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Carbon footprint of whaling

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Harpoon a whale: Less damaging.

Eat a whale and save the planet”, a Norwegian pro-whaling lobby said in a study showing that harpooning the giant mammals is less damaging to the climate than farming livestock. Environmental group Greenpeace dismissed the survey, saying almost every kind of food was more climate friendly than meat. “Basically it turns out that the best thing you can do for the planet is to eat whale meat compared to other types of meat,” said Rune Froevik of the High Nort h Alliance, which represents the interests of coastal communities in the Arctic. Greenhouse gas emissions caused by one meal of beef are the equivalent of eight meals of whale meat, the study said. The Norwegian-based Alliance said it was the first to measure the “carbon footprint” of whaling. Fish and seafood was comparable to whale meat with relatively low emissions.

COMPLIED BY NIMI KURIAN

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