EPA LETS FACTORY FARMS POLLUTE AIR WITHOUT RESTRICTION

Reprinted from Organic Bytes - Organic Consumers.org

This news is rather alarming, but not surprising, given the Bush administration's record on the environment:

The day after the inauguration, January 21, the Bush Administration signed an agreement that allows factory farms to freely violate any and all clean air standards for the next two years, and forgives these same companies from paying fines for past air pollution violations. In exchange for the freedom to pollute without any restrictions, the deal "requests" that factory farms agree to monitor their air pollution and provide that data to the government.

Bush's "Dirty Air" agreement is outrageous, given that the Clean Air Act already requires factory farms to provide air pollution data, while also requiring facilities to adhere to clean air standards. One of the companies that will benefit the most from this arrangement with the Bush Administration is Tyson Foods, who also happened to be one of the largest donors to the Bush inaugural festivities.

Judy Kingsbury, Savvy Vegetarian

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." - Dan Quayle

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