CAFO

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

April 25, 2018 | Article

Court Rules Mega-Dairies Can’t Keep Spreading Mega Waste in Secret

The New York Supreme Court sided with environmental groups, telling the state to revise a permit that has allowed huge industrial dairies to spread tons of manure onto nearby land without adequate safeguards.

November 14, 2017 | Press Release

Public Interest Groups Oppose EPA’s Third Attempt to Shield CAFOs From Disclosing Hazardous Pollution

EPA continues to evade compliance with federal laws designed to protect the public

April 12, 2017 | Article

Toxic Emissions from Factory Farms No Longer a Secret

The D.C. circuit court agreed with Earthjustice that the government and the public have a right to know about toxic emissions from industrial animal facilities.

April 12, 2017 | Press Release

Environmental Groups Fight Department Of Environmental Conservation’s Toothless Industrial Animal Facility Permits

Current permits fail to protect drinking and recreational waters from untreated animal waste at industrial animal facilities

January 6, 2017 | Legal Document

Reply Brief of Pikuni Traditionalist Association, Et al., to Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief on Summary Judgment

The response brief filed by plaintiff Solenex LLC repeatedly asks this Court to disregard controlling precedent; ignore plain statutory, regulatory, and contractual language; and adopt outlier positions. Solenex suggests that such extreme actions are necessary in this case to avoid
injustice due to the cancellation of its federal mineral lease in the Hall Creek area of the Badger-Two Medicine region, but dismisses the injustice that would befall the public interest if Solenex’s position were to prevail. The Court should reject Solenex’s arguments.