Atlantic Article - Big Meat: Fueling Change or Greenwashing Fuel?

By Anna Lappé (author of Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It)
June 3, 2010

"On January 13, 2009, Tyson—one of the world's largest processors of chicken, beef, and pork—and the fuel company Syntroleum broke ground in Geismar, Louisiana, on a "renewable" diesel plant. The fuel will be produced in part with Tyson factory farm byproducts, including animal fat and poultry litter. ("Litter" is the euphemistic term for poultry poop mixed with feathers, leftover feed, bedding, and whatever else ends up on the factory floor.) Tyson says this plant, along with another one it's building with oil giant ConocoPhillips in Borger, Texas, will produce diesel destined for military and commercial aircraft. Once it is working at full capacity, the Geismar plant alone, Tyson estimates, will produce roughly one quarter of the country's current total output of biofuels...."

http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2010/06/big-meat-fueling-change-or-greenwashing-fuel/57304/