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, [...]

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Americans Contribute the Most to Meat’s Impact on Global Warming (Duh)

The US livestock industry’s share of the GLOBAL livestock industry’s greenhouse gases is much higher than the industry (whose prime consumers are Westerners) is willing to admit. It’s hard to calculate an exact figure, but we know the leading consumers and producers of meat also support the growth of a global livestock industry, which contributes most of its GHG through land and land-use.

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Meat and Global Warming: Is There Really a Debate?

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.

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ACTION ALERT: Stop US Bill S. 527 from Exempting Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Livestock Production

A bill introduced by Sens. Charles Thune (R-ND) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) aims to exempt factory farms from the Clean Air Act and prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enacting a “cow tax” on the methane emissions generated by animal agriculture.

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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 [...]

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