Drilled How the Animal Agriculture Industry Blocks Methane Regulation
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Oct 21, 2025 Kathrin Lauber, an academic at the University of Edinburgh, and Silvia Secchi, a researcher at the University of Iowa, dive into the tactics used by the meat and dairy industries to dodge climate regulations. They discuss how agricultural exceptionalism and powerful lobbying prevent meaningful policy changes. Kathrin reveals the industry's backlash against pivotal reports on livestock emissions, while Silvia highlights the historical strategies employed to counteract regulation. Together, they illuminate the complexities behind governmental resistance to animal agriculture reform.
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Industry Shapes Global Climate Spaces
- Industry intensifies global presence at COPs to frame animal agriculture as part of the solution.
- Kathrin Lauber notes rising agribusiness representation and PR firms shaping messages there.
Science Is Shaped And Used As Messenger
- Industry funds and amplifies friendly scientists to cast doubt or normalize desired conclusions.
- Kathrin Lauber highlights nutritionists and selective evidence promotion as messaging tools.
Land-Grants, Pork Checkoff And PR
- Iowa State and the pork checkoff received industry millions to fund pro-industry research and PR efforts.
- Silvia Secchi says some funds later moved directly to PR as strategies shifted.
