October 4, 2018
Penn Live, Matt Miller, October 1, 2018- The state Supreme Court has refused to step into a dispute between a pig farm and its neighbors. Odor is the issue. Six months ago, the state Superior Court refused to revive lawsuits neighbors of Will-O-Bett Farm in Luzerne County filed against the Salem …
August 28, 2018
The Courier, Thomas Nelson, August 26, 2018- Emissions from large animal confinements are more than just stinky. They can damage your health. Just ask Jeff and Gail Schwartzkopf. The Floyd County couple say their family is suffering the ill effects of living in close proximity to three concentrated animal feeding …
August 6, 2018
The Gazette, Mark Jaffe, July 31, 2018- Local officials and municipal attorneys say they are worried a proposed constitutional amendment backed by the Colorado Farm Bureau and the oil and gas industry will blunt ability of cities, towns and counties to make many land-use decisions. The measure is Initiative 108. …
June 28, 2018
AG Daily, Staff, June 27, 2018- North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has vetoed the North Carolina Farm Act — a bill that would have limited how and when neighbors of hog farms can sue with nuisance claims. Gov. Cooper shared the following statement on his veto of Senate Bill 717. “While …
June 26, 2018
US News, AP, June 22, 2018- Three southeast Iowa families who say the stench from two hog farms made it difficult for them to emerge from their homes won’t get immediate help from the Iowa Supreme Court, which Friday reversed a lower court decision that found a law protecting producers was unconstitutional. …