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Pollution · United StatesThe Raccoon River flows under the Bill Riley Trail Bridge in Des Moines on Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a January 2024 proposed rule that would have reduced the discharge of nutrients and pollutants from meat packing plants and slaughterhouses. The agency said it chose to withdraw the rules in an effort to prioritize the nation’s food supply and to keep food pri…See the Story
EPA Withdraws Proposed Rule for More Stringent Water Pollution Guidelines at Slaughterhouses
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EPA · United StatesThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is facing legal action after it axed proposed improvements aimed at cleaning up slaughterhouse wastewater. Earlier this month the EPA abandoned Biden-era proposals for a new rule meant to reduce slaughterhouse waste pollution from blood, bone, muscle, manure and other sources. On September 15, the environmental groups filed a Petition for Review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit., askin…See the Story
Environmental Groups File Against the EPA
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Midwest · MidwestThis story was originally published on Investigate Midwest.In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the south end of town near the municipal airport has no grocery stores, no food pantries. Mired in a federally recognized food desert, nearby families struggled to obtain healthy food. Then, in 2019, in a once-empty lot, a community garden sprouted. Families could pick their own blueberries, peas and okra.The nonprofit behind the garden, Shape Up Mississippi, a…See the Story
USDA’s DEI Purge: How Trump and Rollins Are Reshaping American Agriculture
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