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EPA unveils new federal strategy for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay

November 9, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
animalwastes, chesapeakebay, waterpollution, waterprogram

Today, after several weeks of obtaining public comment, officials from EPA released a final strategy to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay. The strategy follows an Executive Order from President Obama in June that challenged federal agencies to better...continued→

Cleaning Up Animal Waste

September 21, 2009

Posted by Nancy Stoner in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
animalwastes, contamination, factoryfarms, feedlots, groundwater, waterprogram

Charles Duhigg from the New York Times has written another excellent article on the Clean Water Act - this time on the massive feedlots that dump untreated animal waste into lagoons where it seeps into groundwater, onto vast waste fields...continued→