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Carbon footprint: red meat and cars widen the gap between women and men

Carbon footprint: red meat and cars widen the gap between women and men
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A French study published this Wednesday, May 14, estimates that men emit 26% more CO2 than women. The causes: meat-based diets and driving.
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We already knew it: men pollute more than women. But for the first time, a study of 15,000 people published this Wednesday, May 14, draws on consumer habits and precisely quantifies the gender gap in greenhouse gas emissions in France.

The two authors, Marion Leroutier, environmental economist at the Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics, and Ondine Berland, researcher in environmental economics at the London School of Economics, looked at food and

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