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June 4, 2019 | Press Release

Trump’s EPA Rule Says Animal Production Operations Shouldn’t Report Their Toxic Air Pollution

Animal production operations would be able to bypass mandatory reporting requirements that exist to protect rural communities from breathing polluted air

January 9, 2019 | Article

The Storm Moved on, But North Carolina’s Hog Waste Didn’t

Earthjustice and our partners are working to prevent future hog waste floods in the area hit hardest by Hurricane Florence.

December 13, 2018 | Article

A Stench That Sickens, and an EPA That Doesn’t Care

The public can comment through Dec. 14 on an EPA rule that would shield thousands of livestock facilities from reporting toxic emissions.

November 16, 2018 | Article

A Just Way to Put Food on the Table

From banning toxic nerve agent pesticides to protecting our farmworkers, Earthjustice remains committed to remaking our food system into one that nourishes and sustains life for all of us.

September 21, 2018 | Article

Hurricane Florence Brings Another Hog Waste Flood to North Carolina

Mixed in with the hurricane's floodwaters are the contents of huge pits filled with pig poop.

September 21, 2018 | In the News: CityLab

The Black Communities That Have Fought for Their Right to Exist in the Carolinas

September 17, 2018 | Article

Why Hurricane Florence Could Become a Public Health Crisis

In the path of the storm are giant pits filled with coal ash, lagoons swirling with hog manure, Superfund sites and industrial facilities stocked with toxic chemicals.

September 14, 2018 | Legal Document

FOIA Lawsuit: CAFO Air Reporting

Plaintiffs Waterkeeper Alliance and Sierra Club bring this action to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to release records withheld in violation of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. The records at issue could shed light on EPA’s decision to issue guidance exempting all “farms,” including concentrated animal feeding operations, from the requirement to notify authorities about dangerous releases of toxic gases under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.

September 13, 2018 | In the News: New York Times

Florence’s Path Is Strewn With Toxic Hazards

Alexis Andiman, Attorney, Earthjustice: “It’s 500 times the waste produced by the entire population of Washington, D.C.”

May 1, 2018 | Press Release: Victory

New York Supreme Court Strikes Down Department of Environmental Conservation’s Permit for Mega-dairies

Illegal permit allowed industrial animal operations to prepare pollution prevention plans without agency oversight or public input, threatening drinking and recreational waters

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