Industrial Livestock Production

Illinois EPA Moves to Protect Apple River From Massive Sewage Lagoon

Jack Darin | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Galena-Illinois, Sierra Club, Dairy, Illinois EPA, Industrial Livestock Production, Environmental Regulations, Dairy Farm, Water Pollution, Megadairy, Apple River, Clean Water Act, Apple River Watershed, Chicago News
Jack Darin

Local residents, Sierra Club, and our allies working to protect a headwater stream in the beautiful Apple River watershed from being converted to a manure storage lagoon have won a major victory.

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Jason Linkins

Indiana 'Poop Bubble' Crisis Comes To An End

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Poop Bubbles, Green News, Amazing Stories of Animal Leavings, Farming, Industrial Livestock Production, Eat the Press, Video, Green News

Last week, we made note of a Wall Street Journal story that described the way massive, small-house-sized "poop bubbles" which had formed in the waste ...

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Jason Linkins

Indiana Threatened By Giant Poop Bubbles, For Realsies

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Environment, Poop Bubbles, Amazing Stories of Animal Leavings, Industrial Livestock Production, Eat the Press, Green News

Good news for people who like news about grotesque agricultural calamities-waiting-to-happen! Lauren Etter of the Wall Street Journal has a groundbre...

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Livestock Production To Double By 2050: The Implications

Mother Jones | — Beth Hawkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Livestock, Industrial Livestock Production, Food Politics, Green News

Global meat production has tripled in the past three decades and could double its present level by 2050. That's likely to have a significant impact on...

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