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Ecuador pig & poultry farm pollution
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Ecuador pig & poultry farm pollution sparks protest amid IDB, IFC loans

A new report reveals how, in 2021, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank) awarded multimillion-dollar loans to Pronaca, one of the largest companies in Ecuador, for it to expand its pig and poultry farms in the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.

Politics
Smithfield Foods plans to capture hog farm methane
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Key questions unanswered as Smithfield Foods unveils new plan to capture hog farm methane

Smithfield Foods asks for approval of proposal that would transport gas to Virginia, but declines to disclose key details.

Impacts
NC planning involves more flooding & contamination
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Researchers say get ready for more floods, contamination

Duke University environmental scientists urge communities to begin long-term planning for the increase in flooding and resulting pollution during extreme storms made worse by climate change.
Causes
Iowa Supreme Court making it harder to sue hog confinements
United Soybean Board/Flickr

Iowa Supreme Court reverses itself, making it harder to sue hog confinements

The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday made it more difficult for landowners to sue hog confinements, overturning a longstanding precedent.
'This plan is a lie': Biogas on hog farms could do more harm than good
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'This plan is a lie': Biogas on hog farms could do more harm than good

Biogas promises less pollution, more jobs, and a renewable energy source. Residents and farmers disagree.
hog sewage waste water hurricane florence
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NC floodwaters carried pig, human waste after Florence

Hurricane Florence caused about 121 million gallons of untreated or partially treated sewage to spill in almost 600 incidents.

Solutions
Environmentalists battle lawmakers, pork industry on biogas
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Environmentalists battle lawmakers, pork industry on biogas

Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy are eager to turn hog waste into "biogas," but activists are trying to block the NC Farm Act.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Truck being loaded with coal

Coal stockpiles strain US power sector as demand wanes

Bogotá faces water rationing

Bogotá faces water rationing

Oil pipelines stretching into the distance

Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

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People advocating against the US hydrogen hub build out

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

CLIMATE
wind turbines lined up in a green field

Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

Palm trees bending in the wind

Cyclone devastates Mayotte