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  • Differences Remain Over Addressing CAFO Compliance, Enforcement

    Differences Remain Over Addressing CAFO Compliance, Enforcement

    No one is completely satisfied with action this week from the Republican-led Joint Finance Committee on proposed fees and additional positions to oversee concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in Wisconsin. The growing number of large farms in the state has contributed to increasing concerns over the potential for pollution. Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal…

  • Phosphate giant Mosaic agrees to pay nearly $2 billion over mishandling of hazardous waste

    Mosaic Fertilizer, the world’s largest phosphate mining company, has agreed to pay nearly $2 billion to settle a federal lawsuit over hazardous waste and to clean up operations at six Florida sites and two in Louisiana, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. "The 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste addressed in this case is the…