Study: A vegan diet can nearly halve your carbon footprint

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Researchers from University of Granada compared vegan and Mediterranean diets to determine emissions savings when consuming the same number of calories

Consuming a vegan diet can cut carbon emissions by 46 per cent, land use impacts by 33 per cent, and water footprints by seven per cent, a new study has found. According to the Spanish-led study published...

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