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Consider your diet for Earth Day | Letter – The Courier-Journal

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CJ Letter 11:21 a.m. ET April 20, 2017

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As thousands across the U.S. get ready to protest environmental budgetcuts, each of us can also help with our driving, our recycling, and ourdiet.

Yes, our diet. A 2010 United Nations report blames animal agriculturefor 70 percent of global freshwater use, 38 percent of land use, and 19 percent of greenhousegas emissions.

Carbon dioxide is emitted by burning forests to create animal pasturesand by fossil fuel combustion to operate farm machinery, trucks, factoryfarms, and slaughterhouses. The more damaging methane and nitrous oxideare released from digestive tracts of cattle and from animal wastecesspools, respectively.

Moreover, meat and dairy production dump more animal waste, cropdebris, fertilizers, pesticides, and other pollutants into our waterwaysthan all other human activities combined. It is the driving force inwildlife habitat destruction.

In an environmentally sustainable world, meat and dairy products in ourdiet must be replaced by vegetables, fruits, and grains, just as fossilfuels are replaced by wind, solar, and other pollution-free energysources.

On this Earth Day and every day, lets cherish our environment with eco-friendly plant-based eating. Our next trip to the supermarket is a great starting point.

Lyle Rutter Louisville40203

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