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Three food companies with a climate footprint bigger than the Netherlands
2015-12-07 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: They may not be household names but collectively global food companies Cargill, Tyson and Yara have a bigger climate footprint than the Netherlands, Vietnam or Columbia, according to a new analysis. The startling revelation from the NGO Global Justice Now comes at a time when fossil fuel companies such as Shell and BP continue to dominate discussions about climate change. Far less attention has been paid to the agri-food sector, despite as much as 29% of global emissions being associated with...
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