Dawn Attride

1 week ago | sentientmedia.org | Dawn Attride

Hundreds of climate workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have now been fired for the second time after the Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision on an initial dismissal. This move brings the total toll of fired federal employees up to about 16,000 –– jeopardizing vital work at NOAA, including marine pollution research, weather forecasting for hurricanes and tornadoes and decisions for local fisheries that help guard against overfishing.

1 month ago | sentientmedia.org | Dawn Attride

Methane isn’t exactly the sexiest greenhouse gas. It’s often trumped in the climate conversation by carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas known for its longevity in the atmosphere. Yet, methane is more potent –– it traps about 80 times more heat over a 20-year period. Human activities are responsible for about 60 percent of methane emissions, with the largest offender being food, such as cows belching out methane during digestion.

1 month ago | sentientmedia.org | Dawn Attride

In a single day, Lee Zeldin, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has spearheaded an institutional reversal of longstanding U.S. environmental policies in what he calls “31 historic actions.” From questioning the well established finding that greenhouse gases are harmful to health to eradicating Clean Water Act provisions, the deregulation blitz could lead to increased pollution and risk to public health, environmental groups warn.

1 month ago | sentientmedia.org | Dawn Attride

New studies highlight the benefits of plant-forward and non-industrialized diets for the gut microbiome. What’s on the menu for a healthy microbiome? High-fiber foods, like broccoli and lentils are key –– according to two new studies with two vastly different approaches published in Cell and Nature.

1 month ago | m.farms.com | Dawn Attride

By Dawn AttrideOn February 26, Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins released a five-pronged strategy and investment of $1 billion to combat avian flu and reduce rising egg prices. The new measures focus largely on fixing on-farm biosecurity gaps as well as push for a new poultry vaccine. The proposed plan marks a pivot away from current methods of handling infected birds, which rely mostly on “stamping out”  where poultry farmers “depopulate” or wipe out their entire flocks.