What’s coming out of dogs, cats, deer and other wildlife, not the sewage pumping stations, is polluting Anne Arundel’s creeks, said the county public works director. “A majority of the nitrogen load ...

Virginia is on track to implement updated rules for animal waste created by certain farming operations, despite disagreement on how to regulate older earthen lagoons that pose a greater risk of ...

A recent state court decision could transform how animal agriculture is regulated in Michigan, and potentially influence how other state and federal regulators oversee the industry’s mammoth waste ...

LOS ANGELES - Air pollution that is a direct result of agricultural production mostly related to livestock in the United States causes nearly 18,000 annual deaths in the country, according to a recent ...

The world’s growing livestock industry produces millions of tons of animal manure every year, creating both environmental and public health challenges. A new study shows that this abundant waste ...

Mr. Grunwald is a contributing Opinion writer. America’s factory farms generate nearly a trillion pounds of manure every year, and way too much of it ends up in rivers, lakes and estuaries. Animal ...

Wenonah Hauter is the founder and executive director of Food & Water Watch, and the author of "Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America." Abdication of government ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several hog farms in North Carolina were properly allowed to collect energy from the animals’ waste, a state appeals court said Tuesday, ruling that their permit applications were ...

Several hog farms in North Carolina were properly allowed to collect energy from the animals' waste, a state appeals court said Tuesday, ruling that their permit applications were scrutinized ...

Iowa’s factory farms produce 109 billion pounds of waste annually, a 78% increase over 20 years, and more than 25 times the state’s human population A Food & Water Watch analysis of USDA’s 2022 Census ...

A study by the University of Portsmouth has revealed for the first time the extent of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on livestock, humans and the wider environment on the Kenyan island of ...