Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton unpacks the scandal concerning Olympians being given vegan meals.
Sky News: ‘Unpacking the vegan meat scandal’: “While Paris has been busy spooking its carbon-friendly credentials, the push to go green has left many athletes seeing red: ‘We haven’t seen this at Olympic Games before. We haven’t had this amount of complaints about a village in Olympic history.’
From hard cardboard beds to running out of meat in the athletes’ Village, Parisians are seeking to be more climate-friendly. They’ve shifted the focus from the athletes to poor conditions. But how much of it is about so-called sustainability, and how much is a bunch of cheap beds and bad food a cost-cutting initiative?”
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— Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) August 9, 2024
