POSSIBLE IDAHO PACT COULD HELP ACTIVISTS PUSH FOR CAFO CONTROLS

Environmentalists may agree to a court settlement in the coming weeks that could strengthen their campaign for strictly enforced air permitting requirements at concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The settlement could mandate emissions controls at a large Idaho dairy, and comes after a district court ruled for the first time that feedlots must be regulated under the Clean Air Act. The Idaho Conservation League is trying to reach a settlement with K&W Dairy in the next few weeks, or the...