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'Cut lamb and beef' to fight climate change
The number of sheep and cattle in the UK should be reduced by between a fifth and a half to help combat climate change, a report says. The shift is needed, the government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) maintains, because beef and lamb produce most farm greenhouse gases. The report foresees an increase in the number of pigs and chickens because these produce less methane. The farm union NFU said it did not agree with reducing livestock numbers.
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The UK has a population of approx. 66 million most of whom drive a car. There's approximately 10 million cows and 23 million sheep in the uk none of whom drive a car and I wonder which group really produces the most methane.
Parliament?