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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Joe Fassler

Hot air: five climate myths pushed by the US beef industry

If we’re serious about avoiding the worst of the climate crisis, we need to consume fewer animal products.
If we’re serious about avoiding the worst of the climate crisis, we need to consume fewer animal products. Illustration: Lola Beltran/The Guardian

It’s a hard, unpalatable, disorienting truth: if we’re serious about avoiding the worst scenarios of the climate crisis, people – particularly those who live in wealthier nations – need to consume fewer animal products.

But for the corporate titans who stand atop the nearly trillion-dollar global meat industry, this modest change represents an existential threat, which is why they’re spinning the truth about the full climate impacts of animal agriculture.

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