Co-founder OregonExploration.News. Author of The Fish Market, As The World Burns. Tweets infrequently, prefers plants.
Joined November 2009
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Lee van der Voo retweeted
6 Dec 2023
.@WaltonFamilyFdn invested in a Honduran lobster fishery, targeting its sustainability and touting its success. Ten years later, thousands of workers have been injured or killed.
Read the latest installment of our investigative series, #Walanthropy. buff.ly/46Fs01e
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Lee van der Voo retweeted
21 Nov 2023
“Walmart’s corporate governance strategies [allow] it to rely on MSC’s debatable sustainability criteria in such a way that … [it] can achieve its sustainability goals without fundamentally changing its business model,” writes Aaron Van Neste in an op-ed. buff.ly/47GNdIX
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Lee van der Voo retweeted
9 Nov 2023
1. Important series from @CivilEats. It looks at how Walmart uses sustainability to grow its market power and crucially the covert role of the Walton Family Foundation and its major grantees, like Enviro. Defense Fund, in helping Walmart enlarge its power.
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Lee van der Voo retweeted
1 Nov 2023
Don't miss this important investigative series. The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire | Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/11/01/the…
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14 Aug 2023
!!! Judge rules in favor of youths in landmark Montana climate trial - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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12 Jul 2023
Most troubling about this news is that President Biden is not challenging the practice. Instead, he included it on page one of his budget like a cookie for detractors.
12 Jul 2023
Following up on her 2022 award-winning investigation, Associate Editor @xtinacooke reports Congress will likely reapprove a policy that may be obscuring deaths of hundreds of animal ag workers, despite concerns from worker advocates and a key legislator.
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10 Jul 2023
Psyched to share the news (finally!) that I’ll be participating in @JournalismProj and @GoogleNewsInit’s local news incubator. Over 18 months, John Schrag and I will dig into how to provide reporting and partnerships that disrupt misinfo, target news gaps & support OR's newsrooms
10 Jul 2023
We’re thrilled to introduce the four teams who will participate in the local news incubator, launched with support from @GoogleNewsInit. Representing regions across the country, these teams have compelling ideas for filling a local news gap in their communities. Learn more: 🧵🔽
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10 Jul 2023
Supporting journalists with training and diversity initiatives will be key. In dozens of interviews with journalists across Oregon, we've heard clearly that they need both. Thx to @emilygharris and consultant Mike Green
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5 Jun 2023
Huge congratulations to @xtinacooke @GosiaWozniacka @reporterdriver and the entire @CivilEats team! Love this photo.
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31 May 2023
This one from @TedGenoways just gutted me. A lot of heartbreaking sacrifice lies core to a 20,000-hog-a-day churn.
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24 May 2023
A Kirkus star for @ben_a_goldfarb's latest! Hopefully he doesn't make everyone love roads like he made us all love beavers...
24 May 2023
CROSSINGS has its first official review, and it's a doozy from @KirkusReviews, which bestowed a coveted ⭐️:
"Goldfarb’s follow-up to Eager, his award-winning book on beavers, is another illuminating, witty work... an astonishingly deep pool of wonders."
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24 May 2023
Such a joy to work with artist Tina Zellmer on this project. A lovely person and an obviously very talented illustrator.
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23 May 2023
About a year ago I started wondering, not unprovoked, about how marine observers could be dying without the marketplace seeming to notice...
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26 Apr 2023
Time for some social media gloating! Congrats and huge props to @reporterdriver @xtinacooke @GosiaWozniacka and @CivilEats for the investigative nom!! Shout out to @karilydersen1 as well, whose work, while not strictly foodie, was crucial to the reporting.
26 Apr 2023
Congratulations to the 2023 Media nominees for the James Beard Awards presented by @CapitalOne! The Media Awards cover outstanding achievements in Book, Broadcast Media, and Journalism. Learn more about this year's #jbfa nominees: bit.ly/41U3yqM
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18 Nov 2022
Innovators are proving that better labor conditions are possible. Here's a look at the solutions to close out this 5-part look at animal ag work by @xtinacooke @GosiaWozniacka
18 Nov 2022
States are extending OSHA powers, overtime, and collective bargaining while labor-driven programs center workers. @xtinacooke with part 5 of our 5-part series. buff.ly/3EmYQaS
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17 Nov 2022
Meatpackers like Tyson set an example for others in the supply chain. With on-site care systems that workers say make painful injuries worse. A former Tyson nurse agrees. Fantastic work for @CivilEats from @reporterdriver @jacky_muniello
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16 Nov 2022
With major props to @karilydersen1, here's how government incentives are driving bigger, potentially more dangerous piles of cow manure into ag workers' environments
16 Nov 2022
“Many of these people are living in the shadows, they’re among the most powerless workers in America,” @AustinFrerick
Government incentives for biogas expansion are driving larger, more crowded CAFOs—while protections for the workers inside lag behind.
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15 Nov 2022
Bacon, anyone?
15 Nov 2022
Workers at the tens of thousands of hog, chicken, and cow CAFOs in the US face severe respiratory health burdens. The corporate response is risk management.
This story from @GosiaWozniacka is part two in our five-part series, Injured and Invisible. buff.ly/3Gcs3YS