Media reports indicate that the Easterday family is giving up its attempt to open a controversial Boardman, Ore., mega-dairy on the failed Lost Valley site. The news comes shortly after the passage of SB 85, a confined animal feeding operation regulation reform bill that fell short of enacting a moratorium on new and expanded factory … Continue reading BREAKING: Easterday Gives Up on Controversial Oregon Mega-Dairy Plan
Coalition Files Legal Petition Urging Limitations on Mega Dairies’ Use of Water.
Exemptions have allowed dairies unlimited water in eastern Oregon as new facilities aim to build in critical groundwater areas SALEM, Ore. — Today a coalition of public interest groups filed a legal petition with the Oregon Water Resources Commission requesting it restrict new mega dairy’s use of groundwater in areas in eastern Oregon where special … Continue reading Coalition Files Legal Petition Urging Limitations on Mega Dairies’ Use of Water.
Coalition Submits Letter to LUBGWMA Committee Urging Action on Nitrate Contamination from Mega-Dairies.
Today, the Stand Up To Factory Farms coalition submitted a letter to the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area Committee and the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Environmental Quality urging the them to put the environment and health and welfare of local communities first by implementing mandatory measures to control the nitrate contamination from area … Continue reading Coalition Submits Letter to LUBGWMA Committee Urging Action on Nitrate Contamination from Mega-Dairies.
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