Earth In Their Eyes

Climate & Industry

The economic machinery behind environmental destruction.

Climate & Industry

The Chokepoint Companies

Four companies control 90% of global grain trade. Three companies process 70% of Brazil's beef. The concentration of the global food system in a small number of corporate chokepoints is not a market outcome. It is a policy choice.

17 min read
Climate & Industry

The EUDR: Can Trade Policy Save Forests?

The EU Deforestation Regulation requires companies to prove their products did not contribute to forest destruction after December 2020. It is the most ambitious attempt in history to use trade policy as an environmental enforcement mechanism.

17 min read
Climate & Industry

The Transparency Paradox

In multiple states, documenting conditions inside agricultural facilities is a criminal act. The industry that receives billions in public subsidies has made it illegal to show the public what those subsidies fund.

17 min read
Climate & Industry

H5N1 and the Factory Farm

The same conditions that make industrial animal agriculture economically efficient are precisely the conditions that maximize pandemic risk. This is not a coincidence.

17 min read
Climate & Industry

The $409 Billion Subsidy for Planetary Destruction

Governments spend $409 billion annually subsidizing the agriculture that destroys forests, while investing just $5.9 billion protecting them. That is not an oversight. It is a policy choice.

19 min read
Climate & Industry

The 146% Gap

A functioning market requires prices that reflect costs. Industrial animal products carry the largest hidden surcharge in the food system.

15 min read