Trump Halts Government Agency Communication, Making Bird Flu Even More...
Since President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on Monday, public health officials have found themselves at a confusing — and potentially dangerous — standstill. On a global scale, the newly elected...
View ArticleHow Wildfires Affect Animals, Explained
January’s Los Angeles fires set ablaze over 35,000 acres. Last year and a couple of states away in Texas, the Smokehouse Creek fires impacted over one million acres. Fires of this magnitude devastate...
View ArticleAgriculture — Especially Cattle Feed — Uses Most of Earth’s Freshwater
Less than one percent of the Earth’s water is available for human use. This limited supply, known as freshwater, can be sourced from rivers, lakes and groundwater. This is also the water we rely on...
View Article4 Potential Climate Solutions — and Their Viability
In an unexpected but no-less-depressing development, NASA has announced that 2024 was the hottest year on record. This wasn’t an anomaly, as every one of the past 10 years has been one of the 10...
View ArticleWhy Red Food Dye Is Banned, but Processed Meat Is Still Sold Without a Warning
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) effectively banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods, citing concerns the additive may be carcinogenic — based on testing in rats. The push to ban...
View ArticleWhy Carbon Offsets Often Don’t Work, Explained
Shortly after taking office in January, President Trump issued a flurry of executive orders seeking to reverse or limit federal action on global warming, and cast doubt on the future of countless...
View ArticleHow Many Chickens Are Killed Every Year?
Sometime in the 2010s, chicken surpassed pork to become the most widely produced meat in the world. As of 2022, tens of billions of chickens are killed every year to feed humanity’s growing appetite...
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Why Eating Local Isn’t a Climate Solution
Among the most popular bits of advice for those seeking to reduce their carbon footprint is to “eat local.” But unfortunately, eating local is not a climate solution that packs much of a punch. When...
View ArticleWhat ‘Food Desert’ Means — and Why the Term Is Misleading
The Trump administration is taking greater control over who has access to food in this country. That’s bad news for those struggling to make ends meet: Several of President Trump’s new appointees have...
View ArticleTrump’s Plan to Lower Egg Prices, Explained
The avian flu outbreak is entering its fourth year, and egg prices are still sky-high. Donald Trump won the presidency in part on a pledge to lower egg prices, and in February, Secretary of...
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