"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-...

Amazon Data Center Slated for NC Town With Devastating Industrial History

In the North Carolina Sandhills, a sprawling data center project threatens to repeat the past, stirring memories of a chicken processing plant disaster.

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Good morning from Turin, Iowa, RAGBRAI Day 1. Out today in Politico Magazine, @tomphilpott.bsky.social and I collabed to report a profile of Chris Jones, a Democrat running for secretary of agriculture in Iowa.

‘Cancer Doesn't Care What Party You Belong To’: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State Bluer

Democrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water.

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More great reporting from @greymoran.bsky.social and @sentientmedia.org. It's not just animals (and our hopes of mitigating climate change) that suffer under highly concentrated/mass-scale industrial animal agriculture, it's *people*.

Grey Moran@greymoran.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cargill has locked out over 1,700 meatpacking workers pushing for higher pay and protected bathroom breaks "We had three members since December, you know, essentially wet their pants under this one supervisor," a union rep told @sentientmedia.org sentientmedia.org/cargill-meat...

Cargill has locked out over 1,700 meatpacking workers pushing for higher pay and protected bathroom breaks "We had three members since December, you know, essentially wet their pants under this one supervisor," a union rep told @sentientmedia.org sentientmedia.org/cargill-meat...

Over 1,700 Cargill Meatpacking Workers Locked Out After Demanding Bathroom Breaks

The largest privately held company in the United States is refusing to concede to workers’ demands for more dignified workplace conditions, including protected bathroom breaks.

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At least 40% of USDA food recalls are for ready-to-eat meat: deli meats, hot dogs, pâté. Piece by @greymoran.bsky.social and me: sentientmedia.org/recall-these...

Ready to Recall: These Meats Are Behind 40% of USDA Food Warnings

A Sentient analysis reveals that at least 40% of USDA food safety warnings over the past decade are linked to ready-to-eat meats, such as deli meats, hot dogs and pâté.

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Read Grey’s story and more in The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2026 from @marinerbooks.bsky.social: buff.ly/hqsjftb

The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2026

A collection of the year’s best food and travel writing, selected by renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés.The Best American series, launched in 1915, ...

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Big news! 🚨 @greymoran.bsky.social's Sentient feature, “In Vermont, Residents Are Fighting to Free Their Dairy Farmworker Neighbors,” has been named one of the Best American Food and Travel Writing pieces of 2026 by HarperCollins.

No it the fuck was not.

Reign of Terror by Spencer Ackerman: 9781984879790 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021   "An impressive combination of diligence and verve, deploying Ackerman’s deep stores of knowledge as a national security journalist to full...

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NPR@npr.org · 2mo ago

DHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring. n.pr/4nOx8KP

via @keithlaw.bsky.social, it looks like a reader spotted this fabricated quote in the @nytimes.com on April 15, the day after the story was published & more than two weeks before the paper published a correction notice. hmm!!! bsky.app/profile/iris...

Iris@irisembury.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Can you tell us the source of this quote you include from Poilievre? I have looked up speeches he gave in March and can't find him saying this. "If these turncoats have any shred of integrity left, they should resign their seats tonight and run in a by-election tomorrow"

400 pages of records back from the EPA, nearly everything redacted...

So uhhhh Reuters quietly shitcanned its climate team right around the same time WaPo did. Except maybe even more cowardly because they kept it under wraps. Not a great look given the abundance of oil money they take in between sponsored content and events. drilled.media/news/drilled...

Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Favorite Media Partners

Taking a hard look at the media industry’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry.

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Received the statement by WHO Director-General on Sudan conflict and humanitarian crisis, with request to share it with the readers

Delighted to announce that @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social's incredible @inthesetimes.com investigation, "The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders," was recognized by @sejorg.bsky.social. Read the full story here: inthesetimes.com/article/bran...

SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists@sejorg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The results are in 🎉 We're proud to announce the winners of the 24th annual #SEJAwards for Reporting on the Environment, honoring the journalists whose work spotlighted our planet's most urgent stories. Read the full list: sej2026.org/awards#winners

NEW: Like many of you, I found the revelations about César Chávez’s sexual abuse of Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia, and Debra Rojas absolutely devastating. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about the importance of grappling with Chávez’s true legacy—both as as a civil rights leader and a rapist.

César Chávez’s shadow

Revelations that César Chávez sexually abused young girls and women has set off a bomb in Latino communities and movement spaces

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Just an extremely important piece from @emorwee.bsky.social in the Heated newsletter here. Oil prices have *ALWAYS* been fantastical and absurd, because it never factors in the shocking costs of what happens when you use it heated.world/p/the-true-p...

Oh so things are BAD bad. from @mollytaft.com

Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario

One expert says that the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be not recessionary, but depressionary.

wired.com

so honored to help guide some incredible reporting projects in the works🌼

Press On@pressonsouth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🪻Spring is about to spring & our new Freedomways Reporting Fellows are blooming w/ guidance from their mentors, including @greymoran.bsky.social! Grey is an investigative journalist at the nonprofit newsroom Sentient, covering the intersections of food systems, environmental justice & labor rights.

