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The carbon footprint of a beef burger (vs chicken and beans)
A single beef burger carries roughly 3–6 kg of CO₂e — more than ten times a bean burger. Here's the sourced breakdown, where the emissions actually come from, and how the swaps compare.
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The carbon footprint of a cup of coffee (it's mostly the milk)
A black coffee is about 0.05 kg CO₂e; a large latte can be five times that — and the difference is almost entirely the milk. The sourced numbers, and the one swap that matters.
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Beef, chicken, or plants: what your food does to the climate
The carbon footprint of food swings more than tenfold depending on what's on the plate. The data is unusually clear about where it concentrates — and it isn't 'local versus imported'.