Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Christine Louis-Jeune knew she was home when she saw ash falling from the sky and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since October 1, Glades residents have once again been smothered in the smoke and ash that will plague us through the entirety of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The practice of cutting off the tough outer husks of sugar cane stalks as an alternative to burning them off in pre-harvest fires ...

In the center of the state, south of Lake Okeechobee, a sign welcoming visitors to Belle Glade, Florida says it all: “Her soil is her fortune.” Belle Glade and the surrounding cities of Pahokee and ...

The series by The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica on sugar cane burning and the health problems Glades residents are suffering was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s most prestigious award ...

Burning sugar cane pollutes communities of color in Palm Beach County. Brazil shows another way. Brazil is no longer burning sugar cane in the fields. Sugar companies in the Glades region around Lake ...

The burning of sugar cane fields in West Baton Rouge Parish started sending ashes into the air and across the Mississippi River to Baton Rouge this week, a phenomenon seen several times since the fall ...

Louisiana's agriculture commissioner is asking growers not to burn sugar cane fields until further notice. Mike Strain warns the smoke can mingle with dense fog, which is forecast across Southeast ...

We have all seen it. That enormous thick cloud looming over the sugar cane fields. It fills the lush beautiful land with a disturbing haze as it hovers over our homes and hearts. That toxic cloud is ...

Thailand's sugar cane output is expected to increase in the 2024-25 crop year thanks to more rainfall, but farmers face strict screening for harvesting by burning, says the Office of the Cane and ...

Since October 1, Glades residents have once again been smothered in the smoke and ash that will plague us through the entirety of the six-to-eight-month sugar cane pre-harvest burn season. For ...