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Growing Meat vs. Going Vegetarian

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How many people know, e.g., that University of Chicago researchers have reported that by switching to a vegan diet, a person can reduce her/his carbon footprint by 1.5 metric tons per year? That's more than switching from an SUV to a Prius.

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Mary Ellen Croteau Chicago, Dec. I’m sure it would save even more money. By the way, since we are using the former scraps (described as “pink slime” by one microbiologist) for people now, what are we feeding the dogs?

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On Trial: Animal Torture Videos vs. Free Speech

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For more about the case, see this Chicago Tribune column and this NYTimes article. Court of Appeals reversed the decision by a vote of 10 to 3, overturning Stevens’s conviction and striking down the law on the grounds that it violated the right to free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment.

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Water Worries—How We're Drugging Other Species

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Closer to home, the AP story reports that: fish collected in waterways near or in Chicago; West Chester, Pa.; According to the column, more than 100 different pharmaceutical compounds have turned up in surface water around the world.

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From Today's New York Times

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Being “kind” to the animals has been great for my quality of life. Every meal, for me, is a celebration of life. That’s right, for me—but it may not be for others.

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Niman’s suggestion that the findings do not apply to smaller farms, the United Nations and the University of Chicago reports demonstrate the inefficiency of beef “production” because a cow must be fed to convert grass or grain calories into protein before a human can consume even “humane” or grass-fed beef. Contrary to Ms.

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It is our job as advocates for animals to promote the ethical and scientific arguments that advance science without harming animals—within the parameters of a democratic process in which the truth, not violence, prevails. Peggy Cunniff Executive Director National Anti-Vivisection Society Chicago, Aug.