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Monday, October 27, 2008

HEAT : A Must See Documentary on Climate and the Energy Crisis

Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, fires, floods and droughts. On the eve of a historic election, award-winning producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates how the world's largest corporations and governments are responding to Earth's looming environmental disaster.

"I have reported on the Cold War, the breakup of the Soviet Union, the rise of Al Qaeda, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," says Smith. "But nothing matches climate change in scope and severity."

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Meat: Making Global Warming Worse

And one more article from Time Magazine on the topic...

"... worldwide livestock farming generates 18% of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions -- by comparison, all the world's cars, trains, planes and boats account for a combined 13% of greenhouse gas emissions."

Read the complete article here:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1839995,00.html?iid=perma_share

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Our appetite for steaks and burgers is a huge contributor to global warming

So it turns out that meatless Fridays, which for generations inflicted fish sticks and tuna casseroles on millions of school-age children, Catholic and otherwise, were actually saving the planet. The United Nations is now urging wealthy nations to make a dramatic shift in eating habits, saying the best way to curb climate change is for people to go at least one day a week without meat.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-meatless9-2008sep09,0,5217684.story

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