Study: Meat and diary methane emissions now rival those from oil and gas

James Murray
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Greenpeace analysis estimates methane emissions from leading agri-businesses now match those from the 100 largest fossil fuel firms

Methane emissions from 29 of the world's largest meat and dairy companies are now equivalent to those from 100 of the biggest fossil fuel firms, according to a new study from Greenpeace Nordic...

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