- The environmental footprint of your pet is bigger than you think. Researcher finds that feeding US pets with meat creates the equivalent of 64 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, which has about the same climate impact as a year's worth of driving from 13.6 million cars. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/08/04/the-hidden-environmental-costs-of-dog-and-cat-food/?utm_term=.3319e52aa2e8 36 comments science
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- Environmental impacts of food consumption by dogs and cats | PLOS ONE https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0181301 249 comments
- Substituting Beans for Beef Would Help the U.S. Meet Climate Goals - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/if-everyone-ate-beans-instead-of-beef/535536/ 22 comments
- Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator | US EPA https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator#results 0 comments
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