Joshua A. Bickel

Sludge-Fertilizer Giant Leaves Texas Town Amid ‘Forever Chemicals’ Crisis Ranchers claim livestock has been sickened by toxic chemicals in fertilizer made from sewage. Now Synagro, a Goldman Sachs-backed firm, has lost a deal to make sludge fertilizer there.

The City of Fort Worth, Texas, is ending its contract with Synagro, the Goldman Sachs-backed provider of fertilizer made from sewage sludge, over concerns that “forever chemicals” in the fertilizer are contaminating local farmland and groundwater.

Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it Opposition to the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer is growing across the country. While the practice has been happening for decades, there are increasing concerns about potential pollution of ground...

Sewage Sludge Is Used As Farm Fertilizer. Some Neighbors Hate It
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@joshuabickel.bsky.social and Sean Murphy report for @apnews.com

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Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it Opposition to the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer is growing across the country. While the practice has been happening for decades, there are increasing concerns about potential pollution of ground...

Hi! As part of our reporting we also did a story where we talked to people who lived near these fields: apnews.com/article/okla...

Midwest winters are changing. So is the ancient sport of falconry For falconers who hunt small animals like rabbits and grouse with wild birds of prey, changing Midwest winters are also changing the sport they love.

Last month @melinawalling.bsky.social and I went out to Wisconsin to learn more about how climate change and development are impacting hunters who work with birds of prey and the sport they love.

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Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica A wall of ice the size of Rhode Island is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.

The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.

A retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Los Angeles fire A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has astonished viewers.

Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire.

So the surfboard maker was stunned to find that the vehicle survived. “There is magic in that van,” Martin said.

My 90,000 shots of the sun: Andrew McCarthy’s best photograph ‘I took all the images with a precisely tuned telescope then joined them up. Use the wrong type of telescope and you’ll blind yourself and burn your house down’ I bought a telescope on a whim in 2017, thinking back fondly to when my dad used to show me…

My 90,000 shots of the sun: Andrew McCarthy’s best photograph

Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet.

Why Greenland? I explain why the remote resource rich island occupies a key position in a warming world. You may never go there like I did in 2019 but this beautiful place is the focus of Earth’s future for climate, geopolitical & economic reasons. apnews.com/article/gree...

Venus rewards stargazers with appearance next to moon Second rock from Sun visible with naked eye in clear skies in areas with low light pollution Stargazers have been treated to seeing the planet Venus as it made an appearance next to the moon. The second rock from the Sun could be seen on Friday night…

Venus rewards stargazers with appearance next to moon

Associated Press 100 Photos of 2024: An epic catalog of humanity In nearly 100 countries and all 50 U.S. states, visual journalists with The Associated Press are eyewitnesses to the world’s news, and have won 36 of AP's 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was establ...

So cool to have two photos of mine included! Poignant, heartfelt images here from the best photography staff in the world.