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PostAugust 9, 2019

Giving up just half your hamburgers can really help the climate

Several recent reports have discussed the importance of cutting your carbon footprint by adjusting dietary habits; cutting red meat consumption by even half can have a significant impact. In this article, James Temple, MIT Technology Review's senior editor for energy, outlines the emissions reductions possible through reduced consumption of ruminant meat, the greatest agricultural contributor of greenhouse gases.

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614091/giving-up-just-half-your-hamb…

Image by: Eric Gay

by MIT Technology Review
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