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Australian red meat industry says it doesn’t need to meet its self-imposed net zero target (www.theguardian.com)
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Meat and Livestock Australia announced a 2030 net zero target in 2017, which experts say is ‘effectively not possible’

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[–] bananabenana@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If only there was a group of elected officials who could legislate and regulate industries who hurtle us towards extinction in the quest for unending profit. Wishful thinking I suppose

[–] Excrubulent 6 points 9 months ago

There really isn't. The only time real, substantial change has ever come from the legislature has been when organised movements have come together to make them afraid of losing their positions of power, and they've been forced to make concessions to preserve themselves.

When they do make those concessions, they make sure to add as much friction as possible to slow the rate of progress and give us the minimum they can get away with.

So like... maybe we don't actually need them. Maybe we should stop asking their permission to make the world better.