By Holly Shaftel, contributing writer After 12 years in climate science communications, I paused my career to become an animal rights activist, targeting animal agriculture. I had spent years exposing false information about climate change. So, I thought the people in my new community would understand the science. I was wrong. Many animal rights activists think that raising animals for food causes more climate change than burning fossil fuels. But when I traced that claim, the same sources emerged: •  Misleading “documentaries” — essentially propaganda — such as Cowspiracy •  Well-meaning platforms such as Unchained TV that get the science wrong •  Individuals such as Dr. Sailesh Rao, a climate…