Jenny Splitter
@jennysplitter.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of @sentientmedia.org, award-winning nonprofit news outlet reporting on factory farms and alternatives to the status quo.
Gutted. I did not know Helen but her work was fantastic and we have few journalistic legends like her in vital areas like public health.
STAT@statnews.com · 6d agoWe are going to miss you very much, Helen. https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/helen-branswell-stat-reporter-obituary/
The discourse on antisemitism in the country is such that Mike Rogers can simultaneously attack Abdul El-Sayed *as* antisemitic, as a scary foreign Muslim critic of Israel, and also *with* antisemitism, as a tool of the foreign-born Jewish puppeteer.
Read my latest story on the World Resources Institute Coolfoods program for @sentientmedia.org to find out. Hint: It has to do with serving plant-based options and a little help from you, the consumer. sentientmedia.org/plant-forwar... Thanks to my awesome editor @jennysplitter.bsky.social :)
Re-wetting drained peatlands is a powerful and underappreciated climate solution.
Eos@eos.org · 2w agoIn Finland, rewetting forestry-drained peatlands could yield climate benefits within decades, a @restorationecology.bsky.social study suggests. eos.org/articles/res... Read more in our October issue: eos.org/themes/secre...
NEW: starting jan 1, a new federal tax windfall could kick in for rural data centers around the country new research from @searchlightinst.bsky.social shows dozens of projects potentially eligible for the break — as hyperscalers battle backlash against dcs
Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.
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“What we found is an Iowa at a unique moment in its history, with more of its citizens becoming aware of the vast power and environmental toll exerted by factory farming, and yet with many still unaware of or disengaged from that fact.” sentientmedia.org/we-asked-100...
We Asked 1,000 Iowans About Factory Farming. Here’s What We Learned.
A survey taken this past spring shows a majority of Iowans say they have experienced negative environmental impacts from industrial animal operations. But plenty are also ambivalent, or ignorant, abou...
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Bagels and cultivated lox at NYC climate week. Ingredients beyond the salmon cells here: www.wildtypefoods.com/faqs/why-are...
The massive scale of animal agriculture in #Iowa produces staggering amounts of manure, more than its fields of corn, soy and other crops can absorb. This has a devastating effect on the state’s water. sentientmedia.org/five-takeawa...
We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.
Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.
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For the last year, @sentientmedia.org has been working hard to map every factory farm in Iowa, and now we're proud to release the data for free. Here's why that's important -- and why it may be a warning flare for crises brewing in other states sentientmedia.org/five-takeawa...
We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.
Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.
sentientmedia.org
#dataviz 💩
Jenny Splitter@jennysplitter.bsky.social · 4w agoI'm very excited to share some new reporting that Sentient has been working on for quite some time! Lots more to come but today we're launching a new interactive map where you can explore Iowa's nearly 11,000 factory farms and a whole lot of resulting manure: sentientmedia.org/five-takeawa...
I'm very excited to share some new reporting that Sentient has been working on for quite some time! Lots more to come but today we're launching a new interactive map where you can explore Iowa's nearly 11,000 factory farms and a whole lot of resulting manure: sentientmedia.org/five-takeawa...
We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.
Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.
sentientmedia.org
A new study shows that organic farming has a significantly higher carbon footprint than conventional beef production. Read the first story of my Editorial Fellowship with @sentientmedia.org here: sentientmedia.org/organic-beef.... Thanks to @jennysplitter.bsky.social for the edits :-)
Organic Beef Has a Larger Carbon Footprint Than Feedlot Beef
But no matter the way it’s raised, beef comes with a steep climate cost.
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Congrats to @ninaelkadi.com and the @sentientmedia.org team, and all of the @coveringclimatenow.org winners!
Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · last mo.Climate change is taking a harsh toll on the world’s food systems. And across the world, communities are changing their food production and consumption habits. 🏆️ @ninaelkadi.com | @sentientmedia.org 🏆️ Breech Asher Harani | @financialtimes.com (UK) 🏆️ Radia Cheraibi | #ARIJ (Jordan)
If you think a leftist Jew having a sticker with a Torah quote in Hebrew is evidence of them being a Zionist, youa are simply an antisemite
Here's my piece w @aaronregunberg.bsky.social on MAGA's move to position themselves as defenders of (certain) animals. Some will respond by pointing out the right's hypocrisy. But the right has never had to have coherent politics to have effective politics. newrepublic.com/article/2137...
