Articles by Risto Isomaki
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We Ignore Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Livestock Industry at Our Own Peril
Risto Isomaki – Inter Press Service-IPS,
25 Jul 2016
According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, the production of meat and other animal-based products is responsible for around 18 to 20 percent of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. If FAO’s assessment is correct, animal waste and the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers to grow fodder annually create about 6 million tons of nitrous oxide–65-70 percent of our total emissions.
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