Right, Washington Post, Banning Hamburger Ads Won’t Stop Climate Change
By
Linnea Lueken
May 11, 2026
A recent Washington Post (WaPo) article, “Amsterdam’s ban on advertising hamburgers won’t stop climate change,” blasts a new law in Amsterdam banning advertisements for meat in public spaces. The order is meant to decrease the demand for meat to stop climate change. The WaPo Editorial Board has the correct reaction. It is ridiculous and authoritarian to try to control what people eat and will have no impact on weather or global climate.
As WaPo points out, “[c]ensoring ads for beef, pork, chicken, and even fish won’t reduce carbon emissions. Nor will it make people less hungry for protein and other nutrients essential to a healthy diet.” WaPo says that European green activists are “so hypnotized by climate hysteria and the belief that it poses an “existential threat” that they rationalize authoritarianism.”
WaPo is correct. The focus of the “eating meat causes climate change” argument is that cattle produce methane, which contributes to warming. It is completely absurd to think that reducing meat consumption in Amsterdam would have any real impact whatsoever on that, even if the base theory is correct. According to EPA data, all the cows in the United States contribute just about 2 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases, with a population of around 90 million cattle. There are only about 4 million cattle in the Netherlands.
https://climaterealism.com/2026/05/right-washington-post-banning-hamburger-ads-wont-stop-climate-change/
