10 Popular Studies on Meat and Global Warming for Anyone

These are 10 popular & frequently-cited, studies and reports on meat and global warming. I find that they all help to effectively illustrate the carbon footprint of meat in different ways.

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Eating Less Meat Could Save $20 Trillion

New Scientist Magazine reports that researchers from the Netherlands have concluded that cutting back on meat could save $20 trillion off the cost of fighting global warming. According to the study (published Feb. 2009), if the world were to adopt a low-meat diet (defined as 70 grams of beef and 325 grams of chicken and [...]

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Beef Creates 57 Times More Greenhouse Gasses than Potatoes

Scientific American has put together 5 slides about the environmental costs of meat.  This one in particular caught my eye. So if… 1/2 lb. of potatoes = Driving 0.17 mile, and 1/2 lb. of beef = Driving 9.81 miles It would take the equivalent of 57 lbs of potatoes to make the same amount of [...]

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The Cattle Industry is Destroying the Amazon Rainforest

In a matter of decades, most of the Amazon, and the incredible value that could’ve been provided to millions of people, was lost due to the cattle industry and the rising global appetite for meat.

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UN: Meat is a Leading Cause of Global Warming

According to a 2006 United Nations FAO Report, the world’s cattle herds give off more greenhouse gasses than all forms of transportation (including planes) put together.

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