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This News About Beef Could Be A Big Win for Climate Change Activists

The NRDC releases a new study tying the decrease in beef production to a decrease in the average American’s carbon footprint.

This News About Beef Could Be A Big Win for Climate Change Activists

[DIGEST: New York Times, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inside Climate News]

Changes to the American diet between 2005 and 2014 resulted in a nine percent decrease in the average American’s carbon footprint, according to a new report issued by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Due to these dietary changes, Americans avoided about 271 million metric tons of climate-warming pollution—or about the equivalent of the emissions from 57 million cars.

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