Articles by Tom Philpott
Tom Philpott was previously Grist's food writer. He now writes for Mother Jones.
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6 great reasons to give up shrimp for good
America's favorite seafood comes with reports of unsavory working conditions and ecological destruction.
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This chart shows why even a powerful El Niño won’t solve California’s water issues
For farms in the Central Valley, water troubles go much deeper than the current lack of precipitation.
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The Midwest’s corn fields are even worse for the planet than we thought
The Corn Belt's fertilizer habit releases a greenhouse gas with nearly 300 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide.
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California’s groundwater is disappearing AND widely contaminated
About 20 percent of the groundwater that Californians rely on to keep their taps flowing carries high concentrations of contaminants like arsenic, uranium, and nitrate.
