Opinion | The Cow-Shaped Hole in Biden’s Methane Plan

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Opinion: Agriculture emits more methane than any other sector of the economy. So why is it getting a pass?

a “whole-of-government initiative that uses all available tools,” including “commonsense regulations,” to reduce methane emissions “from all major sources.”While the Biden action plan includes serious and essential new regulations on methane emitted by oil and natural gas operations, the plan includes no serious actions — none — to regulate our nation’s largest industrial source of methane emissions: animal agriculture.

In fact, the Biden administration’s action plan misrepresents and minimizes the livestock sector’s contribution to the methane emergency. According to the action plan, the oil and gas sector is the “largest industrial source” of methane emissions in the U.S. Landfills are “the second largest industrial source.” But the cited Environmental Protection Agency data does not support this.

This creative accounting and the administration’s policies belittle the livestock industry’s role in the methane emergency. While Biden and other U.S. officials are preaching the importance of slashing methane emissions to prevent catastrophic warming and imposing tough new methane regulations on fossil fuel companies, they are allowing super-polluting meat and dairy corporations to continue to emit massive amounts of the same greenhouse gas with impunity.

 

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Cuz we need to eat

Because we love burgers!!!!!! “ yes we do . So many hypocrites on this planet. “ Put your money where your mouth is and give up your smart phones, So damaging to the planet mining precious metals for phones !!!! EV,s , it’s all a big cruel lie !!!!!!!!

Red farmers = biggest socialist

do you like steak?

so they get a pass on the gas?

You’re forgetting my friend Paul. 😂

Meat factors: deforestation (reducing trees and vegetation = heating of earth), nitrogen spilloff from agriculture to feed livestock into seaways, & meat laden with glyphosate/gmo corn. It is a trifecta of pollution and poor health to people & planet govegan

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