Waterkeeper Alliance: Lawsuit Challenges New NEPA Regulations That Shield CAFOs From Environmental Review
September 24, 2020
September 24, 2020
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Sept. 23:
Today a coalition of rural advocacy, environmental, and animal protection organizations, led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, filed a lawsuit against the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for new regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will shield federally-funded factory farms -- known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) -- and slaughterho . . .
Today a coalition of rural advocacy, environmental, and animal protection organizations, led by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, filed a lawsuit against the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for new regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will shield federally-funded factory farms -- known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) -- and slaughterho . . .