Environmentalists fear meatpacking plants will spur hog confinements
Des Moines Register: Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement asked the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission Tuesday to place a moratorium on allowing new or expanded hog confinements in the state. It’s an issue that the Iowa Legislature would need to decide, said the commission, meeting in Clarion. Iowa CCI members pointed to state data through Oct. 25 that show applications for new or expanded animal feeding operations in north-central Iowa are about 36 percent higher than last year — and double the applications through the same time in 2014.
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