Chris Lombardi is the author of "I Ain’t Marching Anymore: Dissenters, Deserters and Objectors to America’s Wars." Her work has appeared in The Nation, Guernica the Philadelphia Inquirer.
We’re talking seriously impactful breakthroughs, per this Inside Climate News report, as Diane and local citizen scientists now oversee a $50 (FIFTY!) million settlement—the largest clean water EPA penalty ever.
The new law will trace cattle from ranch to supermarket in an effort for government agencies and companies to monitor deforestation databases that will cross-reference land tenure and cattle ownership.