World’s largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansion theguardian.com/environment/20…
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Greenpeace petitions Dutch courts to order JBS to disclose how its aims are compatible with responsibilities to climate and human rightsJonathan Watts (the Guardian)
(2022) Rapid global phaseout of animal agriculture has the potential to stabilize greenhouse gas levels for 30 years and offset 68 percent of CO2 emissions this century journals.plos.org/climate/arti…
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Animal agriculture contributes significantly to global warming through ongoing emissions of the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, and displacement of biomass carbon on the land used to support livestock.journals.plos.org
Eliminating all animal agriculture within the next 15 years would drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.Mike O'Neill (SciTechDaily)
Indonesian palm oil, Brazilian beef top contributors to U.S. deforestation exposure news.mongabay.com/2024/05/indo…
In Brazil, 76% of deforestation in three Amazonian states occurred in a planned agricultural development zone phys.org/news/2024-05-brazil-d…
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The Brazilian government is discussing the creation of an "agricultural development zone" at the confluence of three states in the Amazon region—Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia (hence the proposed acronym AMACRO).Luciana Constantino (Phys.org)
The number of pigs slaughtered for meat in the UK fell to 10 million in 2023, its lowest level in a decadeDaniel Clark (Plant Based News)
Beef, soy and palm oil products linked to deforestation still imported into UK #AnimalRights #AnimalAgriculture #meat #beef #soy #PalmOil #environment #deforestation #UnitedKingdom #UK theguardian.com/environment/20…
And let's not forget that most of the soy is fed to animals to make meat and milk..
Campaigners accuse government of failing to stick to promises made at Cop26 climate summit in 2021Helena Horton (The Guardian)
