Elijah de Castro

reporting on climate, poverty and corruption in rural SC @People_Sentinel | corps member @Report4America and @sejorg | forward-looking luddite

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

Yo check this out

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

Modest request:

If you hate Arabs or Jews, please unsubscribe from @LeverNews, and then go fuck yourself.

Thanks!

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

5/5 However, the program is starting conversations about greenhouse gasses and land use among small rural farmers, whose voices are ignored within the Ag industry.

"I’m trying to hear how other people think about things and understand where they coming from," said a farmer.

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

1/5 I have a new story out about the USDA’s Climate Smart program, which pays farmers to adopt practices associated with lower greenhouse gas emissions. However, the program is not without criticism from scientists.

Here’s what I found:

@Report4America

https://t.co/kCJCqAef51

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

4/5 An extension agent working on the project also admitted that "we’re not going to be able to control" methane, one of agriculture’s biggest contributions to global heating, particularly from cattle.

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

Horrible

[The Ithacan @IthacanOnline]

A swastika was found drawn into the snow outside of Ithaca College's Terrace Dining Hall on Dec. 7, which was the first night of Hanukkah. President Cornish notified the campus community of the incident this afternoon.

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[The Progressive @theprogressive]

In the December / January issue of The Progressive, we address the war in Gaza as it begins another grim chapter.
#Palestine #Gaza #conflict

New issue now available for $7.50 at our online store:
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[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

Please read this great article by @Report4America director Kim Kleman in @Poynter about the unemphasized power of local media, as I am quoted in it!

Local media can be a trustworthy, stable institution if given enough resources!!

[Report for America @Report4America]

“I don’t know if I can claim that my reporting made the mayor agree to leave, but people told me that my reporting helped them understand what was going on." –@ElijahdeCastro4

@Report4America's @KDKleman finds hope amid local news crisis.

https://t.co/qKvM7dEQDx via @Poynter

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

In truly one of the wildest stories I’ve ever reported, the outgoing mayor of the small town of Fairfax, SC is trying to "cancel" the town council meeting at which the new mayor will be sworn in.

@Report4America

https://t.co/ClGWQ80mRz

[Hind Khoudary @Hind_Gaza]

I Joined Gaza’s Trail of Tears And Displacement

My lastest to ⁦@theintercept⁩ https://t.co/pcSoeMjRdi

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

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[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

On October 30th, the Gazan scholar and activist Khalil Abu Yahia was killed by an Israeli airstrike. Maya Rosen and Erez Bleicher and remember their friend here
https://t.co/aDwnLu8HHA

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

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[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

@clare_shano @IthacaWeek Farm Bill reporting is super important and Im often reporting on it myself. Keep it up!

[Delaney Dryfoos @delaneydryfoos]

Like many of the Mississippi River’s threats, saltwater intrusion is not unpredictable: it’s been on the horizon for decades, as the river’s navigation channel was increasingly dredged to accommodate larger and larger ships. @TheLensNOLA @Report4America https://t.co/caGmj1OV2m

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

For years, feral pigs have destroyed farms and ecosystems in the south, pushing small farmers to the brink and worsening climate change.

However, a new study finds controlling their damage is possible, bringing hope to a dire situation.

@Report4America

https://t.co/66HkOUrywm

[The Progressive @theprogressive]

August 30, while local authorities told residents of the Southeast to stay inside during Hurricane Idalia, Natalie Sabb, and her two children were evicted from their public housing unit in South Carolina.
@ElijahdeCastro4 @NationalHomeles @evictionlab
https://t.co/CkZljMUaHI

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

As the climate emergency and the public housing crisis deepen, their effects are beginning to collide.

This is the digital edition of my @theprogressive article on evictions during extreme weather:

https://t.co/xPSU8z9Q88

[Elijah de Castro @ElijahdeCastro4]

I spent a month looking at the disappearance of grocery stores in Allendale County, SC, where over 34% of children go hungry.

Please read about the deadly effects that grocery store mergers and monopolies have had on rural America:

@Report4America

https://t.co/YimdOhTULF