Smithfield Foods: Judge Rejects Attack on Clean Renewable Energy in North Carolina
A North Carolina administrative law judge has rejected a challenge to a general permit issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) authorizing the construction and operation of methane digesters for animal waste management.
The judge held that the permit was lawfully issued in accordance with specific directives from the North Carolina General Assembly.
The Environmental Justice Community Action Network and Cape Fear River Watch brought the legal action, which sought to require DEQ to consider "alternative technologies" in issuing the permit for anaerobic digesters...
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