{"id":357508,"date":"2023-06-09T13:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/?p=357508"},"modified":"2023-06-08T22:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T02:59:22","slug":"irish-farmers-protest-plans-to-cull-livestock-to-meet-climate-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/2023\/06\/irish-farmers-protest-plans-to-cull-livestock-to-meet-climate-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Farmers Protest Plans to Cull Livestock to Meet Climate Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/irish-farmers-protest-livestock-cattle-climate\/?itm_term=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Childrens Health Defense<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 35%;\" src=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/irish-farmers-livestock-cattle-climate-feature-800x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> Farmers in Ireland are protesting government proposals to cull livestock \u2014 including up to 200,000 cows \u2014 in an effort to meet national and European Union goals to reduce methane emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers in Ireland are protesting government proposals to cull livestock \u2014 including up to 200,000 cows \u2014 in an effort to meet national and European Union (EU) climate targets.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Read More--> TRUTH LIVES on at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sgtreport.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/sgtreport.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/farming\/dairy\/revealed-600m-budget-needed-to-cull-65000-cows-every-year-for-three-years-to-meet-climate-goals\/a422207305.html\">Ireland\u2019s Independent<\/a>, up to 65,000 dairy cows and 10% of the livestock herd would have to be removed from the national herd every year for three years at a cost of \u20ac200m ($215.2 million) if the farming sector is to \u201cmeet its climate targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The figures come from an Irish government document the Independent obtained following a freedom of information request.<\/p>\n<p>National climate targets in question include a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030 \u2014 the target year for the United Nation\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the Independent reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/news\/irish-news\/department-agriculture-responds-says-report-30128058\">According to the Irish Mirror<\/a>, a 25% emissions reduction goal has been set for the agricultural sector by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The government document proposes farmers receive compensation of up to \u20ac5,000 ($5,381) for each cow that is culled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/irish-farmers-protest-livestock-cattle-climate\/?itm_term=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read More @ ChildrensHealthDefense.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., Childrens Health Defense: Farmers in Ireland are protesting government proposals to cull livestock \u2014 including up to 200,000 cows \u2014 in an effort to meet national and European Union goals to reduce methane emissions. Farmers in Ireland are protesting government proposals to cull livestock \u2014 including up to 200,000 cows \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357509,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357508\/revisions\/357509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}