Food & Agriculture
A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice
By Aman Azhar
Two Areas in Rural Arizona Might Finally Gain Protection of Their Groundwater This Year
By Aydali Campa
As Russia’s War In Ukraine Disrupts Food Production, Experts Question the Expanding Use of Cropland for Biofuels
By Georgina Gustin
US Taxpayers Are Spending Billions on Crop Insurance Premiums to Prop Up Farmers on Frequently Flooded, Unproductive Land
By Georgina Gustin
Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’
By Georgina Gustin
In the San Francisco Bay Area, the Pandemic Connects Rural Farmers and Urban Communities
By Kiley Bense
California’s Strict New Law Preventing Cruelty to Farm Animals Triggers Protests From Big U.S. Meat Producers
By Leah Campbell
‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts
By Bob Berwyn
Why Did California Regulators Choose a Firm with Ties to Chevron to Study Irrigating Crops with Oil Wastewater?
By Liza Gross
Corn-Based Ethanol May Be Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline, a New Study Finds
By Georgina Gustin
A California Water Board Assures the Public that Oil Wastewater Is Safe for Irrigation, But Experts Say the Evidence Is Scant
By Liza Gross
Warming Ocean Leaves No Safe Havens for Coral Reefs
By Bob Berwyn
Increased Flooding and Droughts Linked to Climate Change Have Sent Crop Insurance Payouts Skyrocketing
By Georgina Gustin
EPA to Probe Whether North Carolina’s Permitting of Biogas From Swine Feeding Operations Violates Civil Rights of Nearby Neighborhoods
By Aman Azhar
Warming Trends: Americans’ Alarm Grows About Climate Change, a Plant-Based Diet Packs a Double Carbon Whammy, and Making Hay from Plastic India
By Katelyn Weisbrod
In the Latest Rights of Nature Case, a Tribe Is Suing Seattle on Behalf of Salmon in the Skagit River
By Katie Surma
