Exempting factory farms.
Byline: The Register-Guard Every day, the waste from tens of thousands of dairy cows at Threemile Canyon Farms in Boardman releases more than 15,000 pounds of ammonia into the atmosphere. The toxic emissions pose a potential health threat to people living and working nearby, and they contribute...

Should pro-lifers show pictures of aborted babies?
St. Thomas Aquinas remained the model of fairness as he gave full voice to the strongest objections before stating his own arguments demonstrating the existence and nature of God, angels, man and all related things. It was fitting that he did so, because good and serious people often hold...

Factory farms mainly responsible.
The growth of factory farms, their proximity to congested cities in the developing world, and the globalized poultry trade all are culprits behind the spread of avian flu, while livestock wastes damage the climate at a rate that surpasses emissions from cars and SUVs, according to the findings on...

Building an ark; 101 solutions to animal suffering.
9780865715660 Building an ark; 101 solutions to animal suffering. Smith, Ethan. New Society Publishers Ltd. 2007 271 pages $24.95 Paperback HV4708 Smith offers solutions to ending animal suffering, for a variety...

Empathy for animals.
Thank you for the article "Fast Food" (Practicing Catholic, March) by Megan Sweas. For most of my life, I ate meat and never really thought about the animals that were killed for my dinner. But I, too, have been horrified by the treatment of animals in factory farms. ...

From plate to planet.
Thank you for your article "Cheeseless and Loving It" (Your Health, November/December 2007). Like Sarah Florez, I decided to go vegan after I learned how animals are abused and cruelly killed on factory farms and in slaughterhouses. But, as your article mentions, going vegan is also one of the...

Fast food: abstaining from chicken nuggets and burgers during Lent can teach us about caring for animals, our neighbors, and the Earth as much as it does about self-control.
I ONCE THOUGHT THAT TO BE CATHOLIC MEANT TO EAT meat. It wasn't a holiday without Mass, Polish sausage, and turkey or ham. Even my family Christmas cookie recipe's secret ingredient is lard. God gave us dominion of animals. Meat on our plate is God's delicious gift to us....

A low-meat diet?
I was disappointed that "A Low-Carbon Diet" (in "Between the Lines," compiled by Rose Marie Berger and Alexis Vaughan, March 2008) did not, in fact, address our diet. In most discussions about how to reduce our carbon footprint, diet is overlooked. In fact, animal agriculture contributes as much greenhouse...

The cow in the living room.
I politely passed on the offer of a bison burger at a recent Ted Turner-hosted fundraising event I attended in New York City (no, I'm not a donor--we were invited as press). But I couldn't resist a wisecrack and a wink to the server that it was only because...

Don't take on too much when expanding garden.
Byline: Paul ROGERS COLUMN: ROOTS OF WISDOM Are you one of the many gardeners planning on expanding your vegetable garden this year? Perhaps you are considering planting vegetables for the first time? What is already growing in the minds of homeowners is an awareness that...