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What was Liz Galst's article about? Was it an informed article spreading useful information on how concerned citizens can help prevent global warming, or was it an article meant to undermine PETA?
I took a couple things away from reading the article:
1) Liz Galst completely fails to mention where PETA got their information that led to their campaign slogan "Meat is the No.1 cause of global warming"... the UN. Even stranger is that Ms. Galst never mentions that one of her interview subjects, Mr. Henning Steinfeld, is one of the men largely responsible for the 2006 United Nations report. If his past articles, including one called "Livestock's Long Shadow- Environment Issues and Options" is any indication, Mr. Steinfeld is much more in line with PETA's position on global warming and meat production than Mr. Galst would like you to believe.
2) Liz Galst is too chicken to give up meat.
3) She's hoping her readers are too.
I have never been able to understand why people act like eating meat is as important to them as their right to vote or freedom of speech. For pete's sake, it's just food! We have so many cruelty-free options today that there is no excuse for not going vegetarian. The fact remains that meat production is wasteful, damaging to the environment, and nonessential. Do the world and the animals a favor: Go Veg! I'm glad I did!
