FoA condemns the EPA’s catastrophic decision to rescind its own 2009 Endangerment Finding that climate change poses a risk to human health and welfare. Our government is giving polluters a free pass, but we don’t have to. You can govern your own behavior and help keep greenhouse emissions in check to prevent more deadly wildfires, more extreme heat deaths, more climate driven floods, etc. Follow our tips on how to take steps to reduce your carbon footprint in the weeks leading up to Earth Day!

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Be vegan

It’s well-known that turning chickens, cows and pigs into food is a grisly business. Whether they are reared intensively or “free-range,” their lives are completely controlled and then brutally ended.

Still, more than 11 million tons of meat is consumed in U.S. cities annually—equating to about 329 million tons of carbon emissions—according to study published in October 2025 the scientific journal Natural Climate Change. If you were wondering, that figure is comparable to emission levels from domestic fossil fuel use, which is at about 334 million tons annually.

The Trump administration wrongly calls the climate crisis “a hoax,” and has assaulted climate action on state, federal and global levels.  Although global warming results from fossil fuel burning, we must reduce carbon emissions because the more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the warmer the planet becomes.  That means the goal is no more carbon dumped into the atmosphere than is taken out. The truth is, globally animal farming emits at least 18% of greenhouse gas emissions (methane) measured in carbon dioxide.  So slaughtering millions of pigs and cows, along with dairy production, contributes to climate change.

Let’s face it, we can’t afford the carbon cost of meat. 

Being vegan is good for animals, the environment, and ourselves!