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Some highly toxic gases much more damaging to our atmosphere than CO2 are produced from the livestock industry.
Nitrous oxide has a potential global warming affect 296 times higher than CO2.
Most of this gas comes from the manure of animals.
Date: Released 29 November 2006
These warnings come from an international team of fire specialists from six nations. One of them, Thomas Swetnam of the University of Arizona in Tucson said “We’ll be seeing more and longer droughts, and with more hot and dry years, we’ll be seeing still more and larger fires.” California’s fire in 2008 wiped out 380,310 acres. In 2009, California is dealing with their 3rd year of serious drought.
Source: Wildfires add to speed of global warming – San Francisco Chronicle
Date: 24 April 2009
Rapid warming in recent decades has been driven mainly by non-CO2 greenhouse gases (GHG’s), such as chlorofluorocarbons, CH4, and N2O.
Date: 29 August 2000
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Livestock's Climate Impact Download |
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Livestock & Sustainable Food Download |
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Reducing Shorter-Lived Climate Forcers Through Dietary Change Download |
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The global cost of biodiversity loss: 14 trillion Euros? - EU Commission (2008) Download |
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Forests, Fisheries, Agriculture: A Vision for Sustainability (2009) Download |
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