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• Revised permits for large animal farms out for comment - Glens Falls Post-Star23 September 2018, 4:05 pm
  Glens Falls Post-StarRevised permits for large animal farms out for commentGlens Falls Post-StarThere are 21 concentrated animal feeding operations under the permit, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Concentrated animal feeding operations generally are farms with 300 or more animals that confine their livestock for ...
  
• Fifth generation farmer says CAFO better for animal welfare, environment - Waterloo Cedar Falls Cour...23 September 2018, 1:15 am
  Waterloo Cedar Falls CourierFifth generation farmer says CAFO better for animal welfare, environmentWaterloo Cedar Falls Courier“It is an educational experience for the students that demonstrates on a small scale what a modern hog confinement facility looks like and how it operates,” Grimm said. “This is the third year that we have been able to provide this experience for our ...
  
• Dam breach sends toxic coal ash flowing into a major North ... - Washington Post22 September 2018, 5:42 pm
  Washington PostDam breach sends toxic coal ash flowing into a major North ...Washington PostNorth Carolina floodwaters continued to inundate a 47-year-old basin of toxic coal ash alongside Duke Energy's L.V. Sutton power plant on Saturday, sending ...and more »
  
• County board enacts new CAFO rules - Ashland Daily Press21 September 2018, 2:56 pm
  Ashland Daily PressCounty board enacts new CAFO rulesAshland Daily PressAccording to Ashland County Administrator Jeff Beirl, much of the discussion on the CAFO ordinance revolved around the definition of a CAFO has having 2,000 or more animals, which would trigger enforcement of the ordinance. Several board members said ...
  
• Opponents of proposed swine operation speak out at public hearing - Herald-Whig21 September 2018, 11:10 am
  Opponents of proposed swine operation speak out at public hearingHerald-WhigQUINCY -- The Adams County Board will vote at its Oct. 9 meeting on whether to endorse a proposed swine operation in the Loraine area. The proposal to build a 5,000-head concentrated animal feeding operation with up to 2,000 "animal units" -- a figure ...
  
• A Sh** Storm in the Making - Sierra Magazine19 September 2018, 10:31 am
  Sierra MagazineA Sh** Storm in the MakingSierra MagazineRiverkeepers with the Waterkeeper Alliance are flying two airplanes daily to monitor flood conditions at the state's massive livestock facilities, known as CAFOs (or confined animal feeding operations). The aerial surveys have spotted flooded barns ...Duke University Study: NC Residents Living Near Large Hog Farms Have Elevated Disease, Death RisksEnvironmental Working GroupStudy: NC Residents Near Hog Farms Have Higher Death RatesWFMYNews2.comall 5 news articles »
  
• Our view: NY CAFO rules must balance business with environment - Auburn Citizen18 September 2018, 11:35 pm
  Auburn CitizenOur view: NY CAFO rules must balance business with environmentAuburn CitizenBecause a judge agreed with some of those assertions, the DEC is in the process of revising regulations for concentrated animal feeding operations that discharge into water sources — and the public now has the opportunity to have its say before the ...
  
• County Board to consider CAFO ordinance - Ashland Daily Press18 September 2018, 4:26 pm
  Ashland Daily PressCounty Board to consider CAFO ordinanceAshland Daily PressThe performance and manure standards ordinance is due to be considered by the County Board Thursday, along with a large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) ordinance intended to allow the county to regulate farms with 2,000 or more ...
  
• Flooding from Hurricane Florence Threatens to Overwhelm Manure Lagoons - The New Yorker15 September 2018, 6:59 pm
  The New YorkerFlooding from Hurricane Florence Threatens to Overwhelm Manure LagoonsThe New YorkerThe vast majority of them are confined in buildings, in what are known as concentrated animal-feeding operations. According to research conducted by Mark Sobsey, a professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the University of North Carolina ...and more »