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Faster Slaughterhouse Line Speeds Are Increasingly a Climate Problem
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (1453+ words) Jill Mauer spent more than 30 years as a government inspector, watching over meat plants as workers slaughtered and processed animals into market-ready chops and wings." Now she has a warning. In comments Mauer submitted last month to the U. S. Department of…...
Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands of Birds in the U. S. Pennsylvania Is at the Epicenter.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1427+ words) Our nonprofit newsroom investigates the biggest threats to our planet, holds decision-makers accountable, and pushes back on climate disinformation so facts stay front and center. When two bald eagles built a nest in Philadelphia in 2007, it was the first time…...
Critics Call the Poultry Farming System Rigged. Craig Watts Is Fighting to Overturn It.
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1743+ words) Tap, tap, tap. One for every child. Watts, a contract farmer for the poultry giant Perdue Farms, swung open a second door to the barn, where a deafening choir of 30, 000 chicks stirred and chirped. He opened a chute for the…...