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Fact Check

Nitrate Pollutes Waterways, but the EPA Is More Concerned With…Fluoride?

Nitrate contamination from agricultural runoff continues to endanger public water, but the EPA seems more concerned with pleasing RFK Jr. and his base.

Health•6 min read

Solutions

The Vegan vs. Carnivore Narrative Distracts From Climate Action

Climate•5 min read

Solutions

Young Activists Are Getting Plant-Based on the Menu, for Climate and Animals

Climate•4 min read

Feature

Satellites Reveal Illegal Bottom Trawling in Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

Research•7 min read

News

In Iowa, Researchers Press for More Scrutiny of the Link Between Big Ag and Cancer Risk

The partnership aims to fill a research gap with statewide listening sessions and a review of the scientific literature.

Health•4 min read

News

Federal Inspectors Found Antibiotics in Beef ‘Raised Without Antibiotics.’ They Took No Action

Food•8 min read

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Explainer

Why Carbon Offsets Often Don’t Work, Explained

Perspective

MAHA’s ‘Natural’ Foods Obsession Doesn’t Account for the Way We Actually Eat

Investigation

Venison Donated to Food Banks May Contain Lead. The NRA Could Be Why.

Reported

The Ugly, if Unsurprising, Truth About Collagen

Explainer

How Bezos, Zuckerberg, Gates and Musk Are Trying — or Not Trying — to Make Meat Sustainable

Featured

News

How Tariffs Will Impact Farmers and Consumers

Policy•10 min read

News

Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?

The precedent in prisons exists.

Food•8 min read

Feature

EPA Civil Rights Work Stalls Under Trump as Communities Wait for Justice

Thirteen civil rights complaints, including from communities impacted by poultry farm pollution, have been left in limbo.

Policy•16 min read

Climate

News

Supreme Court Ruling Leads to Second Wave of NOAA Firings

Climate•6 min read

Food

Explainer

Why Eating Local Isn’t a Climate Solution

Climate•7 min read

Health

Feature

Two States Declared Themselves Bird-Flu Free. But What Does That Really Mean?

Health•6 min read

Policy

News

Prop 12 Is Under Attack Again, But Some Republicans Aren’t On Board

Policy•9 min read

Science

Feature

Feeding Cows Seaweed Can Reduce Methane Emissions, but the Additives Still Come With Plenty of Challenges

Research•10 min read

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The Podcast

Perspective

What Science Can Tell us About Animal Intelligence with Brandon Keim | Sentient: The Podcast

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Sentient’s Ana Bradley and Jenny Splitter speak with journalist and author Brandon Keim.

Investigations

Investigation

Iowa Dairy Manure Spill Kills Over 100,000 Fish in 10-Mile Stretch of Dry Run Creek

Food•4 min read

Reported

Exclusive: the USDA’s Farm Animal Welfare Research Lab — With Just One Scientist Remaining — Dismantled by Trump

Sentient has learned that the primary federal laboratory for farm animal welfare research has lost its probationary scientists to the mass firings.

Policy•6 min read

Investigation

Manure Contributes to Toxic Byproducts in Drinking Water

A new report documents how manure and other contaminants find their way into treated water.

Health•4 min read

Solutions

Solutions

How One Nonprofit Is Working to Unite and Support Animal Sanctuaries

Policy•9 min read

Solutions

NYC Hospitals Are Nudging Patients Toward Plant-Based Meals. It’s Working.

New York City is cutting emissions and saving money by making vegetarian meals the default in public hospitals. It’s successful because most people go with the flow.

Climate•11 min read

Solutions

How One Lawyer’s Helping Farmers Navigate Trump’s Policy Landscape

Dãnia Davy has been tracking executive orders for farmers since day one, free of charge.

Policy•9 min read

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Sentient investigates and explains factory farms and their effect on climate, the environment, animals, health, politics and rural communities.

Conversations

What Animal Advocates Are Bracing for With Trump’s Return

An interview with Delci Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Meat Industry Uses Academics to Distort Climate Impact, Research Shows

We sat down with Viveca Morris and Jennifer Jacquet to discuss their research into the money flowing to academics from the livestock industry.