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Leather is not an innocent byproduct of the meat industry

A cattle farm in Brazil. American demand for leather has been linked to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest | Bloomberg via Getty Images The climate case against beef is now almost boringly well-established: It is, by far, the most carbon-intensive food in the world, amounting to about 6 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions. But cows don’t just become burgers and steaks. They also become shoes, bags, couches, and car interiors — products often marketed with a very different story about sustainability. Leather has often been defended in the fashion industry as an essential...