US beef industry emerges from Biden’s climate pledges ‘relatively unscathed’

Leaders are relieved the approach is to incentivize rather than giving ranchers and feedlots tougher methane curbs

The US beef industry has escaped “relatively unscathed” from Joe Biden’s attempts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to leaders at the industry’s recent CattleCon convention.

Biden and the EU unveiled a global pledge to cut methane gas 30% by 2030 at November’s Cop26 climate summit – and there is evidence that methane created by cattle production is a significant contributor to climate change.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/07/us-beef-industry-cop26-methane-gas

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