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Eating Meat Is Bad for Climate Change, and Here Are All the Studies That Prove It (sentientmedia.org)

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[–] capital@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Transport 28%

Electricity 25%

Industry 23%

Commercial & residential 13%

Agriculture 10%

I can opt to significantly reduce my impact for no extra money in one of these sectors.

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