Impose a Meat tax to help tackle one of the major causes of climate change.

Closed 3,123 signatures

What the petition asks

Livestock create more greenhouse gases than all the world's vehicles combined. The world's current eating habits are not sustainable with our growing population. An additional tax on all meat products will encourage people to reduce their meat consumption and shift to more plant based products.

Recent National Geographic article: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/feeding-9-billion/?sa=X&ved=0CCgQ9QEwCGoVChMIm6Xu3J39xgIVAzkUCh1xfAKu

Guardian article on cutting down meat consumption: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/03/eating-less-meat-curb-climate-change

Nature Climate Change Journal: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v4/n1/full/nclimate2081.html

Cowspiracy documentary: http://www.cowspiracy.com/

Timeline

22 Dec 2015	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jun 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 3,123

Status Closed

Opened 22 Dec 2015

Closed 22 Jun 2016

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