In the American West, water scarcity is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, with severe droughts and dwindling water supplies impacting rural communities, urban centers, and the natural environment. One of the major contributors to this crisis is industrial animal agriculture, which consumes an astonishing amount...
Read More“The Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision not to take up this appeal affirms the right of the people of Winona County to govern themselves, and to decide what the future of agriculture should be where they live,” said Holly Bainbridge, a FarmSTAND staff attorney. “Rural communities...
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Read More Case: Protecting Iowa’s Clean Water from Meatpacking Pollution (DWD v. Agri Star)...
Read More Case: Protecting Iowa’s Clean Water from Meatpacking Pollution (DWD v. Agri Star)Holly Bainbridge, staff attorney at FarmSTAND, a legal advocacy organization, agrees that the rules don’t go far enough. “After decades of inaction, it is not nearly enough to truly counter the massive scale of water pollution from these facilities nationwide,” she says....
Read More“People have the right to enjoy their local waterways, in the Driftless Region and everywhere,” said Holly Bainbridge, a staff attorney for FarmSTAND, and one of the attorneys representing DWD. “After 60 days of notice, it’s time to enforce the Clean Water Act through the...
Read More"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 time to enforce the Clean Water Act through the courts and make Agri Star stop...
Read MoreThe 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, both non-profit legal advocacy groups....
Read More“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 FarmSTAND, a group supporting the lawsuit. ...
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Stopping Agricultural Exceptionalism’s Harm to the Environment and Workers Keeps Getting More Important ...
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