Tag: methane
Coalition to Ask EPA to Regulate Air Pollution From Factory Farms!
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, [...]
ACTION ALERT: Stop US Bill S. 527 From Exempting Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Livestock Production
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 [...]
Cow Farts, Burps and Global Warming: No Laughing Matter
WSJ Video: Watch how methane is measured : Gassy Sheep Add to Global Warming Did you hear that cow farts are causing global warming? Contrary to popular belief, most of the methane emissions from cows and other livestock aren’t from flatulence or farts. They’re from burping. About 98 per cent of the methane from a [...]
You Don’t Have to Be a Vegetarian to Talk (or Blog) About Meat and Global Warming
If you read the comments from articles about the impact of meat on global warming, it’s likely you’ll encounter arguments against vegetarianism, especially if the word “vegetarian” or “vegan” is in the title. These arguments tend to be not only misguided but irrelevant as they shift the focus of the debate from “Should I reduce [...]
10 WTF Statistics on Meat and Global Warming
10 shocking statistics on meat and global warming. 1. If every American (300 million) gave up meat for 1 day a week, this would have the same positive effect on reducing greenhouse gases as saving 90 million plane tickets from New York to Los Angeles! (source: Meat the Truth documentary, see video clip) [1] 2. [...]
10 Popular Studies on Meat and Global Warming for Anyone
This is a useful post for illustrating meat’s carbon footprint to different people. Do you like exotic food? Know a Prius or SUV owner? Don’t plan on going veg anytime soon? There’s something for everyone. Hopefully, at least one of these ten studies will help you or someone you know to consider eating less meat. [...]
EPA Backs Down From Cow / Methane Tax
(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 [...]
