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 row of yellow, brown hay bails sits on a snowy felt. The sun is shining and the snow is melting.]()
![A row of yellow, brown hay bails sits on a snowy felt. The sun is shining and the snow is melting.]()
Study: Warming winters will thaw frozen manure, further polluting U.S. waters
Nearly half the country’s waters could see an increase in toxic agricultural runoff.
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![A tractor sits in a field of green grass. it is dark outside and the sun is rising in the background.]()
![A tractor sits in a field of green grass. it is dark outside and the sun is rising in the background.]()
Will the Farm Bill be the next big climate package? It depends on the midterm elections.
Republicans have already vowed to strip climate funding from the bill.
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![Chemicals are sprayed onto green crops. The chemicals are part of farm machinery.]()
![Chemicals are sprayed onto green crops. The chemicals are part of farm machinery.]()
EPA declines stricter regulation on pesticide linked to bee die-offs
The birds and the bees and the pesticide-covered seeds that kill them.
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![A group of people shovel sand into sandbags in a parking lot]()
![A group of people shovel sand into sandbags in a parking lot]()
Tampa Bay isn’t safe from any hurricane — especially not Ian
The coastal region is severely flood-prone, even with smaller storms.
