More than 50,000 U.N. officials, scientists, environmental advocates and a few heads of state will gather this coming week in Rio de Janeiro for a conference on sustainable development. They’re assembling 20 years after the first Earth Summit was held in the same city, and the goal now, as it was then, is to figure out how to cut dangerous greenhouse gases and help the 1.3 billion people living in extreme poverty.
To Fix The Climate, Take Meat Off The Menu
Frances Kissling, Peter Singer, Washington Post
Fri, 06/15/2012 - 1:50pm
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