FARMS OFFERED POLLUTION AMNESTY
October 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
THE US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to offer large livestock farms amnesty from lawsuits over excessive air pollution if they participate in a study monitoring emissions from feedlots and manure pools. Conservation groups say the plan is too lenient, given that the agency already has the authority to order air pollution monitoring.
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THE US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to offer large livestock farms amnesty from lawsuits over excessive air pollution if they participate in a study monitoring emissions from feedlots and manure pools. Conservation groups say the plan is too lenient, given that the agency already has the authority to order air pollution monitoring.
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