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Journalism Has Become More Challenging, for Reporters and Sources
Researchers are more reluctant to give interviews since Trump returned to the White House.
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Researchers are more reluctant to give interviews since Trump returned to the White House.
Policy•4 min read
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Agri Star was fined just $50,000 for violating its water pollution discharge permit 60 times.
Climate•3 min read
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Water resource “hedge funds” and corporate farms are running the desert dry.
Climate•16 min read
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Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions.
Climate•7 min read
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Water demand is spiking from both agriculture and data centers. Without intervention, the Great Lakes could be strained past their limit.
Climate•7 min read
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To win over conservative lawmakers, some animal rights advocates are stressing spending cuts in their pitch.
Policy•8 min read
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Hard-line immigration policy, climate change and labor shortages are colliding to create a real problem for U.S. farms.
Food•7 min read
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The Trump administration has cut funding for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as part of an effort to reduce what it deems wasteful spending.
Farms•11 min read
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Advocates persuaded 114 municipal lawmakers on Brookline to vote for the ban.
Local Organizing•4 min read
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Recycling is easier than going vegan, but it’s also a lot less effective.
Climate•7 min read
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We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
Research•7 min read
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Trump’s EPA cites “unleashing prosperity” as it withdraws rules meant to curb pollution from slaughterhouse blood in the water supply.
Policy•6 min read
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A new framework aims to quantify farm animal suffering for better decisions about the way we produce food.
Research•6 min read
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Rising temperatures and chronically broken cooling systems are turning the lunch rush into a deadly risk for some workers.
Policy•7 min read
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New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.
Health•7 min read
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Going from 100 lbs of chicken each year to 63 would be quite the change.
Climate•5 min read
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Pitched as a boon to small towns, the biodigester financed $41.5 Million via the town of Gillett, promising jobs and future tax revenue.
Climate•6 min read
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At a township hearing, a developer revealed the 350,000 chickens would be kept mostly separate from the solar panels and probably “don’t go outside much.”
Climate•8 min read
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Justin Ransom helped launch Tyson’s controversial label for “climate friendly” beef. Now he leads the federal agency charged with meat label oversight.
Policy•8 min read
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To stay afloat, food banks in the Global South are considering selling controversial offsets for revenue.
Climate•8 min read
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The new docuseries digs into the dairy industry’s widespread influence in America.
Food•6 min read
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Once the home of the massive Union Stock Yards, the infamous dumping ground is now a popular recreational area.
Climate•10 min read
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Amid rising cancer rates, citizens are demanding Governor Reynolds take more meaningful action.
Climate•9 min read
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Another day, another dollar, another attempt by the GOP to repeal the animal welfare law.
Factory Farms•7 min read
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New research argues tackling food-related climate emissions is more urgent than you think.
Climate•7 min read
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In her first six months, Donald Trump’s second agriculture secretary has altered the course of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Policy•21 min read
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By utilizing intercompany loans and dividends, and a network of shell companies based in Luxembourg, JBS has been able to dodge paying taxes where it conducts business.
Climate•9 min read
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Nearly all farm animals in the U.S. are confined in industrial operations that lack adequate space, ventilation or cooling systems.
Climate•8 min read
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A proposed 60-house poultry operation near the Satilla River has locals alarmed about pollution, health risks and the future of their water.
Climate•8 min read
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The dairy industry in Vermont relies heavily on immigrant hires, workers who are now being detained and deported. And sometimes freed.
Food•10 min read
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There are ways to make the Fourth of July safer for pets, wildlife and farm animals.
Animal Behavior•4 min read
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How activists in the U.S. and Canada are working together to oppose new factory farms.
Climate•7 min read
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Blended meats could help omnivores cut back.
Food•6 min read
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The tradeoffs — better soil health, lower yields — come with steep consequences for climate change.
Research•5 min read
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Cattle ranching fuels climate pollution, but its land-clearing effects can also make wildfires more likely to spread.
Climate•6 min read
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Recent anti-trans political ads were funded in part by meat industry trade groups, including multiple ads comparing trans people to cattle.
Elections•12 min read
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Here’s what the latest research says.
Research•9 min read
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Two years ago, the Supreme Court made it easier to destroy swamps and marshes. Agricultural lobbyists want to keep it that way.
Policy•11 min read
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Students do learn about methane, but not about eating less meat.
Big Meat•7 min read
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Offering kids nondairy milk could be a climate solution. No one's talking about it that way.
Policy•8 min read
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Residents and researchers teamed up to show the airborne spread of pig poop from nearby factory farms in Duplin County.
Breakthroughs•8 min read
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How ‘open rescue’ prosecutions reveal larger systemic issues.
Legal Action•13 min read
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Amid fears of a potential pandemic, researchers are busy preparing for the worst.
Health•6 min read
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How a meat industry PR group is trying to pass itself off as climate-friendly.
Big Meat•7 min read
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Research suggests this fishing practice releases up to 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year.
Research•7 min read
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Thirteen civil rights complaints, including from communities impacted by poultry farm pollution, have been left in limbo.
Policy•16 min read
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Why the threat is far from over, regardless of state lines.
Health•6 min read
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New research shows which products are closest to "taste parity" — and which need more work.
Food•6 min read
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Two new studies reveal decades of industry tactics to downplay beef’s role in climate.
Big Meat•8 min read
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From Atkins to Carnivore, a look at the evolution and risks of high-protein diets.
Diet•9 min read
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