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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![Collage: concentrated animal feeding operation buildings; aerial image of Laketown, Wisconsin; vintage pig illustrations]()
![Collage: concentrated animal feeding operation buildings; aerial image of Laketown, Wisconsin; vintage pig illustrations]()
A tiny Wisconsin town tried to stop pollution from factory farms. Then it got sued.
"This is standard operating procedure for the Big Ag boys."
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Houston is just the latest Texas city to boil water for safety
The infrastructure woes behind a water failure
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![Halftone patterned green earth with green Mastodon logo]()
![Halftone patterned green earth with green Mastodon logo]()
What is Mastodon and what does it mean for ‘Climate Twitter’?
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has scientists and activists signing up for the decentralized social network
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![A black and white cow stares ahead while other cows stand behind it]()
![A black and white cow stares ahead while other cows stand behind it]()
These 15 meat and dairy companies emit almost as much methane as the EU
Tyson, Nestlé, JBS Foods and other food giants should have stricter emissions tracking, experts say
