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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Congratulation to @ninaelkadi.com for winning a 2026 CCNow Journalism Award for her @sentientmedia.org story on the impact of alfalfa in Arizona. "Elkadi’s narrative is “accessible, engaging, and rich in detail,” judges said, and it represents an outstanding public service." 👏 (link to the story 👇)

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The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its sixth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the clim...

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Nina B. Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com · 18/09/2026

Wondering how long it took for this to get from the idea phase to publication? Spoiler: a long time. I wrote a little inside baseball about it:

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The Story Behind the Story

The pre-pre-reporting behind my award-winning story.

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 18/09/2026

Big news! 🚨 @ninaelkadi.com’s Sentient feature, “In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm,” is the recipient of the Food and Agriculture Multimedia Journalism Award from @coveringclimatenow.org.

A man stands in the Arizona desert. Text reads:
2026 CCNow Journalism Awards
In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm

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Nina B. Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com · 17/09/2026

"Elkadi’s narrative is “accessible, engaging, and rich in detail,” judges said, and it represents an outstanding public service. Three months after the story published, the state moved to bring La Paz’s groundwater under regulation." Yay, biggest thanks goes to the sources, always.

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The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This reminds me of @ninaelkadi.com’s story on how more than half the fines to confined livestock operators in Iowa are for administrative violations. The state agency in charge of the enforcement of the Clean Water Act has neither the resources nor the appetite for more substantive work.

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Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution - Inside Climate News

The state’s environmental agency has the authority to investigate and issue fines for illegal spills, but lacks sufficient staff and resources.

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Nina B. Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com · 24/08/2026

"There are now approximately 1,720 total OSHA inspectors responsible for covering 144 million workers across many industries—meaning each inspector is responsible for the health and safety of 84,000 workers on 11.6 million worksites."

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Nina B. Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com · 19/08/2026

“To be clear: I would have voted in support of this Farm Bill,” Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek wrote in an August 11 press release. He continued to write that the Democratic party “failed” farmers “by letting perfect be the enemy of good.” My latest on the mythology Turek perpetuates:

cornbeltconfidential.substack.com

The Farm Bill Is Not Just About Farmers

Its impasse is about more than “failing” farmers.

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Nina B. Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com · 18/08/2026

Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek wrote that he would've voted in support of the August 6 farm bill, and that the Democratic party “failed” farmers “by letting perfect be the enemy of good.” The farm bill is not just about farmers. It’s also about the 42 million people relying on SNAP.

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The Farm Bill Is Not Just About Farmers

Its impasse is about more than “failing” farmers.

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Grey Moran @greymoran.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"For 24 hours a day, for some three months, they burned the woods that were there,” said Lee Quick, who lives across from Amazon's data center under construction in Hamlet. "I had to purchase two car covers to keep ashes from falling on my car." @sentientmedia.org sentientmedia.org/amazon-data-...

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Amazon Data Center Slated for NC Town With Devastating Industrial History

In the North Carolina Sandhills, a sprawling data center project threatens to repeat the past, stirring memories of a chicken processing plant disaster.

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Politico @politico.com · 20/07/2026

This week's POLITICO Magazine cover story: Poisoned water is turning this rural state bluer. “Cancer doesn’t care what party you belong to. Republicans don’t like drinking poisonous water any more than Democrats do." 🔗 politi.co/4bSaHiN Also in this issue 🧵👇

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Fellowship highlight: ’25 fellow Nina Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com & CLF’s Tom Philpott @tomphilpott.bsky.social co-authored a @politico.com story on how Iowa’s water quality crisis is becoming a public health and fairness issue with political consequences. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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‘Cancer Doesn't Care What Party You Belong To’: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State Bluer

Democrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water.

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Nina B. Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com · 25/06/2026

If you get cancer from a pesticide that the EPA reviewed and doesn’t require a cancer warning for, you can’t sue that company. So what can you do? The High Court says you should petition the EPA. A multiyear side project while you’re getting chemotherapy infusions.

cornbeltconfidential.substack.com

SCOTUS Says You Can’t Sue Pesticide Companies If You Get Cancer.

This is what today’s Monsanto ruling means for you.

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Nina B. Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com · 25/06/2026

no reading between the lines necessary!

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