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CBS 2 Iowa: Iowa meatpacking plant sued over years of alleged water pollution
"People have the right to enjoy their local waterways, in the Driftless Region and everywhere," said FarmSTAND attorney Holly Bainbridge in the press release. "After 60 days of notice, it’s…
Sentient Media: Iowa Slaughterhouse Routinely Pollutes Waterways With Excessive Waste, Advocacy Groups Allege
The intent to sue notice was co-authored by Driftless Water Defenders, a non-profit Iowa-based group working to protect Iowa waterways from agricultural polluters, as well as Public Justice and FarmSTAND,…
Teen Vogue: How Trump’s Admin Will Make Bird Flu Worse
Every day, my organization FarmSTAND sees the extent to which industrial animal agriculture is a system built on a foundation of harm. A handful of ag megacorporations have so much…
CBS 2 Iowa: Iowa meatpacking plant faces legal threat over repeated, “unchecked” pollution
“The Clean Water Act does provide citizens like Driftless Water Defenders an avenue for addressing that government under-enforcement and protecting the right to clean waterways,” said attorney Holly Bainbridge of…
Vox: Meet the new neighbors: 7.5 million chickens and their mountains of manure
“Everyone has a right to use and enjoy their property” under common law, said David Muraskin, managing director for litigation at FarmSTAND. “What the Right to Farm laws have done…
Sentient Media: 81% of Meatpacking Workers at High Injury Risk, USDA Warns
“Industrial animal agriculture operates on a model of systemic exploitation to increase their profit margins at the expense of the well-being of animals, workers and rural communities. Today’s USDA studies…
The Cedar Rapids Gazette: Environmental group poised to sue Postville kosher meat plant
The group also is being represented by Public Justice and FarmSTAND, both of Washington, D.C., which have litigated environmental concerns on behalf of residents in other states.
Investigate Midwest: USDA’s investigation into Tyson Foods has collected thousands of documents. Would Donald Trump end it?
“We would expect to see an investigation like this closed or just die,” said Muraskin, citing Trump’s history of deregulation and business-friendly policies.
Michigan Public Radio: Stateside: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024
[T]his week the Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about whether undocumented immigrants are able to receive lost wages when they are injured at work. David Muraskin,…