Green house gas and agriculture

There has been a lot of discussion about source of green house gases, recently – most of which is incorrect. Here’s what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says are the largest sources of U.S. GHG emissions in 2016: electricity production 28%; transportation 28%; industry 22%.

All of agriculture accounted for a total of 9%. All of animal agriculture contributes less than half of this amount, representing 3.9% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.