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Meat consumption risks climate goals
2014-12-03 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An "awareness gap" about emissions from livestock could hamper efforts to curb climate change, a report warns. A survey showed that twice as many respondents thought emissions from transport were greater than from the global livestock sector. Yet emissions from the two sectors are almost equal, the study explained. It added that the goal of keeping the global temperature rise below 2C (3.6F) would be "off the table" unless there was a change in consumption patterns. "Unless something...
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Eat less meat, dairy to slow climate change, study says
2014-12-03 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Meat and dairy consumption are rising rapidly across the developing world, and consumers are unaware that their appetite for animal products contributes as much to climate change as exhaust emissions from the transport sector, a new survey shows. Climate-changing emissions from livestock are estimated to account for 14.5 percent of the global total, according to Chatham House, a UK-based thinktank. A survey of 12,000 people in 12 countries released by Chatham House late on Tuesday showed that...
Eating less meat essential to curb climate change, says report
2014-12-03 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Curbing the worlds huge and increasing appetite for meat is essential to avoid devastating climate change, according to a new report. But governments and green campaigners are doing nothing to tackle the issue due to fears of a consumer backlash, warns the analysis from the thinktank Chatham House. The global livestock industry produces more greenhouse gas emissions than all cars, planes, trains and ships combined, but a worldwide survey by Ipsos MORI in the report finds twice as many people...
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Discovering What is Best in Eating Meat?
2014-12-02 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS -The construction of meat – the muscle fibre, the fat, the acidity and the colour – are all important aspects of its quality.
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Primo Meat Company of Australia Bought by JBS
2014-11-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRALIA - Subject to regulatory approval, JBS has agreed to purchase Primo Smallgoods Group's operations, a processor of products such as ham, sausage and bacon, in Australia.
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