Meat and dairy companies to surpass oil industry as world's biggest polluters, report finds

[mucifer]

Meat and dairy companies are on track to be the world’s biggest contributors to climate change, outpacing even the fossil fuel industry, according to a new report.

To arrive at this conclusion, non-profit organisations the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and GRAIN conducted an analysis of the planet’s 35 largest meat and dairy companies.

They found that broadly speaking the companies were being secretive about their emissions data and few had set hard targets intended to deal with their pollution.

When taken together, the world’s top five meat and dairy corporations are already responsible for more emissions than ExxonMobil, Shell or BP

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/meat-dairy-industry-greenhouse-gas-emissions-fossil-fuels-oil-pollution-iatp-grain-a8451871.html?utm_source=reddit.com

More Info: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987

[Dave Starsky]

1. Take I-84 through Idaho sometime.

The area between Jerome and Twin Falls is like Tokyo, but with dairy cows instead of Japanese. You will need to turn your recirculate button on for about 50 miles, because it stinks like you would not fucking believe.

[greymattermom]

2. Sometimes I think that the tariffs might help the environment here.

I wonder why we need to raise meat, especially hogs, for China, when it will cause major pollution to the water supply here. How is this wrong? I'd like to know.