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Manure Contributes to Toxic Byproducts in Drinking Water
A new report documents how manure and other contaminants find their way into treated water.
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EPA Civil Rights Work Stalls Under Trump as Communities Wait for Justice
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Supreme Court Ruling Leads to Second Wave of NOAA Firings
Climate•6 min read
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Prop 12 Is Under Attack Again, But Some Republicans Aren’t On Board
Policy•9 min read
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Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?
The precedent in prisons exists.
Food•8 min read
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Iowa Dairy Manure Spill Kills Over 100,000 Fish in 10-Mile Stretch of Dry Run Creek
Food•4 min read
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Perspective
MAHA’s ‘Natural’ Foods Obsession Doesn’t Account for the Way We Actually Eat
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The Ugly, if Unsurprising, Truth About Collagen
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Venison Donated to Food Banks May Contain Lead. The NRA Could Be Why.
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How Ads for Meat, Milk and Eggs Sell You a Fantasy
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How Bezos, Zuckerberg, Gates and Musk Are Trying — or Not Trying — to Make Meat Sustainable
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Phrases Newly Banned At USDA Include ‘Safe Drinking Water’ and ‘Climate Change,’ Leaked Memo Reveals
Policy•5 min read
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Two States Declared Themselves Bird-Flu Free. But What Does That Really Mean?
Why the threat is far from over, regardless of state lines.
Health•6 min read
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What Food Webs Are & How Cattle Ranching Harms Them
Many factors affect biodiversity, but meat production is particularly destructive.
Climate•10 min read
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Food Security Researchers in 20 Countries Thought They Had U.S. Funding. Then Trump Took Office
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Exclusive: the USDA’s Farm Animal Welfare Research Lab — With Just One Scientist Remaining — Dismantled by Trump
Sentient has learned that the primary federal laboratory for farm animal welfare research has lost its probationary scientists to the mass firings.
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Dãnia Davy has been tracking executive orders for farmers since day one, free of charge.
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Sentient investigates and explains factory farms and their effect on climate, the environment, animals, health, politics and rural communities.
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What Animal Advocates Are Bracing for With Trump’s Return
“An interview with Delci Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School.
Meat Industry Uses Academics to Distort Climate Impact, Research Shows
“We sat down with Viveca Morris and Jennifer Jacquet to discuss their research into the money flowing to academics from the livestock industry.