Climate change: why meat is a bigger threat than cars

Researchers say we need to cut our red meat consumption down to two portions a week to save the planet

The Bisson family farm in Topsham, UK.
(Image credit: John Patriquin/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

If current levels of meat consumption continue, international targets of greenhouse gas emissions will be exceeded by the food industry alone, a new study has found.

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