Pig Farms Allowed to Pollute the Air - Take Heart - Christian Vegetarian Association

Pig Farms Allowed to Pollute the Air

Approximately 2,600 livestock companies, with most of them being pig farms, are participating in a sweet deal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This deal will allow the farms to participate in an air-quality data-collection program for a minimal fee and basically be exempt from Clean Air Act requirements for 30 months. Although environmental groups sued the EPA, claiming that the agency failed to follow rulemaking procedures, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of the EPA, allowing factory farms participating in the program to pollute and stink as much as they like without fear of litigation.

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Factory farms are among the top polluters of air, water and soil. Since federal entities refuse to deal with the issue, it is crucial that consumers take a stand to protect and restore the environment. We are being good stewards of God’s Creation when we do not support animal agriculture.