<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jonathan Latham</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jrlatham@bioscienceresource.org">jrlatham@bioscienceresource.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 6:36 PM<br>Subject: The 9% Lie: Industrial Food and Climate Change<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:BSR-PROJECT-ELIST1@gn.apc.org">BSR-PROJECT-ELIST1@gn.apc.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Dear Friends and Colleagues<div><br></div><div>Published today (Aug 8th, 2019) in <i>Independent Science News</i>.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The 9% Lie: Industrial Food and Climate Change</b></div><div>by Ronnie Cummins</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.independentsciencenews.org/environment/the-9-lie-industrial-food-and-climate-change/" target="_blank">https://www.independentsciencenews.org/environment/the-9-lie-industrial-food-and-climate-change/</a></div><div><br></div><div><i>Synopsis:</i> 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, <i>most</i> 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.</div><div><br></div><div>The author is director and co-founder of the Organic Consumers Association.</div><div><br></div><div>Please consider sharing this article.</div><div><br></div><div>Yours sincerely</div><div>Jonathan</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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