Lead researcher @DeSmog and agriculture reporter. (she/her)
UK / US
Joined December 2015
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Michaela Herrmann retweeted
Recommended read: @DeSmog mapped the influence of Ireland’s “powerful farming lobby”, highlighting the “damage the [agricultural] sector is wreaking on Ireland’s climate targets”.
📝 @CookePhoebe @MicHerrmann
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Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🔴 NEW | Mapped: Inside Ireland’s Powerful Farming Lobby
desmog.com/2024/09/25/mapped…
✍️@cookephoebe @MicHerrmann @swimsure
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
My latest investigation w/ @Brigitte_WHL & @MicHerrmann dug into certification schemes of the fishmeal industry🐟🇲🇷
We uncovered deep conflicts of interest, lack of W Africa reps & overexploited fish stocks
desmog.com/2024/07/04/reveal…
It's complicated stay with me..🧵1/9
#COFI36
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🔴 NEW 🔴
Industry-led West Africa Fishery Protection Measures Marred By ‘Massive Conflicts of Interest’
📝Major new investigation by @Brigitte_WHL @hazel_healy & @MicHerrmann👇
desmog.com/2024/07/04/reveal…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🌊For #WorldOceanDay, catch up on our coverage of how industrial aquaculture is changing the face of our oceans - and the communities that rely on them🐟
An open letter from scientists & campaign groups is asking the @FAO to remove carnivorous fish farming from its definition of "sustainable aquaculture".
desmog.com/2024/06/07/160-gr…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🔵NEW🔵
More Than 160 Groups Call on UN to Stop Promoting Carnivorous Fish Farming as ‘Sustainable’
✍️@MicHerrmann desmog.com/2024/06/07/160-gr…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🔴 NEW | The False Claims on Food and Farming That May Sway EU Elections
✍️by @ClareCarlile @coenpoen @lauravilladiego @Machno17 @MartaKaszti @katharinawecker
@rachel_sher @JoeyGrostern
desmog.com/2024/06/07/the-fa…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🔴 NEW 🔴
Nigel Farage has said he doesn't believe the world's scientists on climate change, and he wants to scrap net zero.
Awkwardly, though, Clacton is at high risk of sea level rises and flooding thanks to... climate change.
desmog.com/2024/06/04/climat…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🟢Tonight, tractors are rolling into Brussels for an anti-EU demo - days before the EU goes to the polls
These are 'farmers protests' -- but millions of farmers have ruled out taking part
Why? It's complicated. Here's what you need to know @DeSmog 👇
desmog.com/2024/05/31/eu-far…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me…
🧵 1/n #ClimateCrisis
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
NEW: Big Oil privately acknowledges its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, an investigation from @OversightDems @SenateBudget shows
It's based on a tranche of newly revealed subpoenaed documents
theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
UK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil imports dlvr.it/T5xGxs
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
Revealed: the salmon industry’s ‘outrageous’ lobbying
bit.ly/49e28Lj
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🔔 Oportunidad laboral: ¿en busca de un nuevo desafío?
🔎 Buscamos periodistas para ampliar nuestro equipo de mentores en seis países de América Latina.
➡️ Si eres la persona indicada, envía tu CV antes del 14 de abril aquí: bit.ly/3PAQoeP
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @agripulse is hiring a Food and Agriculture Reporter to cover the California legislature and state agencies impacting the state’s agriculture and issues like water rights, crop protection products, labor, and food safety. #JournalismJobs
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Michaela Herrmann retweeted
When should global livestock emissions peak and what's the most effective way to reduce them? @HHarwatt (and her coauthors) posed these questions (and more) to 210 climate scientists & I wrote up the findings (w/charts!). It's much sooner than you'd think. vox.com/future-perfect/2024/…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
If you're a journalist covering industrial meat and dairy, I wrote this for you! Thanks to @sejorg for the guidance and editing! sej.org/publications/feature…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
My remarks a few weeks ago to the @UN_HRC on Gaza. The international community has done nothing to prevent Israel's campaign on genocide and starvation. The world's governments are complicit. It is time to sanction Israel to ensure an immediate ceasefire.
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
🔴NEW: Court of Appeal Rules Climate Crisis A Matter of ‘Opinion’
'For as long as judges believe they can rule away our collective desire to live and to protect those we love, the situation will only escalate' - @PlanB_earth's Tim Crosland for @DeSmog 👇
desmog.com/2024/03/19/court-…
Michaela Herrmann retweeted
The @SECGov voted to move forward with rules that will require public companies to disclose climate-related business risks to investors.
But climate and environment campaigners are concerned about loopholes.
Read more in the article from @MicHerrmann 🔗
loom.ly/L08wchA
