Jennie Durant's Bitter Honey is an exposé of the true cost of industrial farming US honeybees. Each year 3 million colonies of honeybees are shuttled around the country on flatbed trucks to pollinate farmers’ crops. Many of these colonies teeter on the edge of collapse and must be replaced regularly.

Ethanol isn't a subject I cover a lot, but every time it comes up, I get angry about it. The current policy of requiring gasoline to be blended with ethanol is stupid. Biofuels are expensive and bad for the environment. They also push up the global price of staple grains.

This article is the third in a series of five published as part of the campaign United in Action for Food – unlocking power through connections. It focuses on strengthening local and fair food systems by amplifying the voices of farmers and citizens across Europe. More than one million citizens have already called for an end to caged farming. Animal welfare reforms can help steer Europe’s food system away from intensive models towards agroecological approaches that put animals, farmers and the environment at their core.

Microplastics have been found in every human bile sample tested. People with gallstones had higher levels of microplastics in their bile. Microplastics interfere with energy production and slow down your body’s ability to repair and function. The book “Microplastic Cure: Total Body Cleanse” explains how this invisible exposure affects your long-term health and why your body struggles to clear plastics.

Three people have died in an emergency in New Mexico. More than a dozen emergency services were examined in hospital after coming into contact with an unknown substance. First responders who found the lifeless people in a house complained of headaches, dizziness and vomiting shortly afterwards. The substance did not develop its effect through the air but through direct contact.

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42 scientists call on the government of Ireland to reject a proposal that would allow it to use Global Warming Potential Star to measure methane emissions. The scientists say the methodology is being misused by the livestock industry and livestock-heavy countries to weaken requirements for reducing the powerful, short-lived greenhouse gas.

Hawaii is suing the oil and gas industry for billions based on alleged climate-related harms. The lawsuits exclude the state's sole refinery and leading supplier of gasoline and jet fuel, Par Pacific, which has donated to the state’s Democratic leaders, including Gov. Josh Green. The Supreme Court gets thousands of petitions every year, but agrees to hear only a tiny fraction of them.