First Danish Climate Lawsuit Targets EU’s Biggest Pork Producer

Packets of Danish Crown Danepak bacon.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

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Denmark is facing its first climate lawsuit as activists add to the list of countries being dragged to the courts in an effort to protect the environment.

A group of three non-profit organizationsallege that Danish Crown, Europe’s biggest pork producer, is misrepresenting its climate footprint in a marketing campaign that says pork production is “climate controlled” and the meat is “more climate friendly than you think.”