farm pollution
In a year of water quality reckoning, national imperative is impeded
Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.
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A dairy farm is defending a pollution lawsuit. Some say Vermont's regs are on trial
Dennis and Vicki Hopper spend Vermont's more temperate months at their lakefront home in Panton, which they purchased for $3.2 million in 2014. Their primary...
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Michigan’s climate-ready future: Wetland parks, less cement, roomy shores
As climate change alters our world, Michigan's bounty of fresh water — if managed smartly — could be the foundation of a thriving state economy and superior quality of life.
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Missouri eases rules for building CAFOs despite outcry about potential pollution
Missouri's Clean Water Commission won't force concentrated animal feeding operations, CAFOs, to consider perched water in construction plans.
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Red meat production has a big impact on air pollution
Feeding the world is a necessity, but the process doesn't come without health risks - even in the form of air pollution.
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Anger, guilt and optimism: young farmers' complicated relationship with climate change
In order to prevent global warming topping 1.5 degrees Celsius, agriculture needs to reform itself from the ground up, dramatically cutting its emissions and its pollution.
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Michael Regan confirmed: New Biden EPA chief on how to fix the agency
Regan, who has just been confirmed by the Senate to head the EPA, tells Rolling Stone how he’ll restore the agency and help implement the most ambitious climate agenda in history
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