Data Centers Are a Direct Threat
To Local Food Systems Commentary by Anthony Nicome Every morning, Carl Stover steps out onto the small back porch of his family’s modest home in Loudoun County, Virginia, and hears a sound that has come…
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The MARA Act
Would Open our Oceans to the Harms of Factory Farming By Ryan Nebeker Proponents of fish farming say it’s the most sustainable way to meet the protein needs of a growing world population. But people…
Corporate Ag Brings Global Risks
What happens when the world’s breadbaskets start failing simultaneously? By Ekamjot Dhillon Agriculture today is a massive, globally interconnected industry. That interconnectivity has brought jobs and varied foods to people who might not otherwise be…
Rooted in Resistance
Territories for Climate Justice By Nyeleni Agrarian reform and redistribution must be at the heart of climate policies Placing land and territories under the control of small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, and rural communities is…
Regenerative Agriculture in Africa
Farmers adopt food sovereignty practices amid global instability By Kate Schecter The US and Israel’s attack on Iran has led to significant price increases on fuel. Oil and gas capture the headlines. But fertilizer prices…
AI Is Hungry for Power
And You Are Footing the Bill By Lynn Parramore You can’t open a news site without tripping over a grand declaration about how AI is remaking the economy. But often there’s a crucial part of…
Dire Straits
Revisiting permanent revolution in a time of permanent crisis Commentary by Dr. Michael John-Hopkins The current moment is undeniably dangerous. A prolonged conflict in the Middle East is now triggering sustained energy shortages, global recession,…
Global Environment Outlook 7
An actionable roadmap for green transition By Ágnes Tahyné Kovács Transformative change is necessary to safeguard planetary and human health and well-being, and to address deepening inequalities stemming from the uneven consequences of global environmental…
What Clean Energy Transition?
Commentary by Steve Hendricks You may ask why, despite the growth in renewables, we keep burning more carbon than ever. The answer is simple: We—and here We means both the great mass of people and…
Biogas from CAFO Waste Is a Climate Disaster
By Brian Bienkowski A Wisconsin project dubbed the “world’s largest manure biogas project” emits nearly 5,000 metric tons of climate-warming methane annually, roughly equivalent to emissions from 30,000 gasoline-powered vehicles, according to state data that…