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The Latest On: CAFO

June 28, 2020 | Press Release

Groups Petition USDA to Ban Mass Burial, On-Site Incineration of Factory-Farmed Animals During Pandemic

Legal action calls for creation of public, online database to track mass killing and disposal locations

May 27, 2020 | In the News: Our Hen House

The Case of the Slaughterhouse Water

Alexis Andiman, Earthjustice attorney with the Sustainable Food & Farming Program, is a guest on the Animal Law Podcast, discussing Cape Fear River Watch v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, a lawsuit challenging the EPA’s guidelines for the amount of pollution that slaughterhouses are permitted to emit into waterways.

April 30, 2020 | Press Release

Corte Permite Que Demanda Contra Mataderos Contaminantes Continúe

La orden le otorgará a la corte decidir si la EPA violó la Ley de Agua Limpia al permitir que miles de plantas procesadoras de carne y aves de corral continúen utilizando tecnología anticuada e insuficiente para el control de la contaminación.

April 30, 2020 | Press Release

Federal Court Allows Slaughterhouse Pollution Lawsuit to Move Forward

The order will allow the court to decide whether the EPA violated the Clean Water Act by allowing thousands of meat- and poultry-processing plants to continue using outdated, insufficient pollution-control technology

January 24, 2020 | In the News: NC Policy Watch

Environmental Groups, Scientists Say DEQ’s Air Monitoring Program Fails The Sniff Test

Alexis Andiman, Attorney, Earthjustice: “Odor is not just odor. It’s the smell of air pollutants.”

December 18, 2019 | Press Release

Grupos Demandan a la EPA Para Frenar Contaminación de Plantas Procesadoras de Carne

La decisión de la EPA de no actualizar los protocolos de contaminación permite que los mataderos continúen descargando cantidades insalubres de contaminación en las vías fluviales de la nación.

December 18, 2019 | Press Release

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

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.

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