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The EPA plans to propose as early as this week allowing certain states and companies to emit more pollutants than it previously permitted, the report said.
An agency spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
The agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution final rule issued in July calls, in part, for much stricter limits on emissions of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide, or SO2, from coal and natural gas-fired power plants beginning in January. Read More
No Justice for Animals
10.04.11
This past year, the big American agribusiness tried a novel new way to prevent the nation from seeing the truth about its factory farms – four states introduced bills that would’ve made all undercover filming of animals inside them illegal. All four attempts failed.
Now, Finland has brought its own Kafkaesque twist to such efforts.
In December 2009, Finnish media outlets stunned the nation by publishing disturbing video and photographs from inside 30 pig factory farms, the result of a two-month undercover investigation by the leading Finnish animal rights group, Justice for Animals. Read More
This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. For more information on the Walk and how to register, please visit walkforfarmanimals.org. Read More
