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Over 30 Organizations Urge USDA to Limit Federal Support for Manure Digesters
Hundreds of millions of dollars intended to cut energy costs have been funneled to costly manure digesters, benefitting industrial-scale livestock operations.
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New Analysis: Trump-Era Biofuel Subsidies Drive Big Ag-Big Oil Alliance, Fuel Pollution
A supercharged tax credit and new policy mandate provide ethanol and soy producers billions in profit while expanding fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Trump’s Dietary Guidelines Reject Science-Backed Advisory Committee Recommendations for Shifts towards Plant-Rich Diets
New Dietary Guidelines ignore science on harms of meat-heavy diets; recommendations could undermine efforts to curb heart disease, diabetes, and cancer
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Washington State’s Clean Fuel Standard Doubles Down on Factory Farm Pollution
Washington State’s Dept of Ecology issued a rule to implement its CFS that doubles down on policies that reward factory farms.
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Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions
Roasting the Planet, a new report co-authored by Foodrise, Friends of the Earth U.S., Greenpeace Nordic, and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, reveals the colossal, yet often overlooked, cli…
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Emissions from Major Global Meat and Dairy Companies Rival Those of Saudi Arabia
The world’s major meat and dairy companies are generating combined greenhouse gas emissions on par with some of the biggest fossil fuel producers.
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Public Development Bank Investigation slams Giant Meat Company for decades of pollution and rights violations in Indigenous communities in Ecuador
We hope that this scathing report is the beginning of the end of public financing of industrial animal agriculture projects that pollute, fuel the climate crisis, and trample on community rights.
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EPA’s Retreat from Slaughterhouse Pollution Rule Exposes “Make America Healthy Again” Hypocrisy
EPA’s decision to walk away from updating slaughterhouse pollution standards is a direct contradiction to Make America Healthy Again.
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Maryland must curb Eastern Shore factory farm pollution
Across the Eastern Shore, large-scale industrial poultry operations collectively raise nearly 300 million chickens a year. Their manure — more than 500 million pounds annually — doesn’t just…
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Groups Urge Washington State to Eliminate Avoided Methane Credits in Clean Fuel Standard
Washington has the chance to do what California didn’t: stand up to polluting agribusiness and stop subsidizing them to continue harmful practices.