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Slaughterhouses Are Polluting Our Waterways

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Slaughterhouses Are Polluting Our Waterways

Industrial livestock and poultry slaughtering and processing plants ("slaughterhouses") dump huge volumes of pollution into America’s rivers, threatening our health and harming our environment. Despite Clean Water Act requirements, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not updated decades-old pollution standards to protect the public.

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Map of Recent Weather-Related Disasters

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Map of Recent Weather-Related Disasters

Click on your county to see a tally of weather-related disasters since 2007. Extreme weather is happening—and it's causing extremely big problems. To make matters worse, global warming increases the likelihood that we'll see even more extreme weather in the future.

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Our wild planet is calling on you this Earth Day

From buzzing bees to howling wolves, and from ancient forests to sprawling coastlines, our natural world is a gift that keeps on giving. Will you donate today to help keep it that way?

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