Officials in a Dutch city are to ban most advertisements promoting meat in public spaces because of its impact on the climate. The proposal was made by GroenLinks, a green political party, and would take effect in 2024 in Haarlem, the BBC reported. The meat industry in the Netherlands has opposed the move, saying it stifles free speech. “Meat is very harmful to the environment. We cannot tell people that there is a climate crisis and encourage them to buy products that are part of it,” Ziggy Klazes, a member of GroenLinks who drafted the proposal, told Trouw newspaper. The move would make Haarlem, just a few miles from Amsterdam, the first city in the world to ban most meat advertisements. It could include chicken sold in supermarkets and fast food. I LOST MY JOB WHEN BIDEN CANCELED KEYSTONE PIPELINE, BUT AMERICA NEEDS WORK ON ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE An employee prepares ground beef for a customer at Union Meat Company at Eastern Market in Washington, DC. The Dutch city of Haarlem could potentially ban most meat advertising because of its impact on climate change. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) / Getty Images) The local government said it has not decided whether sustainable production will be included in the ban. The proposal received backlash from the meat industry. “The authorities go to great lengths to tell people what is best for them,” said a spokesman for the Central Agency (sic) for the Meat Sector. The BVNL party called it an “unacceptable violation of business freedom,” the BBC report said. The United Nations has stated that 14% of all greenhouse gases are produced by animals. GET THE FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that in 2020 an estimated 11% of total US greenhouse gas emissions came from agriculture, compared to 27% from transportation, 25% from energy and 24% from industry. .
