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Study on their greenhouse gas emissions and climate commitments

With this study, we are providing for the first time a calculation of the GHG emissions from the ten surveyed slaughter and dairy companies in Germany, including discussing their general climate-related obligations – such as those from sustainability reporting in the course of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

We show, among other things, that the emissions of the ten most selling slaughter companies and the ten highest-grossing dairy companies in 2022 corresponded to around 61% of the emissions cast in Germany in Germany in the same year. If the opportunity costs are taken into account in the calculation, then the issues of the companies will even increase to 1.5 times the passenger car emissions.

We also take a closer look at previous climate protection-related self-discreet data from the two market leaders, Tönnies and DMK Deutsches Milchkontor, and we also come to the conclusion that these two companies in particular still have to improve significantly in terms of completeness, transparency and coherence.

PDF (DE): https://www.germanwatch.org/sites/default/files/germanwatch_super-emittenten_in_der_fleisch-_und_milchwirtschaft_0.pdf

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The vote was 79-18, with roughly two dozen Democrats joining all Republicans in supporting Burgum’s nomination for interior secretary. Trump has also tapped Burgum to serve as energy czar and chair of a White House energy council, a newly created role that does not require Senate confirmation.

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A court [in the UK] has ruled that consent for two new Scottish oil and gas fields was granted unlawfully and their owners must seek fresh approval from the UK government before production can begin.

The written judgement on the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields [off Shetland] came after a case brought by environmental campaigners, Uplift and Greenpeace, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

In his judgement, Lord Ericht said a more detailed assessment of the fields' environmental impact was required, taking into account the effect on the climate of burning any fossil fuels extracted.

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Shell's Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea was originally approved by the previous UK Conservative government, and the industry regulator, in summer 2022.

Permission for the Rosebank oil development, 80 miles west of Shetland in the North Atlantic, was granted in autumn 2023.

In a 57-page judgement, Lord Ericht wrote that there was a public interest in having the decision "remade on a lawful basis" because of the effects of climate change - which he said outweighed the interests of the developers.

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Of the 2,206 active leases in the Gulf of Mexico, only a fifth are producing oil, according to records from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which regulates offshore drilling. Oil industry executives and analysts say the current number of 448 oil-producing leases is unlikely to grow significantly, even if Trump makes good on promises to expand leasing opportunities and expedite drilling permits.

The market is saturated with oil, making companies reluctant to spend more money drilling because the added product will likely push prices down, cutting into profits.

“It’s not the regulations that are getting in the way, it’s the economics,” said Hugh Daigle, a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Texas in Austin. “It’s true that there are a bunch of undeveloped leases in the Gulf, and it’ll stay that way if we continue to see low or stagnant oil prices.”

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