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YES, EATING MEAT AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT COWS ARE NOT KILLING THE CLIMATE
YES, EATING MEAT AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT COWS ARE NOT KILLING THE CLIMATE
Advocates urge the public to eat less meat to save the environment.
A key claim underlying the associated arguments is that globally, meat production generates more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector.
In this article Frank Mitloehner, Professor of Animal Science and Air Quality Extension Specialist, University of California, Davis sets the record straight on meat and greenhouse gases.
Opinion: The latest flip-flop on red meat uses best science in place of best guesses
Opinion: The latest flip-flop on red meat uses best science in place of best guesses
The recent 'turnaround' on advice about read meat consumption made big headlines recently with people questioning how nutrition advice can flip so apparently easily?
This opinion piece in the LA Times by investigative journalist Nina Teicholz outlines the view that some nutrition recommendations have been based on a type of weak science that experts have unfortunately become accustomed to relying upon. The recent papers question that "iffy science".
Why we shouldn’t all be vegan
Why we shouldn’t all be vegan
After decades in which the number of people choosing to cut out meat from their diet has steadily increased, the alarmist and pressure-filled headlines continue to support arguments that the world needs to change the way that it eats.
In this article Martin Cohen, Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire and Frédéric Leroy, Professor of Food Science and Biotechnology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel take on the question of whether the world should consider going vegan.
Cars or livestock: which contribute more to climate change?
Cars or livestock: which contribute more to climate change?
What we choose to eat, how we move around and how these activities contribute to climate change is receiving a lot of media attention. In this context, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock and transport are often compared, but in a flawed way.
In this article Anne Mottet and Henning Steinfeld from the UN FAO outline the pitfalls of simplification when looking at greenhouse gas emissions from livestock.
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Cows vs Cars? - Dr. Frank Mitloehner (@GHGGuru) explains how the greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels differ from those produced by livestock.
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Tackling climate change through livestock – A global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities.
Gerber, P.J., Steinfeld, H., Henderson, B., Mottet, A., Opio, C., Dijkman, J., Falcucci, A. & Tempio, G. - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Is vegetarianism healthy for children?
Scientific paper by Nathan Cofnas
Should dietary guidelines recommend low red meat intake?
Scientific review by Frédéric Leroy & Nathan Cofnas