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Elizabeth Williamson<\/font><\/a>, Washington Post<\/p>\n

Under pressure from agriculture industry lobbyists and lawmakers from agricultural states, the Environmental Protection Agency<\/font> wants to drop requirements that factory farms report their emissions of toxic gases, despite findings by the agency’s scientists that the gases pose a health threat.<\/p>\n

The EPA acknowledges that the emissions can pose a threat to people living and working nearby, but it says local emergency responders don’t use the reports, making them unnecessary. But local air-quality agencies, environmental groups and lawmakers who oppose the rule change say the reports are one of the few tools rural communities have for holding large livestock operations accountable for the pollution they produce.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Opponents of the rule change say agriculture lobbyists orchestrated a campaign to convince the EPA that the reports are not useful and misrepresented the effort as reflecting the views of local officials. They say the plan to drop the reporting requirement is emblematic of a broader effort by the Bush-era EPA to roll back federal pollution rules.<\/p><\/div>\n

(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth Williamson, Washington Post Under pressure from agriculture industry lobbyists and lawmakers from agricultural states, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to drop requirements that factory farms report their emissions of toxic gases, despite findings by the agency’s scientists that the gases pose a health threat. 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