NARA and its members have been advocating for the inclusion of rendering in EPA’s food waste framework since it was removed without explanation in 2023 after being part of EPA’s food recovery hierarchy for three decades.
National Cattlemen's Beef Association and National Pork Producers Council and other livestock groups have been fighting activists over this issue since January 2009.
US District Court for the District of Columbia affirms protections for livestock farmers and ranchers from unnecessary air emissions reporting requirements.
Coalition calls for the EPA to establish the 2026 biomass-based diesel volume at no less than 5.25 billion gallons, with a corresponding increase in the advanced biofuel volume.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and 26 other attorneys general argue the proposed rule exceeds EPA's statutory authority under the Clean Water Act, grossly underestimates the burdens of compliance and conflicts with federal efforts to strengthen food supply chains.
The EPA’s proposed rule would revise the effluent limitations guidelines for wastewater discharged by meat and poultry processing and rendering facilities.
EPA’s proposed regulation would establish updated technology-based pollution limits that are affordable and achievable using existing demonstrated technologies.