SATURDAY'S editorial discussed a recent study by Cambridge University that determined that greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced if Catholics around the world went back to the old practice of not eating meat on Fridays. Given Pope Francis' oft-stated concern for the environment, the researchers expressed the hope that he would reinstitute the practice, because if even a minority of the world's 1.36 billion Catholic adherents would follow it, greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by an amount substantial enough to actually make a difference in slowing global warming.
Several planet-killing gasbags are fattened up for market, on a farm in Isabela Province. Manila Times photo