Why do we want Clean Water Act Permits?
Clean Water Act (CWA) permits hold factory farms to higher standards and it can shut them down! As of today, the DNR has not issued a single Clean Water Act permit to a hog factory farm in Iowa....
View ArticleDon’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket How the factory farm model exacerbates the Bird Flu Epidemic Chicken and turkey factory farms cram thousands, even millions, of birds into one facility. This...
View ArticleDNR/EPA Clean Water Act Workplan Agreement Fails To Prevent Manure Spills
DNR/EPA CLEAN WATER ACT WORKPLAN AGREEMENT FAILS TO PREVENT MANURE SPILLS 2 Years Since Historic Clean Water Act Agreement And Still No Permits For Hog Factory Farms Des Moines, IA. In early August...
View Article5 Factory Farm Spills in 3 Weeks
IOWA’S “MANURE SPILL SEASON” IN FULL FORCE Iowans Demand EPA Return To Iowa To Force Factory Farm Compliance With The Clean Water Act According to DNR records there have been at least five...
View ArticleU.S. District Attorney Sues Iowa CAFO for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations
Iowa CCI members have been saying that factory farms are polluting our water. Iowa’s Northern District US Attorney took notice and filed a lawsuit against a factory farm polluter. Read the full press...
View ArticlePetersen: Public meeting needed on hog-processing plant
Check out this letter to the editor in the Mason City Globe Gazette from CCI member Chris Petersen about Prestage Farms trying to build a hog processing plant in Mason City. We know that more...
View ArticleA Letter to the City Council
Open letter written by Lisa Ketelsen to the Mason City City Councilors regarding the proposed Prestage slaughterhouse. More about this ongoing fight can be found here. Yesterday morning I woke up...
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22 billion gallons of manure: who’s responsible, where does it go?
Strengthen the Factory Farm Rules – Part 1 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reviews factory farm rules only once every five years. Now is our chance to strengthen the rules. Iowa is in a water...
View ArticleKeep up the pressure: say NO to Prestage!
The Mason City councilors who voted “no” to Prestage are being pressured to bring back the slaughterhouse for reconsideration. And now, the Chamber of Commerce has organized a closed-door meeting with...
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Should Iowa close the factory farm loopholes?
Strengthen the Factory Farm Rules – Part 2 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reviews factory farm rules only once every five years. Now is our chance to strengthen the rules. Iowa is in a water...
View ArticleVICTORY! Prestage stopped in Mason City once and for all
6.3.2016 People power won again! Early in May, the CCI members and others in the Mason City community shut down the Prestage slaughterhouse. It was a huge win for Iowa’s communities and environment....
View ArticleBig No Prestage Meeting in Wright County
Last night, 50 residents of Wright County and surrounding counties organized to oppose the Prestage slaughterhouse. Why? Because it will mean: Even more factory farms and factory farm pollution in...
View ArticleWright County residents demand NO Prestage!
Yesterday, nearly 40 residents of Wright County and surrounding communities held a powerful rally and press conference to oppose the Prestage slaughterhouse. Then, they testified before the Board of...
View ArticleDNR EPA Clean Water Act Work Plan Agreement Not Producing Results
Water pollution and manure spill data show that efforts to implement and enforce the Clean Water Act (CWA) for factory farms are failing to clean up Iowa’s waterways or hold the factory farm industry...
View ArticlePrestage Fighters: This Fight Isn’t Over Until We Have A Factory Farm Moratorium
This morning Wright County Supervisors voted 3-0 to approve the Prestage Slaughterhouse proposal in spite of strong local and statewide opposition. CCI members say now it is more important than ever...
View ArticleThree ways DNR can improve water quality, but is choosing not to
Iowa DNR passes the buck again on clean water In May, Iowa’s factory farm rules were opened up for a 5-year review. This was the Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR) and Environmental Protection...
View ArticleCCI member Joyce Bollhoefer: DNR’s changes to factory farm rules is wrong
Lots of us recreate on lakes with friends and family. For hours at a time, we boat, canoe and kayak. Needless to say, we congregate there. But the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) doesn’t see...
View ArticleClean Water Fight: letters to the editor
In late October we put out a call for you to write letters to the editor to help advance our narrative around factory farming and the environment. We want to make sure our legislators hear loud and...
View ArticleFloyd supervisors call for strengthening the Master Matrix
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 This morning, the Floyd County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution that petitions the Governor and Iowa Legislature to fix the failings of the Master Matrix. Mark Kuhn,...
View ArticleEmergency clean water meeting with Bill Stowe & Graham Gillette
A a new Statehouse bill (HF 316) would dismantle the Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) board and distribute the utility’s assets to surrounding cities – which would kill the DMWW’s lawsuit. But here’s the...
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