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  • NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

    03/01/2024 1:02:53 AM PST · by Libloather · 88 replies
    Fox News via MSN ^ | 2/29/24 | Thomas Catenacci
    New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing JBS USA, the world's largest producer of beef, over the company's emissions and for "greenwashing" by allegedly misleading the public about its environmental impact. In an announcement, James noted that beef production has the largest greenhouse gas footprint of any major food commodity and that animal agriculture accounts for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. According to James, JBS USA's various net-zero pledges for 2030 and 2040 are therefore misleading and "not feasible" given the scope of its worldwide beef production operations. "As families continue to face the daily impacts of the...
  • Big Green Blues (Nature Conservancy)

    05/17/2003 6:41:46 PM PDT · by madfly · 36 replies · 949+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | May 12, 2003 | Editorial
    Big Green Blues IN ITS 52 YEARS, the Nature Conservancy has been a force for good in protecting the global environment. With its "bucks and acres" program to buy land and thereby promote biodiversity, the Conservancy -- with $3 billion in assets the world's richest environmental group -- has acquired millions of acres, and it manages millions more. Those good works notwithstanding, a series last week by Post reporters David B. Ottaway and Joe Stephens revealed a number of disturbing aspects about the Arlington-based group's operations. One is the tricky position the organization has put itself in by taking contributions...