Nina B. Elkadi

Taking a break from my scheduled food/ag content to share a guide to reporting on Iran, from an association I'm proud to be a part of, @amejaglobal.bsky.social. Helpful for journalists and non-journalists alike when thinking through terminology and its intersection with history.

Contingent on Weather If the weather didn’t hold, the story could’ve been very different.

It has been interesting to think about contingency in the context of pollution events. If the weather didn’t hold, this story could’ve been very different. Some commentary on my latest story about Agri Star, which was published in @sentientmedia.org

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Digesters Were Sold as a Climate Fix. Now the USDA Is Hitting Pause. A 90-day pause due to “loan delinquency” may signal that the viability of anaerobic digesters is being scrutinized at the federal level.

I don't think anyone is doing better journalism on Midwest agriculture than @ninaelkadi.com.

Her latest, on biodigesters: sold as “climate-smart,” but subsidize factory farm expansion, pollute rural water, and address only ~11% of ag emissions.

cornbeltconfidential.substack.com/p/digesters-...

Wow, thanks for the kind words.

Manure-to-Energy Digesters Were Sold as a Climate Fix. Now the USDA Is Hitting Pause. A 90-day pause due to “loan delinquency” may signal that the viability of anaerobic digesters is being scrutinized at the federal level.

“What’s to stop this other conglomerate of people and investors from Appleton that don’t live here?” Brenner says. “They don’t have a house here. They couldn’t care less what happens to our roads and to our wells and to our rivers, and it’s all about the money. They’ve got millions invested.”

River to River River to River is a conversation about the news — from an Iowa perspective. Together, we dig into the story behind the headlines, talking with newsmakers and experts to find out how the news affects…

Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa. What can these communities do when their water is undrinkable? Tune in to River to River on @iowapublicradio.org tomorrow at 12:20 PM CT to hear Sentient Editor-at-Large @ninaelkadi.com discuss her latest investigation:

Their Water Was Undrinkable. Oklahoma’s Oil Regulators Failed to Help. State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...

Oklahoma officials found signs of oil&gas pollution in Tammy Boarman's drinking water, which left sores in her mouth and corroded appliances. In the end, the state closed her case, with basic questions left unanswered @readfrontier.bsky.social+@propublica.org

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