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The Month in a Minute: November 2024
November’s top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•2 min read
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November’s top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•2 min read
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Human cases remain rare but the risk of an outbreak could change at any time.
Health•2 min read
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All of Sentient’s election coverage in one place.
Election 2024•1 min read
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October’s top stories about climate, factory farms and health.
Month in a Minute•2 min read
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Avian flu poses an increasing risk to humans. Here's what we know, and a link to all of our coverage.
Health•1 min read
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September's top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•3 min read
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August’s top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•3 min read
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July’s top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•3 min read
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A new Supreme Court ruling effectively guts the regulatory power of federal agencies.
Law & Justice•6 min read
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June's top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•4 min read
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The plant-based leader hopes to boost sales by tapping into the American tradition of measuring masculinity with meat.
Food•6 min read
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May's top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•4 min read
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April's top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•4 min read
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March’s top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•3 min read
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February’s top stories about climate, animals and health.
Month in a Minute•4 min read
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Documentaries can lead to real cultural shifts — but that comes with predictable blowback.
Diet•8 min read
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A DeSmog review of hundreds of documents identifies eight arguments fielded by the industrial farming lobby to allay concerns over livestock drugs.
Food•26 min read
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This year's top stories in farming, climate and food.
Month in a Minute•5 min read
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Layoffs and a declining stock price may signal trouble for the U.S.'s largest poultry producer
Food•2 min read
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December’s top stories in farming, climate and food in 60 seconds.
Month in a Minute•4 min read
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As negotiations get underway at COP28, we compiled a list of the leading research documenting the connection between meat and greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate•11 min read
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November’s top stories in agriculture, climate and food in 60 seconds.
Month in a Minute•4 min read
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When a 9-year-old tried to pull her goat from auction, Shasta County fair officials insisted the animal be killed to teach her a lesson about meat.
Food•7 min read
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October’s top stories in agriculture, climate and food in 60 seconds
Month in a Minute•5 min read
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September’s top stories in agriculture, climate and food in 60 seconds
Month in a Minute•7 min read
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August’s top stories in agriculture, climate and food in 60 seconds
Month in a Minute•11 min read
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The new bill represents the single biggest challenge to animal welfare laws, but food safety and honey bee protections are also at risk.
Law & Justice•10 min read
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July’s top stories in agriculture, climate and food in 60 seconds.
Month in a Minute•12 min read
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June’s top stories in agriculture, climate and food in 60 seconds
Month in a Minute•8 min read
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Myriad examples of queer animals exist, from homosexual mountain goats to gender-bending clownfish to asexual snakes.
Research•6 min read
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A new study by Faunalytics and Sentient Media shows that animal agriculture is systematically underreported in climate media coverage.
Climate•3 min read
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We've compiled some of our most frequently used research and analysis in this food-climate reporting toolkit.
Climate•2 min read
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May’s top stories in agriculture, climate and our food system in 60 seconds.
Month in a Minute•11 min read
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A new survey finds 11 percent of Americans identify as flexitarian — with more than a quarter eating more plants but also more chicken.
Diet•5 min read
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April’s top stories in agriculture, climate and our food system in 60 seconds.
Month in a Minute•9 min read
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Are plant-based burgers healthy? Debates about processed and ultra-processed foods have made this more complicated than it needs to be.
Diet•6 min read
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Grass-roots activists and larger Māori organizations are working to introduce and restore "te ao Māori" at a national government level.
Policy•4 min read
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Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America until ranchers decimated their numbers. But today, Indigenous-led projects are restoring the bison and their ecosystems.
Climate•5 min read
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Milk and meat brands are turning to climate labels like "carbon neutral" and "net zero" to boost sales. But what do these terms actually mean?
Climate•8 min read
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Gray wolves, elephants, wildebeests and sea otters are a few of the species that can help sequester carbon and mitigate global warming.
Climate•5 min read
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Media recap of the top stories in agriculture, climate, science and justice in 60 seconds.
Month in a Minute•13 min read
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A trio of new reports — including the IPCC's latest — makes clear that food system reform is a crucial part of climate action.
Climate•4 min read
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A bounty of much-needed new federal funds will help reconnect habit for freshwater and terrestrial animals.
Climate•8 min read
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A new study finds fish can recognize their own reflection and distinguish themselves from other fish.
Science•4 min read
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New research finds significantly higher levels of PFAS in locally caught freshwater fish than store-bought fish.
Health•3 min read
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Commercial fishing methods are not designed for a quick or painless death.
Science•5 min read
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Pandemic risk is on the rise, but researchers know the cause and how to reduce the risk.
Health•4 min read
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Watch The Month in Minute media recap here.
Month in a Minute•9 min read
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Media recap of the top stories in agriculture, climate, science and justice in 60 seconds.
Month in a Minute•5 min read
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Top posts from 2022 and more.
Food•7 min read
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