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Pollution

Livestock emissions still up in the air

Congress exempts farms from reporting air pollutants to federal agencies, leaving states to deal with animal waste releases

by Britt E. Erickson
April 2, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 14
A photo of pigs confined in a small space.

Credit: AP | Livestock producers are off the hook for reporting air emissions to federal agencies thanks to legislation attached to the omnibus spending deal.

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