Recently in The Environment Category

In yet more good news for open minded people, the SF Chronicle reports that the latest Public Policy Institute of California poll indicates 55% against, 41% for and 4% undecided:

"That 55 percent looks pretty strong," Baldassare [the President of the Public Policy Institute] said. "Now the supporters not only have to convince the undecided voters, but they also have to convince people who already have decided to vote no."

Simply, I want to reiterate... this evil and thinly veiled attempt at instituting bigotry at the constitutional level is not passing.

Today's video, on National Cow Day, was silly but leads into a more serious issue.  If cows were capable of conscious thought, they wouldn't want people to eat them.  That's not exactly the point though.  Meat consumption and grain production have become major international issues and the push for biofuels only complicates matters further.  I thought it would be nice to pull together some information and views on the issue, after I was inspired by an interesting discussion today on World Have Your Say on BBC World Services Radio.

As I listened to today's program, "Is Vegetarianism the answer to the global food crisis" I heard some interesting views on how meat consumption is (may be) causing severe environmental damage and contributing to world hunger.  I yielded to a car pulling into McDonalds.  The irony wasn't lost on me.