Status Of Farm Emissions Study Uncertain Despite High Participation

EPA's pending study of agriculture emissions faces an uncertain future, despite a late enrollment surge in the controversial consent decree that exempts industry from clean air enforcement in exchange for taking part in the study. Agency officials say about 2,200 companies in 37 states are participating in the consent agreement, representing as many as 4,000 individual farms, but it remains unclear whether significant numbers of key agricultural sectors will take part. The study can only apply to particular types of...