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Trump’s Assault on Small Farmers

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This story was produced in partnership with the Food & Environment Reporting Network. Laura Beth Resnick was delivering snapdragons and anemones to clients near the White House when she got the news: In his first wave of executive orders, President Donald Trump had frozen all projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, one of his […]

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Trump Administration Aims to Roll Back Limits on Toxic “Forever Chemicals” in Drinking Water

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to rescind and postpone rules limiting “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were enacted under the Biden administration and designed to prevent millions of people from exposure to these persistent and dangerous contaminants. […]

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Dudes Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Women Do. It’s the Cars—and the Meat.

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Cars and meat are major factors driving a gender gap in greenhouse gas emissions, new research suggests. Men emit 26 pecent more planet-heating pollution than women from transport and food, according to a preprint study of 15,000 people in France. The gap shrinks to […]

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When Trump Ended a Program Feeding Californians in Need, Farmers Fought Back

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When the U.S. government chopped $1 billion from USDA programs nationally, farmers didn’t take the move lying down.

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Scientists Are Ditching Cows to Make Butter From Greenhouse Gases

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Butter was long thought to be magic. Ancient civilizations imbued it with divine beliefs and it factored into 17th-century witch trials as evidence of the dark arts. Scientists have since decoded its chemistry, but a new version of this favorite dietary fat is making it seem otherworldly again: butter made from greenhouse gases. Scientists at […]

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Trump Guts Farm-to-School Grants, Undermining “Make America Healthy Again” Plan

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture cancelled a program intended to provide public schools with locally produced fresh vegetables.

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Some States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Now Industry Is Fighting Back.

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This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2021, James Kenney and his husband were at a big box store buying a piece of furniture when the sales associate asked if they’d like to add fabric protectant. Kenney, the cabinet secretary of New Mexico’s Environment Department, asked to see […]

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