you've got to wonder how much the corporations behind our factory farms paid for this particular pair of get-out-of-jail free cards: first, they're now allowed to dump their waste into waterways without restriction, and second, they no longer have to report release of hazardous emissions into the air.
factory farms account for slightly more than 6% of current u.s. greenhouse gases, which may be a big part of why the white house fought so long and hard to deny the facts regarding greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change.
kinda makes you wonder why we even have an epa, doesn't it? ah well - maybe the next talking head in the white house will do better for us. he could hardly do worse. in the meantime, here's a citizen's guide to confronting factory farms. (merry christmas.)
