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Top 10 Reasons To Pardon A Turkey this Thanksgiving

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 11.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Thanksgiving, Joe Scarborough, Animal Rights, Animals, Meat, Vegetarianism, Sarah Palin, Vegan, Health, Living News
Bruce Friedrich

If you wouldn't eat your cat, you shouldn't eat a turkey. As poultry scientist Tom Savage says, "I've always viewed turkeys as smart animals with personality and character, and keen awareness."

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Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...

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Space "Smells Like Steak And Metal," Astronauts Say

Times Online | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Space Travel, Nasa, Perfume, Space, Smell, Astronauts, Meat, Metal, Home News

Outer space smells like hot metal, fried steak and the welding of a motorbike, scientists suggest. A chemist is recreating the smell to help Nasa to t...

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The Eco-Sins and Virtues of Joe Biden

Jeanie Pyun | Posted 10.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Offsets, Carbon Emissions, Barack Obama, Private Jet, Electric Cars, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Meat, Hillary Clinton, Green News
Jeanie Pyun

The Scranton-born son of a car salesman, Joe Biden has often made reference to his "average Joe" means. Indeed, his three bedroom, two bathroom, single family, Colonial residence -- under 1,800+ square feet and on a little over four acres -- is typical of the area.

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The Eco-Sins (and Virtues) of Sarah Palin

Jeanie Pyun | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Oil Drilling, Grizzly Bear, Sarah Palin, Environment, Polar Bears, Green Living, Meat, Caribou; Salmon; Toxic; Mining; Wolves; Aerial Hunting; Vegetarian; Tanning Bed; Snowmobile, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Jeanie Pyun

We thought we'd see what eco-sins the saintly hockey-mom conservative might, however guilelessly, harbor.

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The Occasional Vegetarian: Freaking Out My Grandmother

Dave Burdick | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Meat, Vegetarianism, Sustainable Dining, Green News
Dave Burdick

So my grandmother emailed, mid-category 1 hurricane, to tell me she's concerned for my health, because she thought I said I was going vegetarian full-time -- gotta have enough protein.

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Giving Up Meat One Day A Week Could Help Climate

TIME | Bryan Walsh | Posted 09.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Farming, Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Livestock, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change, Meat, Green News

Need another reason to feel guilty about feeding your children that Happy Meal -- aside from the fat, the calories and that voice in your head asking ...

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UN: Eat Less Meat To Curb Global Warming

Guardian | Juliette Jowit | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Global Warming and Meat, Eating Meat, Meat, Impact of Eating Meat, Global Warming, United Nations, Green News

People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's...

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Kangaroo Meat Better For Environment

Reuters | Michael Perry | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

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SYDNEY - Farming kangaroos instead of sheep and cattle in Australia could cut by almost a quarter the greenhouse gases produced by grazing livestock, ...

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Would You Kill What You Eat?

Graham Hill | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Eggs, Food, Chickens, Organic Food, Meat, Organic, Impact of Eating Meat, Grocery Stores, Green News
Graham Hill

From cruel conditions, to carbon footprint, to waste of packaging, to harmful chemicals -- there's so much going on with that food on your plate before you see it.

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Why PETA Is Publicly Rebuking Al Gore

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Greenhouse Gases, Al Gore, Susan Smalley, Meat, Global Warming, Diet, Health, Politics of Food, Living News
Bruce Friedrich

There have been multiple HuffPo posts about PETA's efforts to convince former Vice President Al Gore to advocate a vegetarian diet, and we are gratefu...

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Go Green by Eating More of Your Greens

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Green Living, Natural History Museum, Meat, Living News
Bill Chameides

600 gallons of water are needed to produce a single hamburger -- that's enough water to hydrate a person for over 3 years. Going vegetarian is probably the boldest step any of us can take to lead a greener life.

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How to Get a Prius Cheap

Dennis Whittle | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Prius, Organic, Meat, Climate Change, Global Warming, Globalgiving, Living News
Dennis Whittle

I eat mostly organic beef, primarily for health reasons. My wallet wins, my health wins, and the global climate wins. And I can tell my friends that I have not only one, but two Priuses.

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Friday Talking Points [25] -- Place Your Bets On The Democratic Race!

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

We haven't done a contest here in a while, so I'm going to open the betting window today on the outcome of the Democratic race. To play, just post a ...

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Turn Your Head and Barf: What Happens When the USDA Looks the Other Way

Elissa Altman | Posted 02.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Westland Meat Packing Company, Animal Cruelty, Cows, Humane Society, Beef, Beef Recall, Usda, US Beef, Meat Recall, Meat, Living News
Elissa Altman

Had the Humane Society not released the animal cruelty videos, would the practice of mass processing sick cattle into "food" have ever been questioned or brought to the fore?

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Teach Your Children Well

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Animal Cruelty, The Humane Society, Animal Rights, Cows, Animal Abuse, Undercover Cameras, Meat Recall, Meat, Cow Abuse, Living News
Raymond Leon Roker

Through the grainy lens of an undercover camera, the world can see the true origins of that burger, steak or Nike shoe.

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No Cow Left Behind

Kerry Trueman | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Westland Meat Packing Company, Humane Society of the United States, Meat Recall, Animal Rights, Animal Cruelty, Abuse, Beef, Animal Abuse, Beef Recall, Mad Cow Disease, E. Coli, Slaughterhouse, Cows, Cruelty to Animals, US Beef, Meat, Living News
Kerry Trueman

Industrial livestock production relies on the systemic abuse of cows, pigs, chickens, and the workers who process them. When did Americans develop such a taste for torture, anyway?

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Why Not Give a Vegetarian Diet a Try for the New Year?

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 12.30.2007 | Living

Read More: Vegetarian, Animal Rights, Peta, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Heart Disease, Animals, New Years 2008, Meat, Living News
Bruce Friedrich

If people were being run down by trucks at the same rate that they're dying from heart attacks induced by meat, eggs, and dairy products, drastic steps would be taken.

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