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PETA TO AL GORE: YOU CAN'T BE A MEAT-EATING ENVIRONMENTALIST
Tue Mar 06 2007 17:08:05 ET

The Most 'Inconvenient Truth': According to U.N., Animals Raised for Food
Generate More Greenhouse Gases Than All Cars and Trucks Combined

Norfolk, Va. - This morning, PETA sent a letter to former vice president Al
Gore explaining to him that the best way to fight global warming is to go
vegetarian and offering to cook him faux "fried chicken" as an introduction
to meat-free meals. In its letter, PETA points out that Gore's film, An
Inconvenient Truth-which starkly outlines the potentially catastrophic
effects of global warming and just won the Academy Award for "Best
Documentary"-has failed to address the fact that the meat industry is the
largest contributor to greenhouse-gas emissions.

In the letter, PETA points out the following:

· The effect that our meat addiction is having on the climate is truly
staggering. In fact, in its recent report "Livestock's Long
Shadow-Environmental Issues and Options," the United Nations determined that
raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars
and trucks in the world combined.

· Researchers at the University of Chicago have determined that switching to
a vegan diet is more effective in countering global warming than switching
from a standard American car to a Toyota Prius.

PETA also reminds Gore that his critics love to question whether he
practices what he preaches and suggests that by going vegetarian, he could
cut down on his contribution to global warming and silence his critics at
the same time.

"The single best thing that any of us can do to for our health, for animals,
and for the environment is to go vegetarian," says PETA President Ingrid E.
Newkirk. "The best and easiest way for Mr. Gore to show his critics that he's
truly committed to fighting global warming is to kick his meat habit
immediately."

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