Environment/Environmental Justice Stories
- Ohio foodbanks: Funding needed for fresh food with local roots Ohio food banks are urging state lawmakers to approve what they said is a modest budget increase needed to get more fresh, local produce into the hands of hungry families. The request coincides with National Fruits and Vegetables Month and a broader call to support […]
- OR farmers block construction of new factory farm By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient Climate.Broadcast version by Isobel Charle for Oregon News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration Teresa Mitchell Clausen was almost finished with her shift at a local farm store when a customer came in looking to buy a fruit tree. […]
- Rural Utah mayor advocates for clean energy tax credits The mayor of a rural Utah town said the clean energy investments and tax credits created by the Inflation Reduction Act are helping drive economic growth and diversify her town's energy portfolio. Lenise Peterman, mayor of Helper, stressed tax credits have been vital for communities like […]
- Funding approved for AR water projects Arkansas lawmakers passed several bills during this year's legislative session to upgrade and improve the state's water and wastewater systems. One of the measures is Act 578, which would provide $500 million for projects through 2043. Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward said the state's current infrastructure has been […]
- CAFO v. factory farm: What’s the difference? By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Missouri News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration An estimated 99 percent of farm animals in the U.S. live in what the government calls Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. But what exactly makes something a […]
- House reconciliation bill risks job losses, higher energy bills in SD A new analysis of what Congressional lawmakers have dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act found it would eliminate thousands of jobs in South Dakota and slow economic growth. The bill's current language repeals multiple federal policies, funding programs and tax credits meant to […]
- Conservationists pin hopes on OR's ‘1% for Wildlife’ bill In the last few weeks of the Oregon Legislative Session, wildlife advocates say the state has an opportunity to make needed progress in conservation efforts with three bills still in play. The 1% for Wildlife bill would protect more than 300 imperiled species by funding the […]
- Gas company criticized for slow projects in MD, Washington D.C. As Washington D.C.'s sole gas company continues a multi-billion dollar, 40-year project to replace methane pipes, clean energy advocates argue the projects are misguided and alternatives to gas pipes are better for public health and the environment. Washington Gas's plan will upgrade 200 miles of […]