This statistic illustrates the reduction in pollution that has been achieved over a 10-year period due to a decline in certain foods consumed in the United States between 2005 and 2014. During this period, the amount of beef consumed was reduced by 19 percent which corresponded to a 591 million megaton reduction of carbon dioxide equivalent.
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New York Times. (March 21, 2017). Pollution reduction from foods consumed less in the U.S. between 2005 and 2014 (in million megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/691409/carbon-dioxide-reduction-from-less-food-consumed-in-the-us/
New York Times. "Pollution reduction from foods consumed less in the U.S. between 2005 and 2014 (in million megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. March 21, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/691409/carbon-dioxide-reduction-from-less-food-consumed-in-the-us/
New York Times. (2017). Pollution reduction from foods consumed less in the U.S. between 2005 and 2014 (in million megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/691409/carbon-dioxide-reduction-from-less-food-consumed-in-the-us/
New York Times. "Pollution Reduction from Foods Consumed Less in The U.S. between 2005 and 2014 (in Million Megatons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/691409/carbon-dioxide-reduction-from-less-food-consumed-in-the-us/
New York Times, Pollution reduction from foods consumed less in the U.S. between 2005 and 2014 (in million megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/691409/carbon-dioxide-reduction-from-less-food-consumed-in-the-us/ (last visited May 18, 2025)
Pollution reduction from foods consumed less in the U.S. between 2005 and 2014 (in million megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], New York Times, March 21, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/691409/carbon-dioxide-reduction-from-less-food-consumed-in-the-us/
