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| + | * A 2006 United Nations study titled "Livestock's Long Shadow" said that livestock accounts for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions, | ||
| + | but a study by World Watch Institute three years later said the U.N. report failed to consider some of the factors, and put the figure at 51%. | ||
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| + | * Even at the lower number of 18%, animal agriculture contributes more to global warming than all cars, trucks, trains, buses, airplanes, and ships combined—more than the entire transportation sector, which the EPA pegs at 14% globally. | ||
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Revision as of 09:16, 9 January 2020
Introduction
Advocacy
Fact Sheet
Scope of Harms
- Testing Level 3 a
- Testing Level 3 b
Personal Responsibility
Land Surface and Biomass
Global Warming
- A 2006 United Nations study titled "Livestock's Long Shadow" said that livestock accounts for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions,
but a study by World Watch Institute three years later said the U.N. report failed to consider some of the factors, and put the figure at 51%.
- Even at the lower number of 18%, animal agriculture contributes more to global warming than all cars, trucks, trains, buses, airplanes, and ships combined—more than the entire transportation sector, which the EPA pegs at 14% globally.
Deforestation
Species Extinction
Fish Depletion
Eutrophication
Water Pollution
Air Pollution
See Also
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