Monday, October 04, 2010

Meat diets pose environmental danger: report
LONDON (Reuters) - People will have to cut meat from their diets if the world is to stay within safer limits of planet-warming greenhouse gases, nitrate pollution and habitat destruction, according to a journal article published on Monday.
...Per capita meat consumption would have to be cut.

"Across the board reductions in per capita consumption of livestock products should ... be a policy priority," it said.
Anti-Climate [Hoax] TV Ads Hit California, Loaded with "Lies" « SpeakEasy
...making companies pay for their emissions pollution is in no way a ‘tax’ on Americans.

3. Energy Costs Would NOT Rise 60%. This an outrageous, baseless statistic whipped up by an oil company-sponsored think tank. Marginal increases in energy bills — less than a postage stamp per month — may eventually come to pass.
Environmentalists stay mostly quiet about violent climate change advertisement | The Daily Caller
Only one group, Greenpeace, responded, with a tepid denunciation the advertisement.
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“As an organization committed to non-violence, I think you can imagine how Greenpeace views this material. At this time, the only people promoting the material are climate skeptics and think tanks funded by corporations known for lobbying against climate change legislation,” said Greenpeace spokeswoman Jane Kochersperger.
Ellen Page Teams Up With 350.org To Promote The 10-10-10 Global Work Party « ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip
Already, over a 1,000 groups in more than 150 countries have come up with ways to participate, including arranging a giant bike fix-up day, installing solar stoves for a massive carbon neutral picnic, and planting thousands of trees.

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