MEDIA ALERT: Arizona Community’s 5-Year Battle with Hickman Egg Factory Featured in New Documentary Film “RIGHT TO HARM”
National exposé on health, environmental & lifestyle impacts of industrial animal operation highlights Tonopah community group STOPP; Featured residents to speak at ASU-hosted screening WHAT: A free public screening of the new documentary film “RIGHT TO HARM” hosted… Read More
Press Release: Study Is First of Its Kind to Analyze U.S. Right-to-Farm Laws
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Study Is First of Its Kind to Analyze U.S. Right-to-Farm Laws AUBURN, AL—April 4, 2019—All 50 U.S. states have “right-to-farm” laws, but what or whom do they really protect? A recent study addresses this question… Read More
MEDIA ALERT: Right to Harm Midwest Premiere – March 27
RIGHT TO HARM, a riveting new film exposing the public health impacts of factory farming across the United States, premiered nationally at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February. Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water (ICCAW),… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: IL Medical Professionals, Public Health Advocates Call to End Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Production
Approximately 70% of U.S. antibiotics are sold for industrial livestock & poultry production; CDC estimates 23,000 Americans die from resistant infections SPRINGFIELD, IL–– NOVEMBER 28, 2018––Medical professionals and public health advocates spoke in favor of legislation to stop… Read More
MEDIA ALERT: Springfield IL Hearing on Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Production
Public Health Advocates, Medical Professionals Call for End of Practice Linked to Rise in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria WHAT: The Illinois Senate Agriculture and Public Health Committees are scheduled to hold a subject matter hearing on SB3429 (Biss), legislation that would… Read More
MEDIA ALERT: Landmark Federal Court Trial on Hazardous Chemical Release Violations by Arizona’s Hickman Industrial Egg Operation
Resident testimony to highlight first-time federal case against unchecked industrial ag pollution WHAT — A public Federal court trial regarding violations of the Emergency Planning & Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) by Hickman Egg Ranch denying Maricopa… Read More
SRAP’s Terry Spence Receives Missouri Clean Water Award
SRAP Interim Executive Director and longtime regional representative, Terry Spence, was honored by the Missouri Stream Team/Stream Teams United for his near quarter-century of volunteer advocacy and community work on behalf of clean waters for all Missourians. Spence… Read More
ACTION ALERT: SRAP & STOPP Rally for Clean Air Comments by Maricopa County Residents
WHAT: Maricopa County Air Quality Department | Board of Health Meeting WHEN: Monday, July 23, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. PT WHERE: Board of Supervisors’ Auditorium | 205 W. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Maricopa County Board… Read More
JOINT STATEMENT: Advocacy Groups Call on Governor Cooper to Veto SB711
For Immediate Release Friday, June 15, 2018 Raleigh, N.C. – Following the North Carolina General Assembly’s rushed passage of SB 711, which would strip rural North Carolinians of their constitutional right to seek justice in the courts against those… Read More
