Lawsuit Seeks Answers on EPA’s Abandoned CAFO Pollution Panel

According to the litigation, the agency ceased all communication with subcommittee members without explanation.

By: Brian Bienkowski, The New Lede

Outlets: Sentient

Published: October 22, 2026

Words: 787

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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US regulators are illegally withholding records related to the disbanding of a panel set up by the Biden administration to address water pollution from factory farms, according to a lawsuit filed last week.

The lawsuit, filed by the advocacy group Food & Water Watch, alleges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to fulfill Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking communication between the agency and industry groups about the EPA’s Animal Agriculture …

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