
Laura Bult
Former Senior Producer
Latest articles by Laura Bult
Inside North Carolina’s search for solutions for its thousands of pig manure lagoons.
There’s a human cost to factory-processed chicken.


Corporate consolidation is making it impossible for cattle ranchers to stay afloat.
A lot of it is probably hiding in plain sight.
The world’s tallest mountain got a little taller — here’s why.
Highway expansion projects don’t do what you might think they do.
Not all rivers and streams are protected under the Trump administration’s new definition of “water.”
Republicans’ election-related lawsuits don’t amount to much. But the future of election law under the new US Supreme Court is a different story.
Without federal legislation, the fight for LGBTQ rights has unfolded in the courts and in the White House.
The 2020 elections could be a step toward getting Americans to stop driving so much.