COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret. Director’s Note: The science and research done on the true impacts of animal agriculture is always growing. The statistics used in the film were based on the best information we had available while producing the film. We will continually update this list with further resources as they become available- GREENHOUSE GASES - Animal agriculture is responsible for 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Rome 2. 00. 6Transportation exhaust is responsible for 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome 2. 00. 6Environmental Protection Agency. Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 3.
CO2) per year, or 5. Goodland, R Anhang, J. November/December 2. Hickman, Martin. Independent. November 2. 00. 9Hyner, Christopher. Georgetown Environmental Law Review.
October 2. 3, 2. 01. Vaidyanathan, Sayathri.
The global warming potential of the gaseous fossil fuel may be consistently underestimated. Scientific American. December 2. 2, 2.
Direct Global Warming Potential. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (New)Methane has a global warming potential 8.
CO2 on a 2. 0 year time frame. Shindell, Drew T, et al. Direct Global Warming Potentials. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (new)Livestock is responsible for 6. Energy Information Administration. March 3. 1, 2. 01. Emissions for agriculture projected to increase 8.
Tilman, David & Clark, Michael. November 2. 01. 4Energy related emissions expected to increase 2. Energy Global. 0. January 2. 01. 5.
International Energy Agency. Energy Information. May 1. 1, 2. 01. 6US Methane emissions from livestock and natural gas are nearly equal.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. By the numbers: GHG emissions by livestock. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks 1. United States Environmental Protection Agency (new)Cows produce 1. International Business Times. November, 2. 01. 32.
Rough average of 1. CH4 globally per day. Miller, Scot M, et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. October 2. 01. 3 (new)Converting to wind and solar power will take 2.
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The Telegraph. 2. October, 2. 01. 5 (New)Even without fossil fuels, we will exceed our 5. CO2e limit by 2. 03. Download Gabriel (2015) Movie Score. Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work.
Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2. Print. Source: calculation is based on http: //www. GHG are attributed to animal ag. Reducing methane emissions would create tangible benefits almost immediately. Climate Summit 2.
WATER - Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) water use ranges from 7. February 2. 01. 1Geetanjali, Chauhan, et al. Research Journal of Recent Sciences. ISC- 2. 01. 4), 1- 7 (2. New)Animal agriculture water consumption ranges from 3.
United States Geological Service. Pimentel, David, et al.
Agriculture? 1. 2 October, 2. Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 5. US. Chapter 4: More and Cleaner Water”. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2. Californians use 1.
Close to Half is associated with meat and dairy products. Fulton, Julian, et al.
Pacific Institute. December 2. 01. 22,5. The amount of water used to produce 1lb. We choose to use in the film the widely cited conservative number of 2. US beef from Dr. George Borgstrom, Chairman of Food Science and Human Nutrition Dept of College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, .
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Print. 47. 7 gallons of water are required to produce 1lb. Environmental Working Group. Water for Food. Mekonnen, Mesfin M. Ecosystems (2. 01. US is by private homes. US is for animal agriculture.
Chapter 4: More and Cleaner Water”. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2. Animal Agriculture is responsible for 2. Ecosystems (2. 01. Gerbens- Leenes, P. W. Water Resources and Industry.
March- June 2. 01. Pages 2. 5- 3. 6Herrero, Mario, et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Oppenlander DDS, Richard.
Where Is It All Going? May 2. 0,2. 01. 3- LAND - Livestock or livestock feed occupies 1/3 of the earth’s ice- free land. Remedies urgently needed.
FAO Newsroom. 2. 9 November 2. Walsh, Bryan. 1. 6, 2. New)Livestock covers 4. Thornton, Phillip, et al. Livestock xchange. International Livestock Research Institute.
November 2. 01. 1Smith, Pete & Bustamante, Mercedes, et al. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Chapter 1. 1 Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction. In addition to the monumental habitat destruction caused by clearing forests and converting land to grow feed crops and for animal grazing, predators and . The widespread use of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers used in the production of feed crops often interferes with the reproductive systems of animals and poison waterways.
The overexploitation of wild species through commercial fishing, bushmeat trade as well as animal agriculture’s impact on climate change, all contribute to global depletion of species and resources. June 9, 2. 01. 2. November 2. 5, 2. Environmental Protection Agency. Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations. Hogan, C Michael. The Encyclopedia of Earth.
June 1. 3, 2. 01. Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline// Section 7: Habitat Loss: Causes and Consequences. Annenberg Learner.
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Aug., 1. 99. 8) pp. New) Livestock operations on land have created more than 5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. August 4, 2. 01. 4Zielinski, Sarah. Smithsonian. com.
November 1. 0, 2. New)Largest mass extinction in 6. Eldredge, Niles. Action. Bioscince. February 2.
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Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2. Print. Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture. Glaser, Christine, et al. For the Center for Biological Diversity. January 2. 01. 5The US lower 4. Of that 1. 9 billion acres: 7.
Nickerson, Cynthia, et al. USDA: Economic Research Service.
December 2. 01. 1. UN News Centre. 2. November 2. 00. 61/3 of the planet is desertified, with livestock as the leading driver.
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WASTE - Every minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food in the US. This doesn’t include the animals raised outside of USDA jurisdiction or in backyards, or the billions of fish raised in aquaculture settings in the US. USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service.
RCA Issue Bief #7. December 1. 99. 5. USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service. Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook. Chapter 4. A farm with 2,5. US– 1. 4 billion tons from the meat industry annually.
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