“Regardless of socioeconomic status, political affiliation or racial geographic areas, water is the most precious resource that we have...You don’t have water, you die. It’s that simple.”
My latest for @insideclimatenews.org on how drought is impacting rural drinking water: bit.ly/4nl0RKT
Emily Payne
A new poll found that 82% of Iowa voters are more likely to support an elected official who makes protecting clean water a top priority — including by cutting industrial agriculture pollution. @epayne.bsky.social reports:
Iowa’s hogs alone produce an estimated 110 billion pounds of manure each year, generating harmful air pollutants and contaminating local waterways.
I report on the latest study linking CAFOs to higher cancer rates for Sentient:
sentientmedia.org/cancer-rates...
Three new lawsuits allege that the USDA forces organic dairies to subsidize a system that primarily benefits conventional dairy. @epayne.bsky.social reports:
“Whenever we optimize for one value, we risk undermining another. The history of farmed animal breeding makes this clear,” says Jeff Sebo, professor and co-director of the Wild Animal Welfare Program at New York University.
sentientmedia.org/breeding-cli...
Minnesota officials seek public input as critics say the state's current rule to prevent agricultural nitrate pollution has failed to curb water contamination. @epayne.bsky.social reports:
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Sentient
In the San Luis Valley, the ongoing megadrought and a record-low snowpack are draining groundwater and increasing its concentrations of toxic metals. There are few protections for residents drinking f...
In Morris, Minnesota, Riverview hopes to build the biggest dairy and feedlot in state history. Residents and environmental groups say it could strain regional water resources and worsen pollution. @epayne.bsky.social reports:
In California, Texas and Iowa, cancer rates are 4-8% higher in areas with more industrial animal agriculture.
Climatemaxxing livestock can worsen animal welfare. And yet many efforts to make livestock healthier are actually win-win-wins, raising productivity, improving animal welfare, and reducing environmental impacts, as I note in this @epayne.bsky.social article.
Dan Blaustein-Rejto
A new report argues that focusing solely on climate emissions can result in breeding programs that increase animal suffering.
