beef consumption
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You Asked: Should We All Go Vegetarian or Vegan to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint?
Short answer: Moderation is key.
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Protecting the Amazon Requires Changing Policy and Eating Less Beef
Global demand for beef is fueling the Amazon rainforest fires, and it will take a global solution to fix it.
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Want to Save the World? Start by Eating Less Beef
If we ate half as many burgers and steaks each week, a new study calculates that it could have a profound effect on carbon emissions and the environment.
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Green Films for Earth Day 2013
Mothers, carbon, trash, vanishing ice and “secret lives”: Watch a movie for Earth Day and learn.

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