Vegan Diets Have One-Fourth the Climate Impact of Meat-Heavy Diets, Study Finds

Photo of a vegan, plant-based lunch
August 7, 2023

A plant-based diet yields one-fourth as much heat-trapping gas as a diet rich in meat, according to an exhaustive new analysis. An economist involved in the research said the study “represents the most comprehensive attempt to link food consumption data to the data on the environmental impacts of food production.”

Read more at Yale Environment 360.