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Prindi artikkel1. Noam Mohr’il on Yale’i ja Penn’i teaduskraadid. Ta on töötanud globaalse soojenemise kampaaniates Ameerika Ühendriikide Public Interest Research grupis, mille jaoks ta on avaldanud mitu kliima muutust ja kütte ökonoomia standardeid puudutavat raportit (sh Flirting with disaster, Pumping Up the Price, Storm Warning). Ta on samuti töötanud seadusandluse spetsialistina Ameerika Ühendriikide Humane Society’s.
2. „A New Global Warming Strategy: How Environmentalists are Overlooking Vegetarianism as the Most Effective Tool Against Climate Change in Our Lifetimes“. www.drmcdougall.com
3. “Global Warming Potentials”, supra note 10. unfccc.int
4. Dr Pachauri presentatsioon www.ciwf.org.uk
5. Animal Agriculture: The Facts suprememastertv.com
6. Livestock and Climate Change www.worldwatch.org
7. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations have risen from 278 parts per million (ppm) in 1750 to 365 ppm in 1998. Atmospheric concentrations of methane have increased by 149% since 1750, from .700 ppm to 1.745 ppm. “Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2002”, Chapter 1, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, October 2003. www.eia.gov
8. Natural sources emit 770 billion metric tons of CO2, and 239 million metric tons of methane, compared to 23.1 billion and 359 million, respectively, for anthropogenic sources. “Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2002”, supra note 20. www.eia.gov
9. Hansen, et al, supra note 5. It is also possible that warming may dampen natural sources of methane by drying out wetlands. www.giss.nasa.gov
10. Animal agriculture is responsible for 32% of global methane emissions from human activity, including 28% from domesticated livestock and 4% from livestock manure. Natural gas is the second largest source, accounting for 15% of emissions. Kruger, Dina, “The Role of ‘Other Gases’ in Addressing Climate Change”, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 12 Feb 2004.
11. “Emissions of methane from livestock”, Climate Change Fact Sheet 32, Information Unit on Climate Change (IUCC), UNEP, 1 May 1993. massacre.otago.ac.nz
12. World meat production reached 242 million tons in 2002, from 122 million tons in 1977, and from 44 million tons in 1950. Additionally, per capita meat consumption has more than doubled since 1950, from 17 to 39 kg per person. Vital Signs 2003, Worldwatch Institute, May 2003, p.30-31. www.worldwatch.org
The majority of the meat is consumed by developed countries. Delgado, Christopher et al., Livestock to 2020: The Next Food Revolution, “Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Discussion Paper 28”, International Food Policy Research Institute, May 1999. www.ifpri.org
13. Not including methane released from manure, an adult cow produces 80-110 kg of methane a year. “Frequent Questions”, Ruminant Livestock, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. www.epa.gov
14.“Water Quality Conditions in the United States”, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, August 2002. www.epa.gov
15. „The China Study“ www.thechinastudy.com
17. "What causes osteoporosis" spiritouch.com












