Agriculture

Public Interest Groups Sue EPA to Curb Slaughterhouse Pollution

Public Interest Groups Sue EPA to Curb Slaughterhouse Pollution

EPA’s Decision Not to Update Pollution Standards Allows Slaughterhouses to Continue Discharging Unhealthy Amounts of Pollution into the Nation’s Waterways ...
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Act Now! Protect Communities from Pollution from Chicken Manure!

Act Now! Protect Communities from Pollution from Chicken Manure!

In Maryland, there are hundreds of large industrial poultry operations, sometimes called factory farms. Regulators call them concentrated animal feeding ...
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Bay Cleanup Activists Praise Vote to Move Ahead with Poultry Manure Pollution Rules

Bay Cleanup Activists Praise Vote to Move Ahead with Poultry Manure Pollution Rules

MDA Committee Votes Against Proposed Delay for “Phosphorus Management Tool” Sought by Farmers Annapolis, Md. – A Maryland advisory committee voted ...
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Chesapeake Bay Advocates Oppose Delay for Poultry Pollution Rules

Chesapeake Bay Advocates Oppose Delay for Poultry Pollution Rules

MD Gov. Hogan’s Administration Considering a One Year Delay for Phosphorus Regulations Annapolis, Md. – Maryland Governor Hogan’s administration is ...
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Ten Lessons from the Fair Farms Initiative

Ten Lessons from the Fair Farms Initiative

By Betsy Nicholas, Executive Director of Waterkeepers Chesapeake (first printed as a Waterkeeper Alliance blog) As an environmental lawyer, I ...
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