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An open letter from Greenpeace International to JBS minority shareholders
With an eye to the upcoming EGM vote, we are writing to share our concerns regarding JBS’s plans to incorporate as a Dutch company as part of its efforts to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
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3 strategies employed by Big Meat and Dairy to make sure that scientific findings line up with corporate profits
To protect their interests, Big Meat and Dairy companies wield political influence to counter potential regulations and use marketing ingenuity to maintain consumers’ trust. Influencing science and the use of science more broadly is a central tactic.
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COP26 methane reduction pledge dodges need for fossil fuel cuts
“All roads end up pointing to the need to eliminate fossil fuels from our energy system and phasing out industrial meat and dairy from our diets as soon as possible. This announcement dodges what’s needed.”
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Killer offer on meat – and you might be paying for it
Farming and eating industrial meat and dairy puts us at risk of new pandemics, wrecks the climate and destroys nature – it’s irresponsible for the EU to continue promoting this with taxpayers’ money.
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Climate Emergency: The best of Greenpeace images 2019
It’s that time of the year again, where we take a moment to step back and have a look at everything that was accomplished in the past 12 months.
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How can we restore Earth’s nutrient cycles?
Humanity has already breached four of the nine ecological boundaries outlined in 2009 by Johan Rockström: climate change, loss of biodiversity, land-system change, and nutrient cycles.
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Cities and institutions must cut down meat consumption
"“Cities account for 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions and represent some of the biggest buyers of bulk quantities of food. Our youth is where positive change can grow, so Greenpeace recommends that schools, colleges and universities introduce at least two plant-based meals weekly by 2020."
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World scientists’ warning to humanity
Environmental activists and organisations typically try and stay positive, to give people hope that we can change. Positive signs exist, going back to the historic whaling and toxic dumping bans of the 1980s. The 1987 Montreal Protocol, reducing CFC gas emissions, led to a partial recovery of the ozone hole. Birth rates have declined in…
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Urgent action needed to solve West African food security threat
Amsterdam, 21 November 2017 - Vessels arrested for illegally fishing in West African waters are still carrying on with business as usual, said a Greenpeace Africa report released today on World Fisheries Day. The report, “The Cost of Ocean Destruction”, details how West African fishermen and communities continue to suffer from the consequences of overfishing…
