Climate Change

Your Steak Isn't Killing the Planet

Some climate activists want a meat-free future. The science says otherwise.

John Stossel | 3.18.2026 3:20 PM

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Do you eat steak? You're killing the planet! So say climate activists.

Silly media agree: Vox warns that beef is the "worst thing we eat when it comes to global warming."

The World Economic Forum (WEF), which says it's "committed to improving the state of the world," released a video promoting a future where "you'll own nothing and you'll be happy. You'll eat much less meat."

How does meat threaten the climate?

Cows give off methane—a greenhouse gas.

"Cow flatulence," says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on MSNBC, "it actually is an issue."

As usual, she gets it wrong. It's not flatulence that produces most methane—it's burping, from the other end.

Bill Gates suggested the world should genetically modify cows to "not be so much a source of methane emissions."

Celebrities believe.

Ellen DeGeneres tells viewers: "Be neat. No meat."

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