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14 May 2024
We have some news to share: The Counter is being brought back as a vertical within @grist, a nonprofit media organization that has been on the climate beat for 25 years.
The details here: grist.org/grist/grist-acquir…
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27 May 2022
California grants its livestock industry huge subsidies to capture methane before it reaches the air. Some believe the state must reconsider how it calculates carbon intensities for dairy digester fuels. @TheCounter buff.ly/3GolTmy
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27 May 2022
Even with the best intentions, restaurant mentorship programs have an uncanny ability to replicate existing industry problems. Without deliberate adjustments, they tend to reinforce power imbalances between established, senior mentors and junior mentees. thecounter.org/mentors-arent…
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The Counter retweeted
20 May 2022
thecounter.org/is-california… Digesters only solve a small part of the methane emissions in the livestock and dairy sector, and only in a small part of production practices. We require other measures that target emissions more directly, for a wider group of settings.
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19 May 2022
"Your car is killing coho salmon." Painful to see the final @thecounter newsletter, as full of good work as ever. thecounter.org/coho-salmon-p…
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12 May 2022
Via @TheCounter: After a chain grocer closes down, they sometimes use lease provisions called "restrictive covenants" to ensure no supermarket or other food business can ever occupy the space. These covenants help create food deserts. From @LelaNargi: thecounter.org/supermarket-c…
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24 May 2022
“I felt there was no one I could turn to.”
Research suggests #racism should be treated as a matter of public #health. But the unique stressors faced by Black farmers remain poorly understood. @imsafiyacharles reports via @TheCounter:
thecounter.org/black-farmers…
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23 May 2022
American dining is an oligopoly dominated by chains | The Counter buff.ly/3FIKn9G @thecounter
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The Counter retweeted
23 May 2022
How California climate regulators are distorting progress on greenhouse gas emission reductions while allowing polluters to yield lucrative profits: thecounter.org/is-california…
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The Counter retweeted
19 May 2022
SB 464 is unlikely to move this year, but the groups behind #Food4All will continue to work on expanding California’s social safety net to include all undocumented immigrants.
Read more from @TheTinaVasquez: thecounter.org/california-fo…
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The Counter retweeted
20 May 2022
Via @TheCounter: Your car is killing coho salmon
Just over a year ago, scientists in Washington identified 6PPD-quinone, which is used to weatherize car tires, as a chemical that is acutely toxic to coho salmon.
READ: thecounter.org/coho-salmon-p…
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The Counter retweeted
20 May 2022
Today is the Counter's last official day of operations, but we'll continue to showcase some of our final stories here through the end of next week.
(In case you missed the news: thecounter.org/the-hardest-s…)
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The Counter retweeted
19 May 2022
California is double-counting millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the dairy sector, distorting its progress on climate change. New investigation, in partnership with @grist: thecounter.org/is-california…
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19 May 2022
Advocates and lawmakers in California wanted the new state budget to reflect a seemingly radical idea: Everyone should have access to food–undocumented or not. 🧵👇thecounter.org/california-fo…
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