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Michigan’s New Rules To Protect Water From Manure Attacked By Lawmakers

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State is a center of manure biodigester development.

Environmental Groups Face Off With EPA to Control Manure Pollution

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Ninth Circuit Appellate Court Hears Arguments to Compel Federal…

An Iowa Farm County Seeks Answers To Cancer Rate 50% Higher Than National Average

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Palo Alto County has second highest cancer incidence among all U.S. counties.

Despite $Billions Spent, Tide of Harmful Farm Pollutants Grows Ever Larger

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“Best management practices” are not impeding flow of farm nutrients into nation’s waters. 

New Report Sparks Questions and Controversy Over Possible Causes for Iowa “Cancer Crisis”

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Binge drinking doubted as cause of Iowa’s rising cancer incidence.

Push to Turn Farm Manure into Renewable Energy Draws Concerns

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Billions in Taxpayer-funded incentives for new, loosely regulated U.S. energy sector.

Will Energy From Manure Help or Harm Water Quality in Michigan?

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Chevron and two utilities are building big methane biodigesters on the state’s largest dairies.

US Regulators Order Minnesota to Clean Up Nitrate Contaminated Water

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EPA acts to limit an “imminent” health threat

EPA Restarts Assessment of Health Risks from Nitrate in Water

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The agency will evaluate the hazards from agriculture’s primary water pollutant

“What We’re Up Against” – North Dakota Towns Fight Farm Bureau to Keep Water Clean

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Tiny Pelican Township gets dragged into national campaign to upend local zoning rules.

In Minnesota, Families Blame Farm Nutrient Contamination On Heavy Cancer Toll

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Four families, 12 cancer cases, 7 deaths.