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Meat industry propaganda and the climate crisis
We are familiar with the damage tobacco and fossil fuels do — and know that they have spent billions on hiding this. But we largely do not realise the pernicious effect of the meat industry on obscuring the drastic need to reduce animal consumption to fight global warming, writes IAN SINCLAIR
DIRECT ACTION: Environmental protesters from Animal Rebellion blockade a McDonalds distribution site in Hemel Hempstead, May 2021

IN RECENT years UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has made increasingly strong statements about the climate crisis. His latest warning came at last month’s major economies forum on energy and climate in the US, organised by the White House.

“We seem trapped in a world where fossil fuel producers and financiers have humanity by the throat,” he said.

“For decades, many in the fossil fuel industry have invested heavily in pseudo-science and public relations — with a false narrative to minimise their responsibility for climate change and undermine ambitious climate policies.

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