Judge allowing poultry pollution case to continue, agrees pollution continues

Federal judge finds poultry waste is still polluting eastern Oklahoma waters • Oklahoma Voice

The Illinois River is seen from an overlook at Sparrow Hawk Wildlife Management Area in northeast Oklahoma. (Photo by GracedBytheLight/Getty Images) (This image cannot be republished without a Getty subscription.)OKLAHOMA CITY — Now with a critical court decision in hand, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said he hopes to settle a 20-year-long lawsuit over pollution to the Illinois River Watershed. In a decision released this week, a Tulsa feder…

Federal judge finds poultry waste still poses significant threat to Illinois River

By D.E. Smoot

Farm waste still harming Illinois River, judge rules

Twenty years after the state alleged it and two years after a judge confirmed it, there has been another legal finding that poultry waste continues to injure the waters of the Illinois River watershed.

Judge allowing poultry pollution case to continue, agrees pollution continues

A Tulsa federal judge again sided with the states top prosecutor in a nearly 20-year court battle over pollution in the Illinois River watershed, allegedly caused by chicken slaughterhouses.The 2005 lawsuit was filed against poultry giants Tyson Foods, Cal-Maine, Cargill, Peterson Farms, and Simmons Foods, among others.WATCH: Judge allowing poultry pollution case to continue, agrees pollution continues Judge allowing poultry pollution case to co…

Federal Judge Declares Illinois River Watershed Still Suffers Poultry Waste Runoff

U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell issued a ruling this week saying that the state of Oklahoma has shown that conditions have not materially changed for the Illinois River Watershed following a trial against poultry producers. The 20 year-old lawsuit was originally filed by then Attorney General Drew Edmondson. The Oklahoman’s Murray Evans writes that current Attorney General Gentner Drummond is confident there can be an agreement reached. Friz

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