Belching bovines and global warming: Overstated claims about methane emitted by cows...
Story Date: 9/30/2020

 

Source: INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 9/15/20


'Belching bovines and global warming.’ If you like apocalyptic alliteration, it has a nice ring to it. Bovines, more commonly referred to as cows, are widely viewed by environmental activists in the global North as a major contributor to climate change. This is largely due to the methane greenhouse gas they produce in their burps as they ruminate. A recent interview by Caroline Stocks, a UK journalist who writes about food, agriculture and the environment, of air quality...

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