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Monday, March 17, 2025
Iowa slaughterhouse faces water pollution lawsuit
By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration In …
Monday, March 17, 2025
Nebraska meatpackers call on feds to deregulate industry
By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Nebraska News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service …
Monday, March 17, 2025
Legislation could hinder TX wind, solar projects
Clean-energy advocates in Texas are closely monitoring a bill before the Legislature that, if passed, could stop the development and operation of …
Monday, March 17, 2025
CA local leaders protest massive rollback of federal environmental protections
Local leaders in California are slamming the Trump administration's moves to gut dozens of environmental policies on climate change and pollution in l…
Religious leaders gather in TX to fight oil and gas subsidies
Forty religious leaders from different denominations gathered in Texas this week to call for an end to fossil-fuel subsidies and expansion of related …
PA faith leader part of TX protest of oil, gas subsidies
A Buddhist minister from Pennsylvania joined 40 religious leaders in Texas this week to demand an end to fossil-fuel subsidies and expansion of oil an…
MI expert predicts future of solar energy amid evolving federal policies
Michigan ranks 26th in the U.S. for total installed solar capacity, while global capacity rose 21% from 2023. However, there are industry concerns …
Power of rural organizing reflected in SD carbon pipeline law
The future of a big carbon capture project in the Midwest was thrown off balance after a new South Dakota law was adopted. Rural property owners made …
MS groups fight to curb corporate control in agriculture
Advocates for family farms in Mississippi are sounding alarms about the increasing dominance of large corporations in the state's agricultural sector…
With ozone season, bad air days to increase in NC
Bad air quality days are a heightened concern as ozone season begins in North Carolina. Ozone season in the state lasts from March through October…
OH Statehouse symposium to address oil, gas waste on rural roads
Concerns are growing in Ohio over the use of oil and gas waste for dust control on rural roads, a practice some environmental groups argued is …
Study: L.A.’s urban trees remove more C02 than expected
A new study shows trees in mid-city Los Angeles absorb up to 60% of carbon dioxide emissions during spring and summer when the trees are most active…