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Eat Less Red Meat: Healthy Planet, Healthy Heart

First Posted: 6/8/09 Updated: 5/25/11

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planetgreen.discovery.com:

Eating red meat isn't so great for the environment. By adopting a vegetarian diet, you'll reduce your carbon footprint by over 5,000 pounds. By just cutting out beef, you'll save about 3000 lbs of CO2 a year. Scarfing down red meat has a huge environmental impact.

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Eating red meat isn't so great for the environment. By adopting a vegetarian diet, you'll reduce your carbon footprint by over 5,000 pounds. By just cutting out beef, you'll save about 3000 lbs of CO2...
Eating red meat isn't so great for the environment. By adopting a vegetarian diet, you'll reduce your carbon footprint by over 5,000 pounds. By just cutting out beef, you'll save about 3000 lbs of CO2...
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