Source record
Greenhouse gas emissions from milk production and consumption in the United States: A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment circa 2008
Greg Thoma et al. (2013).
Key findings
- US milk production stage: approximately 1.23 kg CO₂e/kg fat-and-protein-corrected milk.
Record
- Source type
- Peer Reviewed Study
- Study type
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Topics
- Climate & emissions
- Geography
- See study or jurisdiction in title
- Funding & conflicts
- Not recorded.
- Source quality
- Moderate evidenceImported from the dated research notes; original-source editorial verification remains pending.
Limitations
- The production-stage figure excludes downstream stages; corrected milk differs from retail milk.