While the Clean Water Act effectively targeted “point sources” of pollution, such as factories and sewage plants, it didn’t include strong controls for “non-point sources,” such as farm field runoff.
The legislation, which passed the state House on Tuesday, would shield factory farms and puppy mills from oversight. It could pass the state Senate by Friday.
The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world.
