Livestock Greenhouse Gases Contribution - Take Heart - Christian Vegetarian Association

Livestock Greenhouse Gases Contribution

Abundant evidence points to the fact that anima agriculture is one of the top contributors to the world's most serious environmental problems, such as water pollution, species loss, global warming gases, deforestation and use of natural resources indiscriminately.

According to the United Nations, livestock are responsible for 18% of greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide, which accounts for more than all the planes, trains and automobiles on the planet. However, little attention is given to this subject while politicians, environmental lobbyists and other green activist groups almost never discuss it. Most of the focus is given to carbon dioxide emissions while, but as the article's writer puts it "livestock emissions are no joke."

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