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The report, entitled Livestock's Long Shadow, said the meat industry contributes about 18 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions, and this proportion is expected to grow as consumers in fast-developing countries like China and India eat more meat.

Reuters: Press Release 2011

The report, entitled Livestock's Long Shadow, said the meat industry contributes about 18 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions, and this proportion is expected to grow as consumers in fast-developing countries like China and India eat more meat.

Reuters: Press Release 2011

In 2006, the United Nations 'Food and Agriculture Organization released a report called "Livestock's Long Shadow."

Gene Baur: The Power on Your Plate 2010

In another case, following the publication of a major report in 2006, Livestock's Long Shadow - which among other things calculated that the livestock industry was responsible for nearly one-third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions - "you wouldn't believe how much we were attacked," Jutzi told the audience.

Corporate lobbying is blocking food reforms, senior UN official warns 2010

The heart of his argument is the way greenhouse gas emissions were calculated "Livestock's Long Shadow," the seminal 2006 UN report which links animal production to global warming.

Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: The Meat People Hit Back 2010

In a 400 page report from the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization, Livestock's Long Shadow, scientists conclude that the business of raising animals for food is responsible for about 18 percent of all warming -- in fact meat causes about 40 percent more warming than all cars, trucks, and planes combined.

Kathy Freston: Red Meat vs Chicken: An Argument Against The False Distinction 2009

A recent United Nations report titled Livestock's Long Shadow concluded that the meat industry causes almost 40% more greenhouse gas emissions than all the world's transportation systems -- that's all the cars, trucks, SUVs, planes and ships in the world combined.

Kathy Freston: The Breathtaking Effects Of Cutting Back On Meat 2009

In the study, entitled "Livestock's Long Shadow", scientists and agricultural experts analyze greenhouse gas emissions over the full cycle of meat production, from planting feed crops and raising animals to packaging meat products and transporting them to local markets.

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United Nations statistics and quotes come from the FAO report "Livestock's Long Shadow."

Kathy Freston: An Earth Day Reflection On The Breathtaking Effects Of Cutting Back On Meat 2009

We found out what it was in late 2006, when the U.N. released a report called Livestock's Long Shadow.

George Spyros: Veggie Post Coitus: PETA Reasons to Go Veg Video Omits Climate Change, Includes Impotence 2009