Udderly Ridiculous

U.S. EPA proposes easing reporting requirements for factory farms

Posted at 3:28 PM on 21 Dec 2007

The U.S. EPA has proposed a "better approach" to making factory farms report their levels of air-polluting emissions -- don't make 'em report them at all! Under a proposal put forth today, commercial livestock operations would not have to report hazardous chemical pollution if the source was animal waste. The rule change, which would exempt Big Ag from three separate laws, would "reduce the burden on the regulated community of complying with ... reporting requirements," says the EPA. Oh, the poor burdened agriculture industry! "Residents have a right to know when these factory farms spew health-threatening air pollution in their area," says Ed Hopkins of the Sierra Club. "EPA should seriously reconsider its proposal and perhaps give some thought to the purpose of these laws, which is to protect public health, not corporate interests."

sources: Common Dreams, NewsInferno, EPA Newsroom

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hey sierra club!

why are you so tough on corporate interests when the corporations are Big Agra, but not when they are Big Power??
after all, you are giving cover to wilderness-destroying utilities by supporting the despicable and unsustainable model of new remote generation and transmission of "renewables" (snort!) even though the wind and solar farms will completely obliterate hundreds of thousands of acres of fragile wilderness. not because URBAN DECENTRALIZED generation isn't entirely possible, but rather because it won't increase the profits and chokeholds of Big Power.

Hmmmm. perhaps the Sierra club should give some thought to the purpose of wilderness, which is to provide crucial habitat for billions of species and which plays an extremely important role in the ecological balance of the planet, not to provide a cheapie power outlet to gluttonous McMansions and the Utilities that love them.

Sorry, no moral high ground until you rescind your endorsement of destruction of ecosystems (via dynamite, bulldozers, concrete, etc.) in pursuit of the dubious goal of preventing the destruction of ecosystems (via global warming). eliminate the middleman and support local PV generation like San Francisco and Berkeley are finally doing. stop selling out our wilderness!!!

the greenest energy is that which you needn't ever produce.

by stopgreenpath at 7:29 PM on 22 Dec 2007

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