‘Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study finds

Cows in a milking parlour in Iowa. Livestock production causes 15% of all global greenhouse emissions. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

The “gigantic” power of the meat and dairy industries in the EU and US is blocking the development of the greener alternatives needed to tackle the climate crisis, a study has found.

The analysis of lobbying, subsidies and regulations showed that livestock farmers in the EU received 1,200 times more public funding than plant-based meat or cultivated meat groups. In the US, the animal farmers got 800 times more public funding.