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Ecuador pig & poultry farm pollution

Ecuador pig & poultry farm pollution sparks protest amid IDB, IFC loans

A new report reveals how, in 2021, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank) awarded multimillion-dollar loans to Pronaca, one of the largest companies in Ecuador, for it to expand its pig and poultry farms in the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.

NC law makes electric utilities buy power from poultry waste

As the number of birds grown in North Carolina swells, it remains the only state that makes utilities buy power generated from poultry waste.
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Utah’s new cage-free chicken law won’t make eggs more humane

Utah’s new law mandating cage-free egg production by 2025 is, well, chickenshit.
Florence engulfs hog farms and chicken houses, thrashing North Carolina agriculture
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Florence engulfs hog farms and chicken houses, thrashing North Carolina agriculture

At least 1.7 million chickens have died from flooding in the state. The impact is now coming into focus — including overflowing pools of hog manure and waterlogged sweet potato fields.
In Oklahoma, critics say Pruitt stalled pollution case after taking industry funds

In Oklahoma, critics say Pruitt stalled pollution case after taking industry funds

When Scott Pruitt served as Oklahoma's Attorney General, he took over a major pollution lawsuit brought by his predecessor. Critics accuse Pruitt of inaction on the case, which remains unresolved.

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