Appeal dropped in Buffalo River hog lawsuit 4/24/2015 8:00 PMBy Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal agencies will have a year to do a new environmental assessment of a hog farm near the Buffalo National River after a federal appeals court’s ruling Friday. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court […]
Arkansas Times Justice Department drops appeal of Buffalo River hog farm ruling Posted By Max Brantley on Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:57 PM Earth Justice announces that the federal Justice Department has dropped the appeal of a court ruling that federal agencies had failed to do sufficient environmental assessments before providing federal loan guarantees for […]
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission met this morning and enacted a renewed 180-day moratorium on permitting new medium or large animal feeding operations in the Buffalo River Watershed. This was the third time the Commission has voted to place a temporary ban on any new industrial hog operations […]
KUAR Radio Moratorium On New Industrial Hog Farms Near Buffalo River Extended Again By JACOB KAUFFMAN • A 180-day moratorium on new concentrated animal feeding operations – or CAFOs – in the Buffalo River Watershed is now in effect, for the third time. The Arkansas Pollution and Ecology Commission renewed the temporary […]