Farms Must Be Exempted From Emission Rules

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Many would quickly forget how we tried to start a war with China over a silly spy plane. But then memories are even shorter. How many remember contaminated vegetables killing or sickening people because emissions from upstream factory farms in CA. They assume you will forget. From the Washington Post of 26 Feb 2008:

Farms May Be Exempted From Emission Rules
Lawmakers from farm states have repeatedly tried to attach provisions exempting farms from emissions reporting. Last March, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.) and more than 130 lawmakers from agricultural states sponsored a bill that would delist manure as an environmental pollutant under the Superfund law.

The measure came after the cities of Waco, Tex., and Tulsa, Okla., and the state of Oklahoma filed lawsuits charging factory farms nearby with polluting water sources. ...

But when Johnson testified before Congress last year on the proposed exemption, the association said, he did not tell lawmakers of the local officials' opposition. Asked why by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the EPA responded in writing, saying that the agency "did not interpret the discussion as representing an opposition of state and local air pollution control agencies to our proposed plan."

The exemption is requested by big factory farms; opposed by those who live there. Under George Jr, K-Street money to politicians has increased by over a factor of 10.

Are they wacko Democrats and Republicans; or independents who instead work for the people? You are expected to forget all those contaminated vegetables last year. You are expected only to remember what propaganda machines tell you to think this week. That evil EPA regulation must be killed. What else might die?

Why should those regulations be eliminated? Because nothing toxic comes from factory farms. Forget last year's news. It is good for a Democrat or Republican when you forget.