In our last blog of 2020, we announce the Second Annual Puffin Awards! It’s a tongue-in-cheek celebration of just a few of the sentient beings who didn’t get the credit they deserved for the contributions they made to encourage us to live more sustainably.

The astonishing speed at which vaccines for Covid-19 have arrived has revealed the inefficient process by which new drugs and treatments are typically tested and approved. Could these insights spell the end of animal testing?

The focus on climate action to reach the Paris targets falls mainly on transportation and power generation with the food and ag sector escaping much of the attention. A new report shows it, too, has much to do to achieve meaningful progress.

A new study from Oxford shows that if we halted all fossil fuel emissions tomorrow we still won’t meet the Paris climate goals without changing what we eat and how we produce our food.

Hope is running high among those trying to undo the climate damage being done by animal agriculture, that a Biden presidency will bring in policies to address the issue.

An interview with one of the world’s foremost animal photojournalists Jo-Anne McArthur, focuses on her mission to help us better understand the central role of animals in our lives.

HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene is a new book that uses powerful imagery to take an unflinching look at our relationship with non-human animals. It focuses on the animals with whom we have a close relationship and yet fail to see. The animals we eat and wear, use in research and entertainment, and sacrifice in the name of tradition and religion.

A new documentary, Kiss The Ground, shows how regenerative farming can offer solutions to the climate crisis. However, positioning pasture-fed cows as one of the answers ignores their massive carbon footprint compared with other foods.

Joe Biden and other Democrats are backing regenerative farming which pulls carbon from the atmosphere and restores nutrients to soil. But is it ready for prime time?

In a plea to US voters, leading climate activist Bill McKibben, says the US election is humanity’s last shot to prevent utter climate catastrophe.

Guardian/VICE media poll: Most U.S. voters support climate action and want climate questions during the presidential debates.

Efforts to lower the carbon footprint of meat are nowhere near as effective in slowing down the climate crisis as reducing meat consumption.

This month’s extreme heat, winds, wildfires and record-setting storms show the climate crisis in action.

Covid-19 is straining our animal-based food system to the breaking point and beyond, revealing weaknesses and new hidden threats to environmental and public health.

Heat waves kill far more people globally each year than hurricanes. Naming them would help get people’s attention so we can be more prepared but not everyone agrees it’s a good idea.

The transition to a resilient and sustainable food system is becoming an imperative as the pandemic exposes even more weaknesses in our animal-based food system. A new campaign from Beyond Meat captures the moment.

From fast-food marketing campaigns, to dietary guidelines, to the availability of healthy food, to the locations of factory farms and supermarkets, the landscape of the food system is filled with examples of racism.

This Q & A with renowned climate author Mark Lynas on his new book, “Our Final Warning, Six Degrees of Climate Emergency”, helps us understand the escalating effects of each degree of warming on life on this planet.

In this powerful interview, the legendary scientist says “if we carry on with business as usual, we’re going to destroy ourselves.”

A massive record-breaking heatwave in Siberia is the latest alarming example of how the Arctic is heating up at twice the rate of the rest of the planet due to the climate crisis.