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A Swedish study reveals carbon losses up to 8 times greater than previous estimates, suggesting that protecting primary forests is more critical for climate mitigation.
Climate•4 min read
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Health•5 min read
Explainer
Gelatin has made a comeback thanks to “natural” wellness trends, despite modest evidence for its effectiveness and ongoing concerns about where it comes from.
Mythbusting•5 min read
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Meat Lobby•5 min read
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Climate•11 min read
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The practice called ‘manifesting’ lets CAFOs make manure pollution legally invisible and evade liability.
Factory Farms•11 min read
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As bird flu cases surge, Colorado lawmakers target the practice of killing poultry birds by heatstroke.
Factory Farms•6 min read
Investigation
Policy•9 min read
Investigation
Supply chain disruptions may be on the rise throughout the industry for a host of reasons, including weather, labor issues and cybersecurity threats.
Food•4 min read
Investigation
Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa, even when they have advanced filtration systems.
Climate•8 min read
Solutions
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Solutions
As industrial agriculture expands in Brazil, India, Mexico and Zimbabwe, cases framed around pollution and health — plus working with agencies to enforce the law — succeed more than arguments…
Legal Action•5 min read
Solutions
The nonprofit Falling Fruit’s interactive, crowdsourced map helps people identify food growing in public spaces that might otherwise go to waste.
Climate•5 min read
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