• Narcan vending machines (https://www.curbed.com/2023/07/vending-machine-narcan-brownsville-opioid-overdose.html?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) are saving lives in the opioid epidemic
• The risk of dying from breast cancer has dropped dramatically (https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/risk-of-dying-from-breast-cancer-has-dropped-dramatically-in-last-two-decades/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) since the 90s, which is great. Meanwhile, maternal mortality rates have more than doubled (https://www.axios.com/2023/07/05/us-maternal-deaths-double-two-decades?stream=science&utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) in some states, which is decidedly NOT great
• Big Pharma is suing the federal government (https://workweek.com/2023/07/01/medicare-vs-pharma-the-legal-fallout-of-the-inflation-reduction-act/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) over Medicare provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act

Climate

• Farmworkers are especially vulnerable to extreme heat (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8861180/?wpisrc=nl_climatecoach&utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals#%3A%7E%3Atext=In%2520fact%252C%2520occupational%2520heat%252Drelated%2Cstandards%2520%2823%25E2%2580%259325%29.). A low-tech solution (https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/07/05/farmworker-deadly-heat/?wpisrc=nl_climatecoach&utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) could save lives.
• I’m obsessed with Pique Action’s new YouTube series “Unf*cking The Planet.” Watch their latest video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJSkmJpoXc&utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) on why carbon capture is mostly bullshit (right now), but still necessary
• And, some Good News: U.S. truck-makers are phasing out diesel trucks (https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/07/06/diesel-trucks-california-air-pollution/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) in California 🤝 

Food & Water

• The vertical farming boom (https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/why-vertical-farming-just-doesnt-work?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-i-don-t-eat-animals) is facing some growing pains (you’re welcome)
• Plant-based is the new vegan, especially in marketing (https://www.axios.com/2023/07/05/vegan-plant-based-fancy-foods-show?stream=science&utm_source=importantnotimportant.c...