What if Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef?

In America, beef accounts for 37% of all human-induced methane released into the air. Methane is 23 times as warming to the climate as carbon dioxide. In a recent article, The Atlantic writer James Hamblin shows how one dietary change—replacing beef with beans—could get the U.S. 74% of the way to meeting 2020 greenhouse-gas emission goals. As Hamblin notes, it’s worth being reminded that individual choices matter. For more, read Hamblin’s article, “If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef,“ here: Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: