The Public Has a Right to Know!

Dive Into Democracy is Waterkeeper Alliance’s roundup of current attacks on America’s clean water protections and how to take action.
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Dear Friend,

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is walking back its commitment to revise or eliminate an illegal rule exempting factory farms from reporting their hazardous air pollution as they are obliged to do under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). These requirements are essential to protecting public health and the environment.

Will you take a moment to leave your own personalized comment urging EPA to remove this dangerous exemption? ([link removed])
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Compounding the harm these factory farms create, they are disproportionately sited near communities with environmental justice concerns, including those composed of people of color, low-income individuals, and children. Despite this grave harm and environmental injustice, the factory farm industry continues to be protected.

The public, particularly people living close to factory farms, have a right to know about the hazardous air pollution being released by these operations.

A public comment period is now open on EPA’s notice through February 15, 2024. Now is your opportunity to tell EPA that enough is enough – when this industry releases hazardous pollution, people have the right to know when, where and how much.

Will you join us in telling EPA to eliminate this exemption and finally require factory farms to disclose their emissions of hazardous air pollutants as required by EPCRA? Submit your personalized comment today! ([link removed])

With thanks,

Thomas Hynes
Staff Writer


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