Published December 4, 2008 09:03PM
News from the Vegosphere
December 4, 2008
From vampire to veg: “Twilight” ingenue to play vegetarian punk rocker Joan Jett in “The Runaways” film.
Yahoo News
BPA-free: One type of moss found in the gut of a 52,000-year-old glacier mummy likely used as a food wrapping.
Overrated: Five fridge models stripped of their Energy Star labels.
Now if they could just stop saying “pigskin”: The home of the San Diego Chargers tops the list of PETA’s veg-friendly NFL stadiums.
Viva Brazil! The nation that’s home to the world’s largest area of tropical forests announces plans to cut deforestation by 70% over the next decade.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
No warrant required: Solar mobile phones, strategically placed in trees, allow scientists to eavesdrop on koalas, to help with preservation efforts.
—VT Editors