Environmental Watch — Week of November 2, 2026
This week’s environmental scan: no confirmed new developments on any tracked matter. The Oklahoma poultry-litter joint motion to vacate still awaits a ruling, and the vacatur window closes about ten weeks from now.
What State Records Show About Hog-Farm Enforcement That EPA’s Database Doesn’t
State enforcement records in Iowa, North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Michigan show 4,989 hog operations with at least one state enforcement action on record. EPA’s ECHO database lists 175 hog-farming facilities across the five of these states searched.
Environmental Watch — Week of October 26, 2026
This week’s environmental scan: no confirmed new developments on any tracked matter. The Oklahoma poultry-litter joint motion to vacate still awaits a ruling, and EPA’s offshore seafood-processor NPDES comment period has now closed.
Environmental Watch — Week of October 19, 2026
This week’s environmental scan: no confirmed new developments on any tracked matter. The Oklahoma poultry-litter joint motion to vacate still awaits a ruling, and EPA’s offshore seafood-processor NPDES comment period closes today.
Environmental Watch — Week of October 12, 2026
This week’s environmental scan: the Cooke Aquaculture Clean Water Act case in Maine gets more detail on last week’s ruling; the Oklahoma poultry-litter joint motion to vacate remains pending with no hearing date; all other tracked matters unchanged.
The Hog Farms EPA’s Database Doesn’t Show
EPA’s ECHO database lists 10 North Carolina hog farms; the state’s permit records show 1,987 active hog operations. A state-by-state comparison of federal and state records for hog operations.
Environmental Watch — Week of October 5, 2026
This week’s environmental scan: a new Clean Water Act case against Maine salmon farms proceeds past a motion to dismiss; Pacific Seafood’s Oregon DEQ penalty is reported to be under appeal; and FAT backfills a Texas temporary injunction in the Darling Ingredients Bastrop case.
Environmental Watch — Week of September 28, 2026
Farm Animal Transparency (FAT)’s weekly Environmental Watch — a digest of environmental permits, litigation, and settlements involving companies in the meat, poultry, and seafood supply chains. Full details, classifications, and sources for every matter live on the Environmental Watch tracker. Two items this week: in Oklahoma, all parties have jointly asked the district court to […]
Environmental Watch — Week of September 21, 2026
Farm Animal Transparency (FAT)’s weekly Environmental Watch — a digest of environmental permits, litigation, and settlements involving companies in the meat, poultry, and seafood supply chains. Full details, classifications, and sources for every matter live on the Environmental Watch tracker. Three items this week: a clarification of what the Tenth Circuit actually did in the […]
Environmental Watch — Week of September 14, 2026
This week’s environmental scan: a district-court order reported out of the Oklahoma poultry-litter case directs the parties to justify accepting their settlement; Perdue AgriBusiness applies to expand wastewater discharge at its PFAS-litigation Salisbury facility; all other tracked matters unchanged.