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Reducing our meat consumption is good for the environment. Meat production is extremely resource-intensive - livestock currently consume 70 percent of America's grain production and enormous amounts of water. Cattle ranching is a major cause of destruction of rainforest in Central and South America - fifty-five square feet of rainforest are destroyed for every quarter pound hamburger that comes from a cleared rainforest. And when it comes to meat and climate change, eating one pound of hamburger does the same damage as driving your car for more than three weeks!

For Today's Action, skip a beef meal and try a tofu recipe.

U.S. lawmakers are hard at work these days on health care reform legislation. We must make sure they don't make any more concessions to the anti-choice pressure they're feeling now. Sign the petition and ensure that American women don't lose ground on reproductive health care!