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April 7, 2021 In News

The FERN: Petition calls for EPA regulation of large dairy and hog farms

Two dozen environmental and consumer groups, including the Sierra Club and Government Accountability Project, petitioned the EPA on Tuesday to regulate large dairy and hog operations under federal air pollution laws....

April 7, 2021 In News

Meat + Poultry: Groups petition EPA to regulate dairy, hog farm emissions

Twenty-five climate and environmental justice organizations petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate emissions from industrial dairy and hog operations and to reject gases collected at concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and used...

April 7, 2021 In News

Successful Farming: Petition Calls for EPA Regulation of Large Dairy and Hog Farms

April 7, 2021 In Cases

Petition to EPA: Industrial Agriculture is a Climate Polluter

Industrial agriculture is a major driver of climate change. However, the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to treat the industry like the climate polluter it is. That is why Public Justice led 25 climate, environmental...

April 6, 2021 In News

Law360: Green Groups Ask EPA To Regulate Big Farms’ Air Emissions

Green groups on Tuesday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin regulating industrial hog and dairy operations under the Clean Air Act, saying the methane they produce is being inappropriately exploited as an energy...

April 6, 2021 In Resource Materials

Petition to List Industrial Dairy and Hog Operations as Source Categories Under Section 111(b)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act

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Case: Petition to EPA: Industrial Agriculture is a Climate Polluter

April 6, 2021 In News, Press Release

Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call for Biden EPA to Hold Industrial Dairy and Hog Operations Accountable and to Reject Big Ag Technology

Today, environmental justice, rural community and environmental groups across the U.S. filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling for the Biden EPA to regulate industrial dairy and hog operations and hold them...

April 1, 2021 In Cases

Sierra Club v. Walnutdale

Everybody has the right to clean water. Yet for the neighbors of industrial agriculture operations like Walnutdale Farms in Michigan, this right is unrealized. That is why the Public Justice Food Project represented the Sierra...