Graphic detail | The beef with beef

Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions

Cattle are a surprisingly large producer of greenhouse gases

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FEW DISHES whet more palates than a juicy cut of beef. One poll in 2014 found that steak was Americans’ favourite food. Unfortunately, by cooking so many cows, humans are cooking themselves, too.

This article appeared in the Graphic detail section of the print edition under the headline “The beef with beef”

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