Methane Scare Tactics: Livestock Emissions Exaggerated To Push Meat-Reduction Agenda
by Linnea Lueken Dec 6, 2024
A recent article at Vox, titled “Scientists are measuring burps and farts. It could help save the planet,” claims that methane produced by farm animals is causing dangerous global warming, and thus that reducing agriculture-related methane is critical to limiting warming to the 1.5°C target established for political ends in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. [emphasis, links added]
This is false.
Animal-related methane is not a threat to the environment, contributing little if anything to global warming.
The article primarily references research efforts by scientists in Columbia who measured the amount of methane different farm animals produce in their burps and gas depending on what kind of forage they eat to determine the feed that will produce the least methane.
Animals are placed in chambers and their emissions are monitored.
Vox writes:
https://climatechangedispatch.com/methane-scare-tactics-livestock-emissions-exaggerated-to-push-meat-reduction-agenda/
