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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12008

25 April 2018
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
EU subsidising most heavily polluting livestock farms, says Greenpeace
Brussels, 24/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is “pumping cash” into heavily polluting livestock farms, a study commissioned by the NGO Greenpeace claims. With the debate on the budget in full swing, Greenpeace calls for the CAP to support the environment and not intensification and larger farms.

Greenpeace compared the funding allocated to CAP beneficiaries with the registers by farm of ammonia emissions (the only pollutant monitored at farm level).

The investigation shows that, of the 2,374...

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