The ASPCA awarded $160,305 in 2025 grants to fight factory farming, while ballot initiatives in California and EU legislation push to end industrial animal agriculture—amid warnings the next pandemic could start in a CAFO.
A weakened polar vortex, amplified by La Niña and SSW, threatens Thanksgiving travel across 35 U.S. states, with icy roads, snowstorms, and record cold expected from November 26–30, 2025, as 82 million Americans hit the road.