How MAGA Stole Animal Rights from the Left
And how we can steal it back.
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“Climate change and biodiversity loss are interconnected, and we can do something on land use to benefit both.” For @sentientmedia.org: sentientmedia.org/animal-based...
Animal-Based Foods Provide 15% of Calories but Cause the Majority of Biodiversity Damage From Farmland
Animal agriculture drives 71% of biodiversity damage from food production on farmland.
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Has anyone utilized these systems in a case where the utility has said there is no more capacity on your block? At our house, we can't get solar because we are one of like three houses that draws from an old pole that is already at max capacity. wapo.st/4gNukeR
Column | Can’t put solar panels on your roof? Plug-in ‘balcony solar’ may be for you.
Balcony solar promises to cut energy costs and grid reliance for renters and apartment-dwellers. I did a trial run at my home.
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"On the fourth day, I started to beg. This wasn’t right. Despite contraction after relentless contraction, I wasn’t dilating. I hadn’t slept, I couldn’t even sit down. I needed help. And still, they waited. For what, I never understood," writes Natalie Morris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris
Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable, says journalist and author Natalie Morris
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One recurring theme in our stories is the many communities bearing the brunt of pollution. Today, it's a data center and fire risk, among other concerns. In the past it was a chicken processing plant and a devastating fire.
Grey Moran@greymoran.bsky.social · 3mo ago"For 24 hours a day, for some three months, they burned the woods that were there,” said Lee Quick, who lives across from Amazon's data center under construction in Hamlet. "I had to purchase two car covers to keep ashes from falling on my car." @sentientmedia.org sentientmedia.org/amazon-data-...
Jewish and Christian ethics are fundamentally opposed actually and I'm not reading this or anything that headlines on "judeo-christian" ethics; a made up term intended to be used to excuse racism that makes no sense. Arguably, Islam and Christian ethics are closer than Jewish and Christian ethics.
New York Times Opinion@nytopinion.nytimes.com · 3mo agoChristopher Nolan’s central trick in “The Odyssey” is smuggling the core of Judeo-Christian ethics into the center of an ancient Greek epic, our columnist Ezra Klein writes.
Measles cases are at an all-time high and RFK Jr. is out here saying outright lies about the Covid vaccine.
There's a new measles outbreak in Delaware after a decade with no cases. In times of high transmission, outbreaks become more likely - and with falling vaccination rates across the country, these sparks are falling on increasingly dry timber. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US officials focus on identification and rapid action as measles cases rise
Authorities in Delaware tackle cluster with vaccination and contract tracing – but field has been weakened by cuts
theguardian.com
SCOOP: The Doug Ford government received 98.98% opposition to its plan to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act with weaker legislation, according to an internal analysis viewed by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social. The bill passed anyway. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...
98.98% opposition to Doug Ford’s new endangered species law revealed | The Narwhal
Internal Ministry of Environment analysis shows ‘confusion’ and concerns about ‘negative impacts on Ontario’s biodiversity’ raised over the Species Conservation Act, under Bill 5
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It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
theguardian.com
AI could potentially improve the lives of billions of farm animals worldwide. But critics worry it risks further expanding factory farms while avoiding animal welfare problems inherent to the industrial farming system. My latest on @sentientmedia.org: sentientmedia.org/ai-is-coming...
AI Is Coming to Factory Farms. Will It Help the Animals or Just the Industry?
New technology can detect pain in farm animals, but critics say it may do more to bolster the system than improve it.
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The dark arts of data center promotion: anonymous texts promoting data centers was traced to Interfaith Action Movement, a "coalition of faith leaders." Its leader, political consultant Rev. Derrick Green, declined to name other faith leaders in his coalition or to name his current congregation.
Maryland residents got a pro-data center text linked to an ‘interfaith’ website. Who’s behind it?
(RNS) — When RNS identified the faith leader behind the text, the Rev. Derrick Green, he said, ‘We're really trying to get information out to people in real ways, in credible ways, so that people can ...
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If I never hear the words “explosive diarrhea” again it will be too soon.