Why cattle are not killing the climate

Mark Phelps
Updated June 27 2019 - 12:09pm, first published 11:49am
MYTH BUSTER: Dr Frank Mitloehner, from the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, says the beef cattle industry is only a small contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
MYTH BUSTER: Dr Frank Mitloehner, from the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, says the beef cattle industry is only a small contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

FOREGOING meat and meat products is not the environmental panacea many would have us believe. And if taken to an extreme, it could also have harmful nutritional consequences.

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps

Journalist

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