United Nations study says rearing animals for meat makes lots of greenhouse gases
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
As scientists do more and more studies of the carbon footprint of different food sources, the benefits of less meat more veg seem increasingly apparent. Details of the United Nations study can be found here. No doubt this will do even more to convince Americans that man-made climate change is a conspiracy by the United Nations to attack the American way of life, and it’ll give plenty of people an excuse to keep on flying as long as they choose the veggie option on the in flight meal. But the facts actually give us valuable information about how to limit our own personal footprints.
This article has been filed under News.