Editorial: ‘For the sake of UN climate talks, put down that burger’ – One burger equals ‘driving a 3,000-pound car nearly 10 miles’
NJ Star-Ledger editorial: 'Producing one half-pound meat patty for your lunch releases as much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere as driving a 3,000-pound car nearly 10 miles. The meat in our diets actually causes more greenhouse gas pollution than either transportation or industry.'
'We can't have people forced out of their homes by flooding, drought and famine because we want to eat burgers and drive fleets of SUVs.'
