Environment
From The Case for a Vegan World
[edit] Arguments
- LAND: Animal industries require extensive land use, and damage the land
- WATER: Animal industries use and pollute enormous amounts of fresh water
- OCEAN: Animal Product Extraction damages the marine environment
- ATMOSPHERE: Animal Industries damage and change the atmosphere of the planet
- ENERGY & MATERIALS: Animal industries use enormous amounts of energy and scarce materials
- BIOSPHERE: Animal industries destroy biodiversity and threaten species
- PEOPLE: Animal Industries cause poverty and starvation for people
[edit] Objections
Nil
[edit] References for the Arguments
[edit] References for the Objections
[edit] Examples and Anecdotes
[edit] External links
- Fish Health Claims May Cause More Environmental Harm Than Good, Researchers Say (Science Daily)
- Eco-Eating: Eating as if the Earth Matters (it does!)
- Meat Eating and Global Warming
- Brazil Amazon Cattle (Yahoo Green)
- Shun meat, says UN climate chief (BBC)
- Eat less meat to fight climate change: UN expert (Yahoo Green, AFP)
- As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions (New York Times)
- Australia seeks to cut animal gas emissions (Yahoo)
