<div class='node-body'><p>The global beef demand has been leading to further deforestation and is contributing to global warming, according to a <a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/Solutions-for-Deforestation-Free-Meat.pdf">report</a> released Thursday from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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