Press Releases & Media Alerts Community Groups Ask Attorney General to Take Enforcement Action Against Sussex County for Violations in Approval of Multi-Million Dollar Bond May 23, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Maria Payan, mariap@sraproject.org, (717) 826-7286 Phoebe Galt, PGalt@FWWatch.Org, (207) 400-1275 May 19, 2021 Seaford, Delaware – Yesterday, national and local groups advocating for responsible agriculture, social equity, and environmental justice filed a complaint with the State Attorney General requesting immediate enforcement action against Sussex County for failing to follow public notice and participation requirements in the approval of $60 million in bonds to fund a controversial factory farm waste refinery. A Sussex County committee recently gave the greenlight to Bioenergy DevCo/BDG DE LLC to finance its industrial gas production facility with $60 million in tax-exempt Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRB). The bonds will cover construction and other costs associated with the development of a factory farm gas… Read More Community Groups Ask Attorney General to Take Enforcement Action Against Sussex County for Violations in Approval of Multi-Million Dollar BondMay 23, 2021Press Release: Multi-day virtual forum to examine problems, solutions in agricultureNovember 30, 2020Press Release: Trading PollutionAugust 20, 2020Press Release: Community Coalition Pushes Illinois EPA to Control Industrial Livestock PollutionAugust 20, 2020Press Release: Study suggests nitrate contamination of water, often a result of intensive agricultural production, has negative impacts on health of surrounding communitiesAugust 19, 2020MEDIA ALERT: September 6: Delaware Premiere of Right to Harm Documentary to Sound the Alarm on Public Health Threat of Factory FarmsAugust 19, 2019MEDIA ALERT: Arizona Community’s 5-Year Battle with Hickman Egg Factory Featured in New Documentary Film “RIGHT TO HARM”April 22, 2019Press Release: Right to Harm Documents the Public Health and Societal Impacts of Factory FarmsApril 10, 2019Press Release: Study Is First of Its Kind to Analyze U.S. Right-to-Farm LawsApril 4, 2019Load More
Community Groups Ask Attorney General to Take Enforcement Action Against Sussex County for Violations in Approval of Multi-Million Dollar Bond May 23, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Maria Payan, mariap@sraproject.org, (717) 826-7286 Phoebe Galt, PGalt@FWWatch.Org, (207) 400-1275 May 19, 2021 Seaford, Delaware – Yesterday, national and local groups advocating for responsible agriculture, social equity, and environmental justice filed a complaint with the State Attorney General requesting immediate enforcement action against Sussex County for failing to follow public notice and participation requirements in the approval of $60 million in bonds to fund a controversial factory farm waste refinery. A Sussex County committee recently gave the greenlight to Bioenergy DevCo/BDG DE LLC to finance its industrial gas production facility with $60 million in tax-exempt Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRB). The bonds will cover construction and other costs associated with the development of a factory farm gas… Read More
Community Groups Ask Attorney General to Take Enforcement Action Against Sussex County for Violations in Approval of Multi-Million Dollar BondMay 23, 2021
Press Release: Multi-day virtual forum to examine problems, solutions in agricultureNovember 30, 2020
Press Release: Community Coalition Pushes Illinois EPA to Control Industrial Livestock PollutionAugust 20, 2020
Press Release: Study suggests nitrate contamination of water, often a result of intensive agricultural production, has negative impacts on health of surrounding communitiesAugust 19, 2020
MEDIA ALERT: September 6: Delaware Premiere of Right to Harm Documentary to Sound the Alarm on Public Health Threat of Factory FarmsAugust 19, 2019
MEDIA ALERT: Arizona Community’s 5-Year Battle with Hickman Egg Factory Featured in New Documentary Film “RIGHT TO HARM”April 22, 2019
Press Release: Right to Harm Documents the Public Health and Societal Impacts of Factory FarmsApril 10, 2019
