Iowa Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get Permitting Pass — SkimNews
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- Iowa faces a water crisis, the report’s stated environmental backdrop.
- Factory farms get a pass on environmental permitting, the report’s central regulatory claim.
Why it matters: Factory farms gain a permitting advantage in Iowa; Gordon Garrison’s property sits beside a stream reached by hillside runoff. The series identifies lax regulation and corporate influence as the broader context for a heavily polluting American meat industry that remains nearly untouchable.
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