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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases is generated by livestock production, more than by transportation. Michael Radkowsky Washington, Nov.

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The True Costs of Eating Meat

Animal Ethics

In this Washington Post column, James E. Livestock accounts for at least 21 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions globally -- more than all forms of transportation combined. McWilliams insists that vegetarianism is "the most powerful political response we can make to industrialized food.

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