Hog Wash

Just in case you needed something to help you enjoy that last weekend of 2006 check out this great article on the pork industry and how it's decimating the environment of the Southeast. And here's the environmental economics angle: if the prok producers actually had to pay to treat the millions of tons of toxic pig excrement they would lose money. Instead, they dump it into rivers largely untreated, killing millions of fish and destroying ecosystems. Happy New Year!!