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...Feeding animals for meat production requires growing ten times as many crops as producing directly for a plant-based diet. The land needed for these crops contributes to deforestation??a major cause of global warming. In 2006, Greenpeace unveiled a “KFC: Amazon Criminal” banner across the Brazilian rainforest to highlight the effect KFC’s huge demand for chicken feed has in deforesting the Amazon Basin...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Al Gore’s Inconvenient Diet | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...years ago as his most rewarding activity. Miller will spend the year after his graduation working towards his M.A. in environmental sciences at Trinity College Dublin. While Miller spent much of his undergraduate work on the science behind environmental studies—even going to Tanzania to study deforestation??he plans to eventually go to law school and pursue a career in environmental litigation...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Wins Third Scholarship This Year | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

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