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Zach Boren
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chuffed that @ellieodonnell.bsky.social and i have been shortlisted for @absw.bsky.social awards for our investigation into the UK's sewage sludge mess
our work helped push the government to consult on new regulations for spreading sludge on farmland ✌️
www.absw.org.uk/pages/meet-t...
Zach Boren
Hunh. The Trump administration's big play to auction off Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to fossil fuel companies ... was a total bust.
No major companies bid. Only 72,000 acres out of 689,000 were sold.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
great to see the NYT spotlighting how pork producers are trying to reverse animal welfare measures passed in california & massachusetts
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/o...
The sale of 72,000 acres in leases is nonetheless a step toward extraction in the wilderness home to caribou and polar bears.
www.washingtonpost.com
lmao only the telegraph can blame the industrial chicken boom on 'being told to eat less red meat'
(the piece itself is quite good)
www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/...
In 2015 there were 70 dairy farms in the UK where the cows can't go outside, now there's 180
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
uk chicken production is at record highs and still growing. imports are rising too.
the industry's answer is weaker planning rules and more factory farms. but maybe we should be asking how to reduce demand rather than just continually boosting supply?
www.ft.com/content/7552...
a finding from this terrific research by agtivist
stories.agtivistagency.com/rise-of-the-...
“we need to take the decision away from local planning officers”
last week a director at Avara Foods, owned by US ag giant Cargill, argued for a national framework for intensive poultry planning
poultry.network/uk-could-run...
follows my investigation last month with @theguardian.com that showed the govt is changing factory farm planning rules after pressure from the poultry industry
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
and it's not just a british phenomenon
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Investigation finds number of dairy farms where cows cannot go outside has more than doubled since 2015
THE UK could face a shortage of home-grown chicken in the near future, warned David Neilsen, Director of Agriculture at Avara Foods, at the Fair this week. Demand for chicken was set to keep growing, ...
