Soil policies should be driven by science—not agrochemical companies By Kendra Klein and Anna Lappé Originally Published in The Magazine of the Sierra Club on May 17, 2021 The last time soil health was perceived as a pressing public concern was at the peak of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. Now, for the first time in nearly a century, it has once again piqued policymakers’ interest as awareness grows that the ground beneath our feet is a crucial carbon sink, making the soil a pot

What Biden’s burger boondoggle tells us about partisan politics and spin-doctoring By Anna Lappe (Photo by SIphotography/iStock) Originally Published in The Magazine of the Sierra Club, on May 7, 2021 For a couple of days in April, my Twitter stream was abuzz with alarmist “the libs are coming for your burgers” headlines. The social media fire was sparked by news outlets and rogue posters asserting that President Biden’s Earth Day pronouncement for climate action—which set an

By Anna Lappé (Photo Credit...Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times) Originally Published in New York Times Opinion Letters, on May 4, 2021 To the Editor: I hate to be the dark cloud hovering over Farhad Manjoo’s solar array (“The Wind and Solar Boom Is Already Here,” column, April 30), but while those who care about climate stability should applaud the growth of renewable energy sources like wind and solar, fossil fuel industry expansion into worrisome markets should co