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Jason Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 2h

"From January to July, as noted by Reuters, solar generation delivered 39% of [California's] generation, a record level, while fossil fuels provided just 26%, a new low since the dawn of modern gas power."
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Solar is crushing gas power in California this year

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants have pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 7h

Indonesia is moving to designate 17 seagrass habitats as strategic areas for blue carbon, a plan that promises climate & community benefits but raises concerns over safeguards.

Experts welcome the initiative but warn it must avoid privatization, ensure fair benefit-sharing & guarantee transparency.

Indonesia eyes seagrass zoning for blue carbon; experts urge community benefits

Indonesia’s push to legalize a blue carbon zoning plan that’s focused on seagrass has sparked optimism for climate solutions, but some experts debate its risks and safeguards. The Indonesian Marine…

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d

This story is absolutely bonkers.

“There is a “crazy hole in our food safety system” that prevents the FDA from entering Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) to sample for pathogens that have caused an outbreak in people”.
Let the stewards of the land poison us galore.

Julian A Nowogrodzki @plantnerd.bsky.social · 1d

Factory farm dust could be the missing link in a major food poisoning outbreak, thanks to a "crazy hole in our food safety system”

Natasha Gilbert reports: sentientmedia.org/factory-farm...

How Factory Farm Air Pollution Can Spread Dangerous Bacteria

Factory farm dust can spread E. coli and could have sparked a large food poisoning outbreak in 2018, a new study shows.

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FarmSTAND @farmstand.bsky.social · 1d

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards have made manure a goldmine for mega-dairies. Nearby communities of color pay the price. “We’re trapped here…It’s a time bomb where we live” sentientmedia.org/california-c... @gaeacabico.bsky.social

How a California Clean Energy Program Became a Boon for Big Dairies

Central Valley residents say the state’s program for cutting methane emissions incentivizes factory farms and leaves local communities gasping.

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 22h

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 2d

In La Paz County Arizona, like 80% of the state, there are few restrictions on groundwater use.

We went to investigate why the desert is running dry, and who stands to profit.

Meet the residents who fear that without change, the area will become unlivable.
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In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm

Meet the residents of La Paz County Arizona. Here, like 80% of the state, there are few restrictions on groundwater use. We went to investigate why the desert is running dry, and who stands to…

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 2d

So, @revealnews.org / @motherjones.com first broke the story of foreign governments setting up massive farms in rural Arizona to suck up unregulated groundwater for export. (Also google "The Grab.") Independent newsroom @sentientmedia.org just re-upped the story, including this compelling video.

In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm

YouTube video by Sentient

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Jenny Splitter @jennysplitter.bsky.social · 1d

Are your dreams haunted by Toni Collette too or just me after binging Wayward?

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Jenny Splitter @jennysplitter.bsky.social · 1d

This was literally my torts professor crossing the quad on a Friday afternoon.

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Jenny Splitter @jennysplitter.bsky.social · 1d

"Although foreign-owned private farms make-up fewer than one percent of farms in Arizona, the outcome of the extraction, foreign-owned or not, is the same: The big guys, who can keep digging deeper and deeper, are the ones who will survive." New reporting from @ninaelkadi.com here:

Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 2d

In La Paz County Arizona, like 80% of the state, there are few restrictions on groundwater use.

We went to investigate why the desert is running dry, and who stands to profit.

Meet the residents who fear that without change, the area will become unlivable.
buff.ly/32dhv7q

In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm

Meet the residents of La Paz County Arizona. Here, like 80% of the state, there are few restrictions on groundwater use. We went to investigate why the desert is running dry, and who stands to…

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Jenny Splitter @jennysplitter.bsky.social · 2d

Important reporting from @kennytorrella.bsky.social on how the meat lobby has infiltrated NYC climate week, including sponsoring Regen House and Food Tank events. Full story here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The Protein Pact, a coalition of meat and dairy companies and trade groups, sponsored a panel put on by the climate events company Nest Climate Campus, which listed one of Protein Pact’s representatives — who spoke on its main stage — as a “climate action expert.” The Protein Pact is also a leading sponsor of Regen House, an agriculture events company that hosted several days of Climate Week programming. Meanwhile, the Meat Institute — the founder of the Protein Pact — sponsored events put on by Food Tank, a nonprofit think tank. It would be one thing if the Protein Pact were open to compromise on environmental regulation and spoke more honestly about their industries’ climate impact. But many of its members lobby against environmental action and downplay the industry’s environmental footprint. Some even participated in the campaign against EAT-Lancet’s first report.

Given this track record, it’s hard to see the industry’s presence at Climate Week as anything but a reputation laundering effort.

The Meat Institute, Food Tank, Nest Climate Campus, and Regen House didn’t respond to requests for comment.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 3d

Data analysis by @sentientmedia.org, a CCNow partner, finds that less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as a source of carbon emissions despite the fact that “food and agriculture contribute 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels.”

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 4d

“Emissions from food are still very underreported,” @jennysplitter.bsky.social, Sentient's editor-in-chief, tells Anay Mridul of Green Queen. Learn more about our analysis of 11 major U.S. outlets:

Less Than 4% of US Media Climate Coverage Mentions Meat & Dairy's Emissions Toll: New Analysis

An analysis of hundreds of online articles from US media shows that less than 4% mention and contextualise the role of meat in climate change. Here's why.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 5d

EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report.

On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 5d

BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow at 11 a.m.

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Jenny Splitter @jennysplitter.bsky.social · 8d

"37 researchers worked for over two years to answer the question: How can we feed the world’s growing population in a healthy manner without risking environmental collapse?"

The backlash to the research was intense and intentional, and it could happen it again.
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The Study Big Meat Tried to Bury — and Why It Matters Again

When a sweeping scientific study called for eating less meat, the meat industry launched a full-scale attack. And we could be in for a repeat.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 9d

misleading outrage bait

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 9d

To claim that the only way to condemn violent murders is to turn those killed into great national icons after their deaths actually undermines the principle of nonviolence, because it suggests anyone who is not a great person might deserve to be killed.

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Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 10d

BREAKING: Multiple people were shot at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, police said.

The church was set on fire, police said, adding that there is no threat to the public. "The shooter is down," according to police.

Multiple people shot at Michigan church: Police

Multiple people were shot Sunday at the Church of Latter Day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, police said.

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Jenny Splitter @jennysplitter.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to @joefassler.bsky.social and @environment.theguardian.com for covering Sentient’s media analysis — hope it sparks more reporting on emissions from food!

Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 11d

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 14d

According to documents reviewed by Sentient, @iowadnr.bsky.social employees who visited pork producer Seaboard Triumph Foods were shaken by conditions at the facility. @ninaelkadi.com reports:

Iowa Environmental Services Employees Disgusted at Seaboard Triumph Foods Pork Plant Conditions

“It probably did wonders for your appetite,” one employee wrote to another after the slaughterhouse visit.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 14d

Current subhed vs original

Current: “The president wants to stem rising autism rates”

Original: “The president wants to solve the autism problem”

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 19d

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‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry

The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.

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Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry

The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-fun...

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Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 20d

My new book is published today, and my cats highly recommend it.

www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 21d

Sentient’s Editor-in-Chief @jennysplitter.bsky.social will be speaking to journalism fellows in Green Queen Media's Climate Feed Fellowship, the first-ever program designed to empower the next generation of journalists to spotlight the critical link between food and climate.

Climate Feed Fellowship Expert Speaker: Jenny Splitter

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