Poor communication of extension rules and delays in issuing documentation are what they do to hurt people when they can't terminate the status yet. That will undoubtedly happen in September since this administration has not extended a single TPS designation yet.

Grey Moran@greymoran.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Update: Salvadoran TPS holders who received notices about losing their jobs at Tyson today have not been fired, according to a source. They continue to face the prospect of losing their jobs in September, when their TPS status is set to expire. sentientmedia.org/work-permit-...

Update: Salvadoran TPS holders who received notices about losing their jobs at Tyson today have not been fired, according to a source. They continue to face the prospect of losing their jobs in September, when their TPS status is set to expire. sentientmedia.org/work-permit-...

‘You Feel Like You’re Marked’: Salvadoran Workers at Tyson Foods Face Risks Due to Work Permit Delays

Longtime poultry plant workers are left uncertain and fearing job loss amid Tyson Foods’ confusion over immigrant Temporary Protected Status — despite their legal right to work.

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"They followed all the rules." Salvadoran workers at Tyson's chicken processing plants in Arkansas have a legal right to work in the US. But Tyson is still leaving many workers in limbo. @greymoran.bsky.social reports: sentientmedia.org/work-permit-...

‘You Feel Like You’re Marked’: Salvadoran Workers at Tyson Foods Face Risks Due to Work Permit Delays

Longtime poultry plant workers are left uncertain and fearing job loss amid Tyson Foods’ confusion over immigrant Temporary Protected Status — despite their legal right to work.

sentientmedia.org

Salvadorans with TPS status have the right to work in the U.S. Yet they were told by Tyson Foods that they'd need to leave the company by March 9th, unless they presented work permits that many applied for a year ago but have yet to receive sentientmedia.org/work-permit-...

‘You Feel Like You’re Marked’: Salvadoran Workers at Tyson Foods Face Risks Due to Work Permit Delays

Longtime poultry plant workers are left uncertain and fearing job loss amid Tyson Foods’ confusion over immigrant Temporary Protected Status — despite their legal right to work.

sentientmedia.org

wonderful opportunity for climate journalists!! I always love reading all the winners, which ends up serving as an incredible collection of climate journalism from around the world

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 6mo ago

📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔

Tech company Palantir has made headlines for its lucrative contracts with the Trump administration. But did you know that Palantir is also used by Tyson Foods?

As avian flu surges again, advocates in California believe it’s imperative that farmworkers receive more protective gear and training on the virus in their primary language. @greymoran.bsky.social reports:

California’s Avian Flu Safety Rules Are Strong — Their Enforcement Isn’t.

As H5N1 infects over 70% of the state’s dairy herds, exposed farmworkers are left without PPE or mitigation training in their native language. And some aren’t informed of an outbreak at all.

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Public records requests are an invaluable tool for reporters. But knowing how to use them can be challenging. Join Sentient’s @ninaelkadi.com and @greymoran.bsky.social for this exclusive training by becoming a member of the Food and Farming Journalism Network: buff.ly/6UOsbbA

Trump slashed H-2A farmworkers' wages roughly in half, in what's been called "one of the largest wealth transfers from workers to employers in US agricultural history." The H-2A visa program was already prone to exploitation. The dairy and meat industries want in. @greymoran.bsky.social reports:

Dairy and Meat Industries Push for Access to H-2A Farmworkers While the Trump Administration Slashes Their Pay

The H-2A visa program, which recruits farm laborers largely from Mexico, has been likened to indentured servitude. The dairy and meat industries want in.

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The H-2A visa program, which recruits farm laborers largely from Mexico, has been likened to indentured servitude. The dairy and meat industries want in. @greymoran.bsky.social reports:

Dairy and Meat Industries Push for Access to H-2A Farmworkers While the Trump Administration Slashes Their Pay

The H-2A visa program, which recruits farm laborers largely from Mexico, has been likened to indentured servitude. The dairy and meat industries want in.

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@greymoran.bsky.social: "There’s a common narrative that avian flu is decimating the poultry industry. This article revealed that the many of the largest poultry corporations are actually having bumper years, with the support of taxpayer-funded indemnity payments." buff.ly/GQGRzG0

How U.S. Taxpayers Bailed Out the Poultry Industry, and Helped Entrench Avian Flu

The U.S. has failed to contain bird flu. The $1.46 billion industry bailout is one reason why.

sentientmedia.org

This should infuriate you. A must-read from @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4q2uGju

I spent months talking to many, many people for this long post-mortem of the Inflation Reduction Act: What forces were responsible for creating it, and how could it be gutted so unceremoniously? What might come next? No easy answers ofc but hopefully a bit of clarity newrepublic.com/article/2027...

The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy

It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?

newrepublic.com