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The Shocking Cowspiracy Continues

The Shocking Cowspiracy Continues

 

Sign our letter to the Environmental Protection Agency asking why the meat and dairy industries get a free pass from reporting their greenhouse gas emissions.

Each year, the U.S. government collects mandatory emission reports from 41 sectors, making the meat and dairy industry the only major source of greenhouse gases in the country which is excluded from reporting.

In October, Janet McCabe, the Environmental Protection Agency’s acting administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation stated, “Environmental data are the foundation of practically everything we do, and detailed greenhouse gas emissions data are essential in guiding the steps we take to address the problem of climate change.”

Yet, on December 18, Congress renewed a provision in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill that specifically blocks the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring livestock producers to obtain Clean Air Act permits OR report methane emissions; instead the administration released “voluntary” guidelines under the Methane Reduction Strategy.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “livestock producers,” including those that farm animals for meat and dairy, represent 14.5 percent of the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases. That’s more than all the world’s cars, buses, boats, and trains combined!

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