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Swine By Us
Court rules against green groups, lets factory farms off the hook |
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19 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Swine By Us Court rules against green groups, lets factory farms off the hook Some 2,600 livestock companies are participating in a sweet deal from the U.S. EPA. In exchange for paying a minimal fee and agreeing to participate in an air-quality data-collection program, factory farms can basically be exempt from Clean Air Act requirements for 30 months. When the swap was announced ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Big Ag, industrial ag, litigation, news, US EPA (all these topics) |
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