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Methane is 28 times more efficient at trapping heat in the Earth’s atmosphere than carbon dioxide and current levels of methane are higher than they have been at any point in the past 2,000 years.
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24% of the global greenhouse gas emissions are from agriculture, forestry, and other land use. 15% of that 24% is from livestock alone. Car emissions only account for 15%.
UN FAQ, 2013 ; UN IPCC, 2014 ; UN IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, 2014
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2019 was the second warmest year on record, Earth’s global average temperature was 1.71 F (0.9 C) above the 20th century average in 2019; NINE of the TEN warmest years on record have occurred since 2005.
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80 billion pounds of food is thrown away each year in the US alone (equivalent of 1,000 Empire State Buildings of trash). This is approximately 30-40% of the US food supply, $161 million of food, and 219 pounds of food waste per person. Food waste is the largest component that takes up space in landfills.
https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/
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The average household spends about $3,000 a year eating out. The restaurant industry, in response, spends about $162 million alone in costs related to wasted food.
https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/
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It takes, on average, 1,799 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. In comparison, it takes 216 gallons to raise soybeans and 108 gallons to raise the corn that cows eat.
Meat’s large water footprint: why raising livestock and poultry for meat is so resource-intensive
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There is a projected food population of domesticated livestock of over 20 billion, more than twice the human population of 7 billion.
Meat’s large water footprint: why raising livestock and poultry for meat is so resource-intensive
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In 2009, car sharing diminished global carbon dioxide emissions by 482,170 tons.
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