Articles by Sr. Staff Writer Nathanael Johnson
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Poll: Californians are more worried about climate change because drought
As the state's water shortage deepens, its residents get more serious about responding to climate change.
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![A worker loading oil palm fruit off a truck in Sabah, Malaysia.]()
![A worker loading oil palm fruit off a truck in Sabah, Malaysia.]()
Did slaves harvest the palm oil that went into your cookie?
A Wall Street Journal investigation finds egregious worker exploitation on a plantation in Malaysia that sells to big multinationals.
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![Left: A North American dairy. Right: Man milking a cow in South India]()
![Left: A North American dairy. Right: Man milking a cow in South India]()
To make meat greener, make it more efficiently
The planet isn't going vegetarian. But we could make all that meat a lot more efficiently, and less wastefully.
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What’s it like to watch a slaughter?
A visit to the UC-Davis slaughterhouse to watch the transition from livestock to meat offers some lessons in anxiety and respect.
