REMBERT: For O'Brien and other beef eaters, eating less can be a part of the solution to lowering their emissions on the dinner plate. For NPR News, I'm Elizabeth Rembert in Nebraska.

The governor of Nebraska went forward with an executive order barring agencies of the Cornhusker State from buying “Lab-Grown Meat” Thursday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The prospect of banning the sale of so-called lab-grown meat might seem like a no-brainer in Nebraska, where beef is king, but some of the proposal's staunchest opposition ...

This month, Nebraska and Montana became the latest Republican states to ban lab-grown meat. But their hostility to cellular meat is rooted in conspiracy theories, rather than reason.

From her home in eastern Nebraska, Angie O’Brien does what she can to help the environment. ... “If you’re trying to reduce your carbon footprint, eat less beef,” Rose said.

Schmitt said maybe if beef was scaled back on a large enough scale and if farmers could free up more cropland for other foods that humans eat, the localized environmental benefits of grass-fed ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The prospect of banning the sale of so-called lab-grown meat might seem like a no-brainer in Nebraska, where beef is king, but some of the proposal's staunchest opposition ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen — one of the largest pork producers in the country — is behind the push to ban cultivated meat, saying he wants to protect ranchers and meat producers.

A bill to ban the sale of so-called lab-grown meat might seem like a no-brainer in Nebraska, ... Cattle eat at a feedlot in Columbus, Nebraska, June 10, 2020. Credit: AP/Nati Harnik.