Science and Animals

In his inauguration speech President Obama mentions science. He said

We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.

I assumed some of his problems were that Bush did not want to see stem cell research expanded beyond current lines and that Bush didn’t rush out and sign cap and trade agreements to reduce global warming emissions.
(stem cells – religious belief and where tax dollars go…..global warming due to concern over the economy)

Today I hear through Ralph Maughan that this congress is going to choose expedience over science too. In the latest

By a vote of 267-147, the House passed a motion by Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), instructing the conference committee on the Interior Appropriations bill to keep an amendment by Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) that prevents the Environmental Protection Agency from being allowed to gather any data on the contribution that animal agriculture makes to climate change.

That’s right. Assuming climate change, assuming that agribusiness is a huge contributer of emissions leading to climate change, we’re just going to ignore the business and focus on utility bills and other corporate interests instead.

Ralph notes a recent report saying that agribusiness contributes 18%, 18% of human global warming gasses!! Here, read him:

his news right after a new report suggests that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s report (Livestock’s Long Shadow) estimate that Livestock contribute 18% of human global warming gases in the world (more than all trains, planes, and automobiles) might have significantly underestimated Livestock’s relative contribution to Climate Change :

He’s go the link to the source of that so click on through.