Amid Iowa’s Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get a Pass on Environmental Permitting
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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25102026/iowa-factory-farms-manure-water-pollution/
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Feeding the Beast: Third in a series about lax regulation, corporate influence and the heavily polluting, yet nearly untouchable American meat industry. ESTHERVILLE, Iowa—By the time rainwater rolled down the hillside and reached the stream near the edge of Gordon Garrison’s property, it had turned a foul, murky red. Gravity had acted predictably, Garrison knew. […]
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