Do you remember the 2019 study about how we can feed the world’s growing population without causing catastrophic climate breakdown?
"But the backlash was ferocious, with researchers receiving personal threats and insults." Twitter at the front of hate, then came articles. A leaked document shows that actions against the #scientists were a targeted PR-campaign for the #meat lobby: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/11/pr-campaign-may-fuelled-food-study-backlash-leaked-document-eat-lancet
The original investigation: https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/10/meat-industry-red-flag-animal-agriculture-alliance-behind-attacks-flagship-climate-friendly-diet-report-eat-lancet/

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Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report - DeSmog

In January 2019, world-renowned food and nutrition experts published a groundbreaking study. The culmination of two years’ work by 37 authors, the EAT-Lancet report set out to answer the question: how can we feed the world’s growing population withou…

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