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Apr 3, 2023 15 tweets 5 min read
the UK govt just made methane-inhibiting feed additives a major part of its net zero strategy

so I'm going to do a thread to explain why this is far from a silver bullet for livestock's climate impact...

theguardian.com/environment/20… This response will concern red seaweed —  the basis of many leading products in the space.

I'll look at:
- misleading claims about its efficacy
- unsavoury changes to our food system it requires
- implications of its potential toxicity
Jul 5, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
this study is super important! here's a short (and nerdy) thread why ⬇
theguardian.com/environment/20… for a few years now the rise in atmospheric methane has been so extreme that scientists haven't really had an answer for it — are we really emitting so much more than we know? why didn't the global lockdown have an impact?

e360.yale.edu/digest/methane…