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Greenpeace Says Big Brands Destroying Rainforest
Environment  (tags: Brazil, amazon, rainforest, deforestation, animals, destruction, cattle, fires, burning, pollution, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming, ecosystems, humans, nature, wildlife, trees, Sustainabililty, conservation, climatechange, research, study )

Tom
- 154 days ago - environmentalleader.com
The expansion of Brazil's cattle sector is driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and threatens to undermine Brazil's pledge to cut deforestation by 72 percent by 2018. The cattle industry is the largest source of deforestation in the world.
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Tell Top Shoe Brands to Protect the Amazon and the Climate ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, Amazon, deforestation, leather, cattle, destruction, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife, greenhousegases )

Cher
- 176 days ago - change.org
Tell the CEOs of Adidas, Nike, Timberland and others to support a moratorium on Amazon deforestation and to help us fight for a global solution to save the Amazon and our climate. We cannot afford to lose an acre of Amazon every 8 seconds because of our
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Sign Petition: Tell The EPA That Animal Agriculture Produces More Greenouse Gases Than Automobiles
Environment  (tags: climate, change, global, warming, environment, ecosystems, CO2emissions, habitat, protection, pollution, humans, wildlife, nature, livestock, factory, farming, food, methane, cattle, pigs, sheep, EPA, agriculture, health )

Tom
- 193 days ago - secure2.convio.net
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to issue its findings on climate change. Focusing on the role automobiles play in producing greenhouse gases, the agency, however, ignores the fact that animal agriculture is one of the biggest culprits!
23 comments
16 Cattle Drop Dead Near Mysterious Fluid at Gas Drilling Site
Environment  (tags: cattle, pollution, animals, industry, hydraulic fracturing )

Raffi
- 206 days ago - propublica.org
ProPublica has been reporting for months [2] about how natural gas drilling is affecting the environment, but of all the causes for concern we've reported, here's a doozy. Sixteen cattle dropped dead in a northwestern Louisiana field this week.
20 comments
McMeat Is Destroying Amazon Rainforest
Environment  (tags: Amazon, rainforests, clearcutting, ranchers, cattle, fast food, mcdonald's, burgers, sustainabililty, environment, food, humans, conservation, consumers, climate-change, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, environment, ecosystems )

Tom
- 249 days ago - sustainabilityninja.com
Burger-crazy America imports over 200 million pounds of beef from Central America every year. Grazing land is needed, and the only way for grazing land to appear in a densely forested region is from clear-cutting the rainforest.
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