My Beef With Meat If it has a face, it probably gobbles up
global resources along with its grass By Stett Holbrook Last
month, the federal government released a much-anticipated report
on global climate change. It paints a chilling picture of what
will happen if global warming continues unabated. "This report
is a game-changer," said the new director of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jane Lubchenco, at a
press conference last week. "I think that much of the foot-
dragging in addressing climate change is a reflection of the
perception that climate change is way down the road, it's in the
future and it only affects certain parts of the country. This
report demonstrates in concrete scientific information that
climate change is happening now, and it's happening in our back
yards." The report, issued by the U.S. Global Change Research
Program, compiles work from 13 different government agencies. In
a refreshing break from the science-averse Bush administration,
the report states unequivocally