Eating meat may be as bad for the earth as it is for our own health. According to a new report by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, the greenhouse gases produced by farmed animals may be doing more damage to the environment than the pollution from our cars. These animals produce 35 percent to 40 percent of all methane emissions (which have 23 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide), 65 percent of nitrous oxide (which is 320 times as warming as carbon dioxide), and 64 percent of ammonia, which contributes to acid rain. According to the report, livestock take up 30 percent of the Earth’s entire land surface, and total meat production is projected to double from 2001 to 2050. Global meat production, which adds immensely to water pollution and the reduction of forests for livestock grazing, continues to grow and threaten the health of the planet.