Caustic Burno
Well-known member
Thank Goodness we wiped out the evil buffalo
Global Warming Comments -- NCBA submitted comments this week to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on its proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed rule claims that future risks to the polar bear are based on the so-called global risks of greenhouse gas emissions and resulting climate change. In its comments, NCBA argues that the scientific basis for this claim is unsubstantiated.
Ruminant animals, such as cattle, sheep, buffalo, and goats, because of their special digestive systems, can convert otherwise unusable plant materials into nutritious food and fiber. In the digestive process, however, the animals produce methane. Critics of agriculture believe that methane, as well as nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions resulting from livestock operations, contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
If this proposed rule were to go into effect, any activity that allegedly affects climate change or greenhouse gas emissions may have to be evaluated and approved by U.S. Fish and Wildlife for its affects on ice flows in the Artic. This could mean that with the methane and carbon dioxide produced by our animals on every U.S. cattle operation could be affected.
In comments, NCBA is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to evaluate at all science and historical trends before making a final ruling. The imposition of these regulations on American industries in the name of curbing an irreversible and naturally occurring phenomenon is irrational and expensive.
Global Warming Comments -- NCBA submitted comments this week to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on its proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed rule claims that future risks to the polar bear are based on the so-called global risks of greenhouse gas emissions and resulting climate change. In its comments, NCBA argues that the scientific basis for this claim is unsubstantiated.
Ruminant animals, such as cattle, sheep, buffalo, and goats, because of their special digestive systems, can convert otherwise unusable plant materials into nutritious food and fiber. In the digestive process, however, the animals produce methane. Critics of agriculture believe that methane, as well as nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions resulting from livestock operations, contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
If this proposed rule were to go into effect, any activity that allegedly affects climate change or greenhouse gas emissions may have to be evaluated and approved by U.S. Fish and Wildlife for its affects on ice flows in the Artic. This could mean that with the methane and carbon dioxide produced by our animals on every U.S. cattle operation could be affected.
In comments, NCBA is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to evaluate at all science and historical trends before making a final ruling. The imposition of these regulations on American industries in the name of curbing an irreversible and naturally occurring phenomenon is irrational and expensive.
