Dear Friends and Colleagues
Published today (Aug 8th, 2019) in Independent Science News.
The 9% Lie: Industrial Food and Climate Change
by Ronnie Cummins
Synopsis: As the result of a joint calculation, the USDA and the US EPA have begun claiming that US agricultures’ contribution to the climate crisis represents 9% of total national green house gas emissions. The size of this number is hugely important in terms of where to search for climate solutions. According to the author these estimates are smokescreens and the true number is approximately 5-6 fold higher. In other words, most US greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture and the food sector. This low-balling is very convenient for the commercial interest groups that benefit from the wasteful status quo of the US food system.
The author is director and co-founder of the Organic Consumers Association.
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Yours sincerely
Jonathan
Jonathan Latham, PhD
Executive Director
The Bioscience Resource Project,
Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
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