The Counter @TheCounter

The Counter is now part of @Grist. For the latest news on the intersection of climate and food, visit https://t.co/sLG1zLxPzR. grist.org New York, NY Joined January 2014

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Roots of Change @RootsofChange

3 years ago

California grants its livestock industry huge subsidies to capture methane before it reaches the air. Some believe the state must reconsider how it calculates carbon intensities for dairy digester fuels. @TheCounter buff.ly/3GolTmy

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The Counter @TheCounter

3 years ago

Even with the best intentions, restaurant mentorship programs have an uncanny ability to replicate existing industry problems. Without deliberate adjustments, they tend to reinforce power imbalances between established, senior mentors and junior mentees. thecounter.org/mentors-arent-…

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Marcelo Mena-Carrasco 🚲♻️ 🇨🇱 @marcelomena

3 years ago

thecounter.org/is-california-… Digesters only solve a small part of the methane emissions in the livestock and dairy sector, and only in a small part of production practices. We require other measures that target emissions more directly, for a wider group of settings.

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Rebekah Denn @RebekahDenn

3 years ago

"Your car is killing coho salmon." Painful to see the final @TheCounter newsletter, as full of good work as ever. thecounter.org/coho-salmon-pa…

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mano-Y-ola @mano_y_ola

3 years ago

Via @TheCounter: After a chain grocer closes down, they sometimes use lease provisions called "restrictive covenants" to ensure no supermarket or other food business can ever occupy the space. These covenants help create food deserts. From @LelaNargi: thecounter.org/supermarket-ch…

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Sentient @Sentient_Media

3 years ago

“I felt there was no one I could turn to.” Research suggests #racism should be treated as a matter of public #health. But the unique stressors faced by Black farmers remain poorly understood. @imsafiyacharles reports via @TheCounter: thecounter.org/black-farmers-…

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Fabio Parasecoli @FParasecoli

3 years ago

American dining is an oligopoly dominated by chains | The Counter buff.ly/3FIKn9G @TheCounter

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The Counter @TheCounter

3 years ago

How California climate regulators are distorting progress on greenhouse gas emission reductions while allowing polluters to yield lucrative profits: thecounter.org/is-california-…

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The Counter @TheCounter

3 years ago

SB 464 is unlikely to move this year, but the groups behind #Food4All will continue to work on expanding California’s social safety net to include all undocumented immigrants. Read more from @TheTinaVasquez: thecounter.org/california-foo…

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BC Salmon Farmers @BCSalmonFarmers

3 years ago

Via @TheCounter: Your car is killing coho salmon Just over a year ago, scientists in Washington identified 6PPD-quinone, which is used to weatherize car tires, as a chemical that is acutely toxic to coho salmon. READ: thecounter.org/coho-salmon-pa…

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The Counter @TheCounter

3 years ago

Today is the Counter's last official day of operations, but we'll continue to showcase some of our final stories here through the end of next week. (In case you missed the news: thecounter.org/the-hardest-st…)

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The Counter @TheCounter

3 years ago

California is double-counting millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the dairy sector, distorting its progress on climate change. New investigation, in partnership with @grist: thecounter.org/is-california-…

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The Counter @TheCounter

3 years ago

Advocates and lawmakers in California wanted the new state budget to reflect a seemingly radical idea: Everyone should have access to food–undocumented or not. 🧵👇thecounter.org/california-foo…