What's more, the animal agriculture industry is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector combined. (onegreenplanet.org)
Fighting the destruction of the Amazon is considered crucial for reducing global warming because deforestation worldwide accounts for 15 percent of annual emissions of heat - trapping gases, more than the entire transportation sector. (scientificamerican.com)
Were that to happen, emissions would be as high as the entire transportation sector, which takes up 14 % of global greenhouse emissions, currently dominated by pollution from cars and trucks. (sciencemag.org)