Posted on 03/01/2024 1:02:53 AM PST by Libloather
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 climate crisis, they are willing to spend more of their hard-earned money on products from brands that are better for the environment," James said in a statement. "When companies falsely advertise their commitment to sustainability, they are misleading consumers and endangering our planet."
"JBS USA’s greenwashing exploits the pocketbooks of everyday Americans and the promise of a healthy planet for future generations," she added. "My office will always ensure that companies do not abuse the environment and the trust of hardworking consumers for profit."
The lawsuit was applauded by state Democrats and national climate advocacy organizations like Earthjustice, Mighty Earth, Friends of the Earth US, Citizens Campaign for the Environment and Stand.earth.
"JBS repeatedly claims that it will reach net zero by 2040. This claim was found to be misleading and yet JBS continues to assert it," said Peter Lehner, an attorney at Earthjustice. "While it is critical for every company to reduce its climate change impact, JBS would need to implement enormous operational changes to achieve this goal. However, JBS is doing very little and is not taking anywhere close to the steps that would be required."
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If a cow eats grass, its intestinal microbes will digest it, releasing its carbon into the atmosphere.
If the grass simply dies, the microbes in the soil will digest it, releasing the carbon into the atmosphere.
The amount of carbon is exactly the same, either way.
Now charge Hochul and the NY state legislature for their climate flimflam. No new gas stoves or gas furnaces by 2026, no new gas cars after 2035, while pretending that solar and wind power will carry the load and ignoring the environmental cost of electrical cars.
That’s not misleading the public?
JBS could go out of business on December 31, 2039 and achieve Net Zero by 2040 quite easily.
Stop trying to get along with New York Attorney General Letitia James or anyone on the Left..they need to be turned into worm food...just stop.
Yes but apparently NYC has decided that real criminals should be set free and the fake ones indicted.
What should be talked about is the danger of reducing CO2. Not that we ever could, but if some natural occurance happened that reduced the CO2 percentage from 0.04% to 0.02%, it’s game over. Plants die off then we die.
If you ever read that book “The road” or seen the movie, it gives quite a horrific view of what the world would be like if CO2 was reduced to that level, first and foremost people would resort to cannibalism.
But instead the climate change alarmists always act like the percentage is racing up there when the reality is it’s still at a ridiculously low zero percentage. Compare it to Venus where the atmosphere is 97% CO2, that’s where they are getting this idea that earth will burn up, that somehow the earth is turning into Venus
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
Yeah, no more Micky D's, No more Peter Luger, No more NY Deli Pastrami. Also bugs aren't Kosher so she looses the Orthodox Jewish votes.
All sources of methane combined make up only 0.00017% of the atmosphere. That’s right, 17/100,000ths of 1%. What percent of this miniscule amount is generated by cow farts/burps? Good luck Ms. James, another waste of tax-payer money.
It seems she is using the same legal theory she used against Trump. The one others were told they need not worry about.
“ Shouldn’t she be going after biden for the same kind of emissions?”
Don’t forget the turtle emissions
That’s racist.
These are all baby steps towards court mandated culling. You know, we have to thin the herd in order to save the herd.
Boycott beef to NYS. Problem solved.
Babylon Bee said yesterday that Biden showed up to his medical exam with a stool sample... in his pants.
NY is beyond help much like California... They should become separate 3rd world countries.
In a sane world, every business should leave N.Y.
Let them starve.
JBS should immediately divert ALL scheduled deliveries to New York of ALL of their products to Florida and Texas, not just beef. Screw New York! Let them eat their own.
Joe Biden is a walking stool sample.
Stupid.
Leftist fascist totalitarian punishing productive people.
Yes
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