people (rightly) focus on water quality but rural air pollution is a serious issue and factory farms are a leading cause
top work by @sustainweb.org & @ciwf.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
the UK-EU trade deal being negotiated could mean aligning with European rules limiting antibiotic use in healthy animals.
so naturally, the farming union is pushing for a carve-out
great get by @tbij.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
i am planning on launching the site on ghost, substack is a placeholder for the time being
i am planning on launching my site on ghost, substack is a placeholder for the time being
i am planning on launching the site (and email) on ghost, substack is a placeholder for the time being
Very excited for this forthcoming project from @zdboren.bsky.social investigating the meat industry!
You can get a feel for the reporting here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sign up here: grilledmedia.substack.com
thanks amy!
UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying
- documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units
Story by @zdboren.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
i'm building GRILLED, a new investigative journalism project focused on food systems and animal agriculture. if that sounds appetising, sign up and stay tuned
grilledmedia.substack.com/welcome
"planning should enable ambition, not stifle it," farming minister angela eagle told poultry industry executives earlier this year
documents obtained by FOI chronicle a years-long effort by the industry to relax the national planning regime, framing it as necessary for animal welfare improvements
the UK is set to change planning rules to make it easier to develop intensive livestock farms across the country following a lobbying campaign by Big Chicken
my new investigation for the @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England.
I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
slightly surreal to see a whistleblower i worked closely with reveal his identity in a channel 4 drama
and cool to revisit the story of how we worked together. rob showed real bravery and deserves huge credit
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
ftr, the study's lead author says it is "really good news for those that follow a vegetarian diet"
choose your fighter
the EAT foundation - the influential food systems org behind the 'planetary health diet' - is winding down its operations this year.
seismic news in the foody nonprofit world
www.greenqueen.com.hk/eat-foundati...
a major victory for the dairy industry, which has been trying to make it incredibly difficult to market plant-based drinks for years
in 2023, i revealed its strategy with @unearthednews.bsky.social and @thetimes.com
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2023/05/20/p...
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
amazon deforestation fell to an 11 year low just in time for COP30
but new analysis suggests the recent collapse of the soy moratorium could see it increase by 30% by 2045
news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amaz...
feels like the sudden abandonment of the amazon soy moratorium - one of the most consequential conservation agreements ever - has largely gone unnoticed
good to see UK and EU supermarkets pressure the big commodity traders to stick to their commitments
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
feels like the sudden abandonment of the amazon soy moratorium - one of the most consequential conservation agreements ever - has largely gone unnoticed
good to see UK and EU supermarkets pressure the big commodity traders to stick to their commitments
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
a few years ago i became fascinated by the american prairie project in montana - bring back bison! - and the dark money campaign to stop it and 'save the cowboy'
sad to see the US govt has reversed its decision to let the bison graze on public lands
reason.com/2026/01/23/b...
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
it isn't everyday your work leads to changes in the law!
after 6 years investigating toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farms, the government today announced it will significantly tighten the regulations.
a major result, if a few years late
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696f52...
lol Trump is unhappy America will no longer be able to export champagne that's not from champagne or parma ham that's not from parma
www.ft.com/content/1442...
👀
i personally would have gone farther in exploring the pro-meat / anti-plant propoganda reasons for the backlash, but i appreciate that rachel sugar (a top-tier example of nominative determinism) highlighted big food's PR mastermind richard berman
www.grubstreet.com/article/vega...
last week: a session at the oxford real farming conference on the "demise of plant-based foods" @rob-percival.bsky.social
this week: @nymag.com on how veganism "got cooked"
a few years ago the transition to more sustainable diets seemed inevitable. now it feels so far away
RFK Jr's phone starts quacking (a bit on the nose)
