Sentences with phrase «meat production accounts»

Meat production accounts for a staggering 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

«In the past, the Environmental Protection Agency has said that meat production accounted for only around 3.75 percent of U.S. emissions.

Not exact matches

The model accounts for factors such as the suitability of cropland for cultivation, the interdependencies of dairy and meat production, and the use of coproducts of food production to feed livestock.

A lifecycle analysis conducted by EWG that took into account the production and distribution of 20 common agricultural products found that red meat such as beef and lamb is responsible for 10 to 40 times as many greenhouse gas emissions as common vegetables and grains.

Meat production overall — largely from beef, but also including pork and chicken — accounted for 70 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the highest - impact group, but only 27 percent in the lowest - impact group.

Accounting for more emissions than the entire transportation sector, industrial meat production is a critical driver of climate destabilization.