In Heartland, Discussing Climate Change Without Saying 'Climate Change'
"Doug Palen, a fourth-generation grain farmer on Kansas’ wind-swept plains, is in the business of understanding the climate."
Source: NY Times, 01/30/2017
Agriculture
Starvation Looms For 6 Million Children In Horn Of Africa, Charity Says
"Hunger, malnutrition and death threaten 6.5 million children in the impoverished drylands of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya due to back-to-back droughts, a charity said on Friday, with spring rains also predicted to be poor."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn, 01/27/2017
Getting Started on the Sustainable Ag Beat
There's a growing movement toward food production that factors in not only profitability, but environmental health and social equity as well. Our latest Reporter's Toolbox gets you started with some basic resources on the sustainable agriculture beat —who's doing research, finding local resources, tracking the chatter and more.
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As EPA, Other Agencies Muzzle Staff, WatchDog Issues Leaker's Guide
At a time when government information may be harder than ever to access, WatchDog offers a unique guide to leaks that reporters can offer potential whistleblowers. Also in the latest column, sealed records on a weedkiller-cancer connection, secret talks on coal-ash regs and more.
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"Organic Chickens Get More Room To Roam"
"It took years of heated debate, but the federal government has finally decided just how much living space an organic chicken should have."
Source: NPR, 01/20/2017
"The Tree That Shaped Human History"
"Over 2,000 years ago, an important tree had one of its branches removed on the order of Indian emperor Ashoka the Great. It was under this very tree that the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. Ashoka bestowed kingship on the branch, and planted it in a thick-rimmed solid gold vase."
Source: BBC News, 01/19/2017
Agriculture: "Trump's Last Vacant Cabinet Post"
"Three days before Donald Trump is to be inaugurated as America’s new president, just one Cabinet agency lacks a nominee to lead it: the Department of Agriculture."
Source: Atlantic, 01/18/2017
Tracking Committee Leaders for 115th Congress
To help keep tabs on the newly seated 115th Congress and its gate-keepers of energy and environment law, the latest TipSheet offers a checklist of committee leadership. Plus, a closer look at three key Senate panels, likely agendas and new leadership, such as Senate Energy Committee Chair John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (shown in photo).
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"Poison Fruit"
"Dow Chemical Wants Farmers to Keep Using a Pesticide Linked to Autism and ADHD".
Source: The Intercept, 01/16/2017
"Kansas Town Faces Big Bill to Clean Drinking Water"
"In farm country, the cost of nitrate pollution often falls on towns." "Pretty Prairie, home to 650 people on the southern Kansas plains, is a one-well town. And that well is giving the town fits."
Source: Circle of Blue, 01/12/2017
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