New EPA Deal Lets Factory Farms Pollute Air without Restriction
The EPA is ignoring public opposition and approving a bush administration proposal that allows factory farms to freely violate any and all clean air standards for the next four years, while forgiving these same companies from paying massive fines for past air pollution violations. In exchange for the freedom to pollute without any restrictions, the deal simply requires that factory farms agree to allow the EPA to monitor their air pollution. The deal will forgive more than 6,700 factory farms from having to pay fines of up to $27,500 per day for violating clean air standards in the past or over the next four years. The EPA claims this arrangement is needed in order to gather data necessary to further refine air emissions regulations for egg, chicken, turkey, dairy and hog industries. According to the EPA's rule, the main goal of this deal is to "reduce air pollution."
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.
THANKS BUSH!!
The EPA is ignoring public opposition and approving a bush administration proposal that allows factory farms to freely violate any and all clean air standards for the next four years, while forgiving these same companies from paying massive fines for past air pollution violations. In exchange for the freedom to pollute without any restrictions, the deal simply requires that factory farms agree to allow the EPA to monitor their air pollution. The deal will forgive more than 6,700 factory farms from having to pay fines of up to $27,500 per day for violating clean air standards in the past or over the next four years. The EPA claims this arrangement is needed in order to gather data necessary to further refine air emissions regulations for egg, chicken, turkey, dairy and hog industries. According to the EPA's rule, the main goal of this deal is to "reduce air pollution."
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.
THANKS BUSH!!
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