Though the EPA itself admits that its current rules don’t effectively stem the tide of factory farm water pollution, it has refused to answer the petition. The agency’s failure to respond violates the ...

Groups are seeking to expand and strengthen factory farm pollution regulation under the Clean Water Act, regulation that the industry has largely evaded for more than 50 years. Today, EPA itself ...

DuPont Co. has agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that was filed nearly a decade ago on behalf of residents in ...

The water in the river, which had turned dark blue on June 18, has since been cleaned up by the suspected companies.

Specifically, the group Food & Water Watch and others are seeking to expand and strengthen water pollution rules for concentrated animal feeding operations, also known as CAFOs. The EPA last year ...

Factory pollution is changing the weather—but not in the way you might think. ... The droplets of water in clouds can stay liquid down to temperatures as low as -32.8 degrees Fahrenheit, ...

I n communities living next to factory farms, residents have long voiced their concerns about environmental pollution. Now, research shows that not only can we see the air pollution generated by ...

The factory farm industry also benefits from sweeping exemptions under the Clean Water Act, which has helped make agriculture the leading source of US water pollution.

Cheating factories adding to water pollution. Josephine Ma + FOLLOW. Published: 12:00am, 26 Jul, 2000. Why you can trust SCMP.

“And if we have water coming out of the cloud as snow, then we end up with less clouds.” In the absence of any particles, water droplets in clouds can stay liquid even when the air is as cold ...