Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hens in cages (Photo via Getty Images) Factory farms in Iowa produce 109 billion pounds of waste each year, according to a new ...

A federal judge approved FWW intervention in a lawsuit challenging an inadequate cleanup plan for Lake Erie while denying industry groups’ attempt to do the same. A federal judge approved FWW ...

New Mexico already has some of the largest mega-dairies in the country. CTFP, a so-called “clean fuel” program, could entrench and enrich these polluting facilities. New Mexico already has some of the ...

Factory farms in Wisconsin produce 33 billion pounds of waste every year, about four times the amount of waste created by the state’s human population, according to a new report by Food and Water ...

WASHINGTON — The government proposed new rules Thursday that require factory-style farms to obtain permits when polluting rivers, streams and lakes with animal waste. The proposed rules from the ...

Factory farms in Iowa produce 109 billion pounds of waste each year, according to a new report from Food and Water Watch about concentrated livestock operations in the U.S. That’s 25 times more waste ...