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Aerial view hog barns surrounded by floodwaters. It appears a manure lagoon is inundated with flood water and has breached its boundaries

When the Hurricane is Gone, But Toxic Factory Farm Waste Remains

As climate change drives ever stronger and more frequent natural disasters, communities across the country are facing deadly weather events with alarming regularity. Recovering from disasters like hurricanes and flash flooding is hard enough, but people living near industrial factory farms face an additional threat:...

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Big Ag Needs Governments to Keep Bailing It Out

Our rights to enjoy clean water, fresh air and land free of life-threatening toxins should be non-negotiable. But when it comes to Big Ag, our elected officials are consistently willing to give those rights away. In June 2024, Oklahoma passed a law shielding poultry giants like...

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A person in boots and PPE bends down to collect a water sample from a stream. The person is stylized in yellow, while the rest of the image is tinted dark blue.

Six clean water wins in the first half of 2023

Community organizers alongside public interest attorneys continue to stand against factory farms to defend our health and protect our waterways. Thanks to the tireless efforts of people on the ground and legal experts, we’re moving closer to a world with healthy waterways and healthy communities....

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Yakima Factory Farms Clean Up Their Act

In a landmark victory for clean water, two factory farms in Yakima, Washington agreed to clean up groundwater and limit future pollution – a result of our Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) case brought on behalf of the Community Association of Restoration of the...

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Snake River Waterkeeper v. Simplot

Snake River Waterkeeper is using the Clean Water Act to hold agribusiness company Simplot accountable to the people of Idaho for dirtying the Snake River with factory farm pollution. Simplot’s Grand View Feedlot is one of the largest industrial ag operations in the country. With...

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