Animal agriculture makes a 40% greater contribution to global warming …

Jonathan Safran Foer
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Animal agriculture makes a 40% greater contribution to global warming than all transportation in the world combined; it is the number one cause of climate change. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2010). Eating Animals, p.41, Penguin UK
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