Cut some meat, cut global warming
Posted in Global Warming on Oct 14th, 2009
A coalition is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to list emissions from CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations aka Factory Farms) under the Clean Air Act such that steps can be taken to begin regulating CAFOs. The organizations include: Humane Society of the United States, Association of Irritated Residents, Center on Race Poverty and the Environment, [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Apr 21st, 2009
The meat industry and its front groups like the Center for Consumer Freedom are perpetuating the myth that Americans should not be worried about the meat & global warming connection. This is the argument: The US has a more efficient livestock production system. According to the 2006 US EPA report, US agriculture causes less than [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Apr 1st, 2009
It’s upsetting and a bit disturbing that a NY Times “Green blogger” has perpetuated a claim from the Center for Consumer Freedom that there is no strong connection between meat and global warming. The recent NY Times article titled “Meat & Climate: The Debate Continues” (which I refuse to link to) cites a press release [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Mar 11th, 2009
update: Please join the campaign! Bill S. 527 gives a free pass for factory farms to pollute the air with CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide without regulation! Farm Sanctuary has setup a form to write to your representative in Congress to vote NO on S. 527. Please take a few minutes to voice your opposition [...]
Posted in Climate Policy, Global Warming on Feb 16th, 2009
(2/6/09 – NY Times) Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), stated that it might tax cows in an effort to curb methane and other greenhouse gases. It has since backed down from any greenhouse gas regulation on the livestock industry. “Under the proposal, if a [...]
