Supreme Court denies pork industry appeal of animal welfare law
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition to review the case of Triumph Foods, LLC v. Campbell, which sought to override a Massachusetts’ animal welfare law known as Question 3.
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Senate Farm Bill draft leaves out industry-backed provision to undo state animal welfare standards
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday released its draft Farm Bill, omitting a controversial provision that would have prevented states from having stricter animal welfare laws than other states, which is a priority of powerful industry groups and their allies in Congress.
Hog farmers reject push to undo state animal welfare standards
A coalition of family farmers, ranchers, and independent meat companies launched a campaign to pressure the Senate Agriculture Committee to drop the Save Our Bacon Act provision from its version of the Farm Bill.
New Mexico dairy CAFOs drives hundreds of millions in health costs, study finds
Air pollution from large, concentrated New Mexico dairy farms causes an estimated $217 million annually in health costs, with most of the toll coming from ammonia emissions that form dangerous particulate matter, according to a new study.
Top US lobby firms profit on both sides of the PFAS fight, report finds
Several major US lobby firms that are working for chemical industry interest groups to fight against strict regulation of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water are also representing local governments wrestling with health and water quality issues stemming from the contamination, according to a new report.
Another industry-led campaign targets California’s animal welfare law
Several newspapers across farming states have run strikingly similar opinion columns over the past month that take issue with a California animal welfare law. The columns, however, do not mention that the author works for an industry-linked public relations firm.
MAHA’s CAFO conundrum
In its push for more meat eating, MAHA faces a challenging truth: current and future meat demand depends almost entirely on massive, concentrated animal feeding operations, CAFOs.
WATCH: Two recent EPA moves you may have missed
Two recent EPA actions received far less attention than they deserve. First, the agency proposed to roll back drinking water standards for several PFAS. And, second, the agency extended the timeline for chemical safety reporting requirements, which critics say could slow health risk assessments.
Report calls for stricter fertilizer rules as US nitrate pollution crisis grows
Lax regulations and mismanaged applications in the US are to blame for the tons of nitrogen fertilizer that runs off into waterways each year and contributes to water and air pollution, cancer and environmental damage, according to a report released Monday.
EPA delays reporting requirements for health-harming chemicals
Federal regulators are giving chemical manufacturers and petroleum refiners more time to provide data on a group of chemicals that have been linked to human health harms as officials consider tighter regulations.