SCIENCEJul 29 · 04:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDDamien Gayle

Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

A study suggests organic eggs have twice the climate impact of caged chicken eggs, with switching UK egg production to an organic free-range model emitting 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, compared to 1,184,000 tonnes for caged systems.

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