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August 29, 2019
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NWI Times: Court ruling prioritizes corporations over families
In a recent decision, the Indiana Court prioritized corporate profits, unchecked pollution and industrial agriculture facilities ahead of the interests of Indiana families....
August 16, 2019
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Huffington Post: Indiana Farmers Union Joins Fight Against Noxious 8,000-Hog Agribusiness Operation
Indiana’s Right to Farm Act essentially strips independent farmers and rural residents of any sort of redress against polluting concentrated animal feeding operations....
August 16, 2019
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HuffPost: Indiana Farmers Union Joins Fight Against Noxious 8,000-Hog Agribusiness Operation
The Indiana Farmers Union, with the support of the farmers union as well as Family Farm Action, Public Justice and Food & Water Watch, has filed a friend of the court brief to petition the state’s...
June 26, 2019
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US News: Lawsuit Calls Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Unconstitutional
A legal advocacy organization has filed a lawsuit in federal court against two Arkansas agricultural businesses claiming a state law protecting the businesses from undercover investigations is unconstitutional....
June 15, 2019
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Sentient Media: How Undercover Investigation of Lamb Slaughterhouse Led to Federal Prosecution
A whistleblower offered the first hidden-camera look inside a lamb slaughterhouse in the U.S. Now, the DOJ is stepping in. That’s how bad it was, yet it is all too common. ...
May 30, 2019
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The Fern: JBS, under fire for taking Trump’s tariff bailout, is accused of polluting a Colorado river
In a new lawsuit, environmental advocates say a Colorado beef-packing plant owned by JBS has been dumping polluted wastewater into a river for years....
May 24, 2019
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All Things Considered: Plaintiffs In CAFO, Right To Farm Lawsuit Want A Rehearing
Two Hendricks County couples are petitioning the Indiana Court of Appeals to rehear their case against a neighboring farm with 8,000 hogs. They say the smell from the confined animal feeding operation or CAFO is...
May 23, 2019
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Pollution Online: Lawsuit Seeks To Protect South Platte River From Colorado Slaughterhouse Pollution
The Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch filed a lawsuit in federal court recently against the JBS-Swift Beef Company to stop illegal discharges of slaughterhouse pollution into Colorado’s South Platte River....
April 18, 2019
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Public Justice Leans Forward to Enforce a Right to Clean Water
Public Justice's Food Project, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, and Food & Water Watch recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of Iowans to hold the corporate-controlled agriculture system accountable for polluting their water....