Johnathan Hettinger

Johnathan Hettinger is an investigative reporter at the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting in Champaign, Illinois.

The EPA administrator, Michael S. Regan, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, speaks in Pennsylvania in December 2021. February 2022
“A pretty big sea change”: EPA says it will consider endangered species when approving new pesticides—with or without the threat of lawsuits
Environment
by Johnathan Hettinger
02.28.2022
Environment
A tractor sprays pesticides over a field of crops. July 2021
The Biden administration has defended Trump’s pesticide decisions
Environment
by Johnathan Hettinger
07.12.2021
Environment
John Wesley Boyd, Jr., center, founder and president of the National Black Farmers' Association, speaks at a press conference on Aug. 26, 2020, after Attorney Ben Crump, right, announced federal action to block Bayer-Monsanto from selling the weedkiller Roundup. September 2020.
Black farmers sue Monsanto to stop sales of Roundup
Health
by Johnathan Hettinger
09.03.2020
Health
emerging corn sprayed west of Oakwood July 2020
New Bayer-engineered seed is resistant to five different types of pesticide
Environment
by Johnathan Hettinger
07.10.2020
Environment
A wall mural with
Dicamba has killed tens of millions of trees across the Midwest and South
Environment
by Johnathan Hettinger
06.22.2020
Environment
Soybeans with suspected dicamba damage north of Flatville, IL. (June 2020)
In apparent rejection of federal court, EPA allows continued dicamba use
Environment
by Johnathan Hettinger
06.10.2020
Environment
Dicamba resistant soybeans in rural McLean County on August 7.
Controversial herbicide dicamba no longer legal, federal court rules
Politics
by Johnathan Hettinger
06.05.2020
Politics
soybean farmers to spray pesticides linked to cancer April 2020
EPA sidesteps normal public process to approve BASF’s cancer-linked pesticide
Environment
by Johnathan Hettinger
04.10.2020
Environment
Tractor on a farm
Big ag companies say business continues amid coronavirus pandemic
Business
by Johnathan Hettinger
03.20.2020
Business