Climate And The Cow
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Cows and cars are being misleadingly equated in the climate change debate
A simplistic ‘all livestock are bad’ narrative is promoted by campaigners and policymakers alike. A much more sophisticated debate is needed.
Ian Scoones, The Conversation
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Cows produce greenhouses gases with their urine and faeces – so we toilet trained them
Cattle can be trained faster than toddlers.
Douglas Elliffe, The Conversation & Lindsay Matthews, The Conversation
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Bovine burping and flatulence (not eating beef) are big contributors to climate change
All cattle, whether raised for milking, ploughing or the slaughterhouse, emit methane as part of their digestive process.
Nayantara Narayanan
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