January 21, 2020
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Amicus brief of GOFiSH & MCFU (Iowa PTD)
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January 14, 2020
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News
Groups submit brief to Iowa Supreme Court in Clean Water Lawsuit as State seeks to “close off” judiciary to citizen groups on behalf of “Big Ag”
Yesterday, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) and Food & Water Watch (FWW) filed a brief before the Iowa Supreme Court, defending a Polk County District Court ruling that the organizations’ lawsuit against the State of Iowa to restore the Raccoon River could proceed to trial....
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December 22, 2019
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Delaware Public Media: Lawyer weighs in on state’s agreement with Mountaire
Some advocates have concerns about an agreement reached between state environmental regulators and Mountaire Farms over wastewater violations from 2017. The agreement resolves permit violations associated with a 2017 wastewater treatment facility failure at the chicken company’s Millsboro plant over which the Delaware Department of Natural...
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November 20, 2019
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News
The Denver Channel: Meat packing plant broke law for 5 yrs.
Colorado regulators are now rethinking how they handled dangerous water discharges from one of the world’s largest meat packers....
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October 21, 2019
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Resource Materials
Resistance to Application for Interlocutory Appeal (Iowa PTD)
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September 25, 2019
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Resource Materials
Complaint (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)
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September 25, 2019
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Cases
Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef
FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice) represented the Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch in a lawsuit against JBS-Swift Beef Company to stop illegal discharges of slaughterhouse pollution into Colorado’s South Platte River. The Lone Tree Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greeley...
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September 25, 2019
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Resource Materials
Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment (Yakima)
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Read More Case: Yakima Valley Dairy Cases
September 25, 2019
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Plaintiff’s Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Yakima)
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September 25, 2019
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Motion for Summary Judgment (Yakima)
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