News/Notes
Manure maelstrom: the Great Lakes are drowning in livestock waste
For Love of Water Blog Post | February 19th, 2025
Michiganders say “NO” to Senate Bill 275 and House Bills 5789 & 5790.
Michiganders for a Just Farming System | November 20, 2024
Michigan’s new rules to protect water from manure attacked by lawmakers
Michigan Public | By Keith Schneider | October 3, 2024
A Festering Issue: Why Michigan Can’t Afford to Cave to Big Manure
For Love of Water | February 21, 2024
Michigan lawmakers urge feds to end tax credits for ‘inhumane’ factory farms
Story by Kyle Kaminski, The Gander | February 7, 2024
Michigan Residents are Taking Action on Big Ag
Story by Owen Walsh, The Humane League | January 30, 2024
Michigan Supreme Court Hearing (Department of Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy v MI Farm Bureau)
54 Minute Video | January 11, 2024
Will Energy From Manure Help or Harm Water Quality in Michigan?
Story by Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue | Great Lakes Now | December 20, 2023
California weighs ending climate credits for cow poop
Story by Alejandro Lazo | Cal Matters | October 19, 2023
Cow Burps Have a Big Climate Impact
Story by Joseph McFadden | Time Magazine| February 1, 2023
Appeal filed for proposed industrial chicken farm in Cass County
Story by Alex Almanza | WNDU | June 20, 2023
MDARD Approves Commercial Poultry Farm in Sister Lakes Despite Local Opposition
Story by Ryan Yuenger | What’s Happening | Moody Market | Posted May 11, 2023
Chicken farm coming to lake community ruffles neighbors’ feathers
Story by Reporter Paige Barnes, WSBT 22 News Wed, March 8th 2023
Fight or flight: Residents voice concerns over proposed commercial poultry farm in Cass County
16 News Now WNDU, By Samantha Albert Published: Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:35 PM EST
March 13, 2023, Wilson Center, Webinar
March 9, 2023, Zach Welcker, For the Love of Water (FLOW) Legal Director
Winter Manure Spreading is Bad for Midwest Water
January 20, 2023, Kathleen Garvey, Environmental Law & Policy Center
A new tax credit for biogas could be a boon to factory farms
November 01, 2022, John McCracken, Grist
Torrent of manure overwhelms Michigan regulators
September 22, 2022, Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue
Danger looms where toxic algae blooms
September 8, 2022, Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue