Meat and dairy

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Type

Chickens densely packed into an industrial barn

Forests

Winging it: UK’s chicken boom is fuelling deforestation in South America

Greenpeace calls on supermarkets to set meat-reduction targets

by Alison Kirkman January 21, 2020

Climate change

Supermarkets pushing chicken sales despite links to climate change

People often opt for chicken over beef for environmental reasons. But new Greenpeace research shows that the chicken sold in the UK is a major driver of deforestation, and supermarkets…

by Alia Al Ghussain January 21, 2020

Climate change

Winging it: how the UK’s chicken habit is fuelling the climate and nature emergency

Chicken is the most popular meat in the UK. But the soya used as feed is responsible for deforestation in South America, accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss.

January 21, 2020

Overhead photo of a sharing platter with spiced fried potates, spinach, guacamole and salsa.

Meat and dairy

10 tips to eat more plant-based food (or even go vegan)

One of the most useful things everyone can do to take action on climate change *right now* is to eat less meat and dairy. But eating vegan, for a meal…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson January 14, 2020

Thousands of chickens crowded together in an industrial shed

Climate change

Eating chicken is better for the environment than eating beef. But that doesn’t mean it’s good.

Eating chicken has a lower climate impact than eating beef. But rearing chickens on a large scale still causes some serious environmental problems.

by Greenpeace UK December 20, 2019

Three men armed with rifles walk through a field alongside a fence.

Meat and dairy

‘They’ve got guns!’: how the soya industry is linked to violence and intimidation

In May 2019, men with guns terrorised a village on the edge of a vast soya farming estate in Brazil, where huge traders Cargill and Bunge are well established. Yet…

by Anonymous December 3, 2019

Climate change

Amazon deforestation highest in over a decade

São Paulo, November 18 – Amazon deforestation from August 2018 to July 2019 is up 30% compared with the same period in 2017/18 according to official data released today [1] by the…

by Alison Kirkman November 18, 2019

Environmental justice

Brazilian Indigenous leaders at Downing Street to demand UK government suspends trade talks with Brazil

Meanwhile Burger King, KFC and McDonald's snub London meeting with leaders

by Alison Kirkman November 15, 2019

Forests

Greenpeace protest Brazil Environment Minister’s meeting with UK Environment Secretary

Activists from Greenpeace UK formed a standing exhibition outside the Home Office in London this lunchtime as Brazil’s Environment Minister, Ricardo Salles, met UK Environment Secretary, Theresa Villiers. …

by Alison Kirkman October 3, 2019

Forests

Flame-grilling the Amazon: Greenpeace UK climbers drop giant wildfire banners over flagship Burger King

London, Monday 23 September 2019: Greenpeace climbers have appeared on the roof of Burger King’s iconic restaurant in London’s Leicester Square to unfurl two giant banners denouncing the fast-food giant’s links…

by Alison Kirkman September 23, 2019