Articles by John McCracken
John McCracken is a journalist who focuses mainly on agriculture, climate change, and industrial pollution. A former Midwest Reporting Fellow for Grist, he won a 2022 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award. He lives in Wisconsin and can be found online most everywhere @johnmccwrites. Follow John
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![A women with brown hair holds a boy with blond hair. In the background, floodwaters are seen with debris and downed trees in front of a mountain landscape.]()
![A women with brown hair holds a boy with blond hair. In the background, floodwaters are seen with debris and downed trees in front of a mountain landscape.]()
How Kentuckians want to hold coal companies accountable for deadly flooding
"They won't have water for six months. The power lines are down."
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![Collage: State of Wisconsin, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan, with an algal bloom, sea lamprey, zebra mussels, a perch fish on top of red and white checked paper, and a blinking neon sign in the shape of a fish that reads]()
![Collage: State of Wisconsin, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan, with an algal bloom, sea lamprey, zebra mussels, a perch fish on top of red and white checked paper, and a blinking neon sign in the shape of a fish that reads]()
Friday night fish frys define Wisconsin. What happens when climate change adjusts the menu?
How do you keep a culinary tradition alive on a warming planet?
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A new low-tech technique can take the ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals
The toxic pollutants, also known as PFAS, are everywhere on the planet.
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Hotter nights could cause a spike in deaths, study says
Climate change is driving up nighttime temperatures. Mortality rates are likely to follow.
