“Meatless Mondays” campaign relies on hazy climate claims
Story Date: 3/24/2010

 

Source:  Center for Consumer Freedom, 3/23/10

With the announcement this week that Quebec will soon begin promoting “Meatless Mondays,” anti-meat activism got a significant boost. As usual, news stories about the campaign cited sketchy figures from a 2006 United Nations report claiming that livestock producers are responsible for 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. But these pendulums tend to swing back toward sanity eventually. Reporters today are covering new research from University of California-Davis expert Dr. Frank Mitloehner. His message: It’s time to clear the air about meat and global warming.

 

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