Americans’ Thanksgiving dinner is allegedly harming the planet.
Turkey, or more broadly, meat, which is often the main event in celebratory meals for holidays around the world, is fueling the climate crisis, according to experts who spoke with Bloomberg.
In fact, meat eating has become excessive, Emma Garnett, a postdoctoral researcher who studies behavior change and sustainable diets at the University of Oxford, told Bloomberg.
Especially in industrialized countries like the US, people consume more meat than dietary guidelines recommend, Bloomberg reported, pointing to scientific data that they say overwhelmingly shows excessive meat eating is not only bad for one’s health, but also for the planet.
“Food systems are responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, which is huge,” Stacy Blondin, a behavioral science associate at World Resources Institute, said, adding that the production, transportation and consumption…
