A common concern of vegetarians are the possibly pernicious environmental effects of industrial farming. In 2006, a UN report on the environmental effects of industrial farming found it to be one of the leading contributors to greenhouse emissions, calling it "one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global," (www.goveg.com/environment-globalwarming.asp).
WSU will participate in a stinky new study that will look at the levels of greenhouse gases released from cow manure and flatulance. Here is the full article: www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1806649,CST-NWS-cowgas05.article
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