Summary
Environmental activists are teaming up with state attorneys general and trial lawyers to bankrupt the nation's livestock farmers in the name of saving the environment. If the situation wasn't so serious, it would be hilarious.
The activists including the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists are trying to convince Congress the nation's farms should be treated as industrial waste sites and therefore subject to severe penalties under the federal Superfund law. Some state attorneys general, supported by trial lawyers, have filed lawsuits to the same end. Why? They argue, animal manure is a hazardous substance.See the full content of this document
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Activists Mired in Manure
They now demand Congress refuse to clarify that the Superfund law was never intended to apply to natural animal waste. They are claiming falsely that without Superfund, animal waste would be unregu...
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