Tell EPA: Factory farms need to be held accountable for their pollution!
John,
For several decades, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state governments have failed to regulate the environmental impacts of factory farming – an unsustainable model that concentrates large numbers of animals into confined spaces.
When factory farms operate virtually unregulated, the environment and nearby rural communities pay the price. The vast quantities of manure from factory farms pollute waterways and emit dangerous air pollutants that cause serious harm to public health and quality of life in rural communities.
Last month, our affiliated organization Food & Water Watch joined forces with 23 other advocacy groups to file a legal petition urging the EPA to enforce federal air pollution laws against large-scale factory farms, something the agency has refused to do for nearly two decades.
The EPA has given factory farms a free pass to pollute since 2005, when it negotiated a backroom amnesty deal with the industry essentially exempting it from federal air pollution laws.
Since then, factory farms have been freely spewing dangerous air contaminants into the environment, not only threatening the health of nearby communities, but also contributing to climate change. Some of these deadly air pollutants include ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and climate-altering methane.
According to a recent study, the livestock industry’s air pollution is responsible for over 12,700 deaths per year — more deaths than are attributed to coal-fired power plants, another major source of air pollution. This needs to stop.
Factory farms pollute the environment and our drinking water, ravage rural communities, and confine billions of animals in cruel and unsanitary conditions.
President Biden promised that his administration will address the climate crisis and protect the air we breathe from industrial polluters. It's time his EPA lives up to that promise by doing more to protect communities from factory farms.
Food & Water Action and its affiliated organization, Food & Water Watch, are advocacy groups with a common mission to protect our food, water and climate.
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