Just Say No….

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Check out today’s column, “Just Say No to Antibacterial Burgers,” by Washington Post Opinion Writer Ezra Klein. “This column, ” he says, “is based on a single and quite extraordinary statistic: Food animal production accounts for 70 percent — 70 percent! — of the antibiotics used in the United States.” Klein zeros in on the [...]

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How Much Does U.S. Livestock Production Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

A round of applause for Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein for pointing out last week the undeniable fact that meat production is a major contributor to global warming, and that consumers can make a difference by cutting out their meat consumption just one day a week. How big a difference in greenhouse gases reduction it [...]

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