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Is eating vegan really better for the environment?

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Posted: September 14, 2023 9:02 PM

Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Consider curbing how much meat you eat. A new peer-reviewed study out of Oxford University in the U.K. says that people who eat a vegan diet are responsible for 75 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than meat eaters.

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Is eating vegan really better for the environment?

Headlines

Public sector workers begin 7-day strike in Quebec, closing schools and restricting services. Posted: 17 hours ago.

Human smuggling from Canada to U.S. a ’lucrative market’ attracting organized crime: RCMP. Posted: 18 hours ago.

MPs vote through the night as Conservatives stall the House. Posted: 19 hours ago.

For Blue Jays owner Rogers, signing Shohei Ohtani is about more than just baseball. Posted: 20 hours ago.

Group representing Canadian Muslim donors pulls back from Liberal Party over stance on Gaza. Posted: 21 hours ago.

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