EAW

MPCA Needs to Set the Right Precedent for this Unprecedented CAFO

Tell the MPCA by April 9 that Industrial-Scale Projects Need Industrial-Scale Review

March 2, 2026

Minnesota’s largest dairy producer has applied to build the first livestock operation in the state to hold over 20,000 animal units. If built, the concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) will hold 18,855 dairy cattle, bringing the total animal units to 26,397 in one facility. This proposed operation is the first of its size in Minnesota.… Read More →

Category: Action Alerts

Tags: CAFO • clean water • dairy crisis • dairy farming • EAW • EIS • groundwater • manure • MPCA • Riverview Dairy • rural economic development

Take Action to Stop Efforts to Weaken Environmental Review!

April 14, 2022

Corporate interests and their buddies in the Minnesota Senate are pushing to weaken public participation in the environmental review process of industrial projects — and we need to stop them. When the law does not require the environmental review of a proposed industrial project, the public has the right to petition for it. However, if… Read More →

Category: Action Alerts

Tags: EAW • factory farms • frac sand mining • local control • local democracy • local government • Minnesota Legislature