A Dutch city is contemplating whether to ban most meat ads in public spaces over the food's contribution to climate change.
Former Brexit Party leader says Britain's lack of energy independence led to an 80% boost in power bills, telling 'Varney & Co.' more increases are likely to come.are slated to ban most ads advertising meat in public areas because of its impact on the climate.
The motion was made by the GroenLinks, a green political party, and would go into effect in 2024 in Haarlem, the BBC reported. The meat sector in The Netherlands has opposed the move, saying it stifles free speech. . 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 motion, told the Trouw newspaper.
The move would make Haarlem, just a few miles from Amsterdam, the first city in the world to ban most meat ads. It could include chicken sold in supermarkets and fast food. An employee prepares ground beef for a customer at Union Meat Company in Eastern Market in Washington, DC. The Dutch city of Haarlem could possibly ban most meat ads over its impact on climate change.The local government said it has not decided whether sustainably produced would be included in the ban. The proposal received backlash from the"The authorities are going too far in telling people what's best for them," said a spokesman from the Central Organization for the Meat Sector.
The BVNL party called it an "unacceptable violation of entrepreneurial freedom," the BBC report said.
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