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"Can Eating Less Meat Curb Climate Change?" [1]

That hamburger in the hand of so many Americans does have global implications. Our meat-eating habits can impact the tropical rainforests and savannas -- and ultimately the atmosphere. Livestock may contribute some 18 percent of greenhouse gases -- and that matters for both the 1 billion hungry and 1.6 billion overweight people on the planet. Wendee Holtcamp reports for The Daily Climate January 19, 2011. [2]

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Source: Daily Climate [2], 01/21/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/can-eating-less-meat-curb-climate-change [2] http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2011/01/eating-meat [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81