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Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Human Values, Princeton University

'We are gambling with the future of our planet for the sake of hamburgers': Peter Singer on climate change

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I wasn’t aware of climate change until the 1980s — hardly anyone was — and even when we recognised the dire threat that burning fossil fuels posed, it took time for the role of animal production in warming the planet to be understood.

Today, though, the fact that eating plants will reduce your greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most important and influential reasons for cutting down on animal products and, for those willing to go all the way, becoming vegan.

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