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Atty: Non-poultry sources could have tainted water
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | 20 days ago
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A scientist testified that runoff from fields spread with poultry manure accounted for a major portion of phosphorus pollution in a sensitive northeastern Oklahoma watershed. But an attorney for 11 Arkansas poultry companies who do business there argued...
Tags: Roger Olsen, Oklahoma, geochemist roger, poultry companies, Tulsa, Manure, Cargill, Illinois River, Industrial agriculture, Meatpacking, Tyson Foods, Environment, Pollution, Environmental engineering, Environmental science, Poultry litter, By-product, Water pollution, Aquatic ecology, Poultry farming
First witness says poultry litter issue nothing new
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Tolbert was the first witness called by the state to testify in the federal trial in Tulsa. The state sued 11 poultry companies in 2005, claiming that they are legally responsible for the handling and disposal of poultry waste — or litter — that the state...
Tags: Oklahoma-Arkansas, Illinois River, river watershed, poultry companies, Tulsa
Poultry lawsuit is partially dismissed
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The state of Oklahoma cannot continue to pursue damages totaling more than $600 million in its lawsuit against the poultry industry because it failed to properly include the Cherokee Nation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday...District Judge Gregory Frizzell...
Tags: northeast Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, Northwest Arkansas, Judge Gregory Frizzell, Judge Greg Frizzell, poultry companies, federally judge, poultry lawsuit, poultry industry, judge rules
Poultry companies object to proposal
Justice :: OK :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Poultry companies still battling the state over alleged Illinois River pollution claims are objecting to a proposed settlement involving a now-defunct company. Tyson Foods and others have asked a federal judge to throw out a proposed consent decree between...
Tags: poultry companies
Cherokee, Oklahoma state officials reach agreement on poultry lawsuit
Tahlequah :: OK :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Oklahoma and Cherokee Nation officials have reached an agreement they say negates poultry company claims that the state lacks standing to pursue its Illinois River pollution case. The agreement calls for the Cherokee Nation to assign to the state “the...
Tags: Cherokee Nation, attorney general, Oklahoma AG, Drew Edmondson, poultry companies
Poultry lawsuit motion seeks to exclude testimony
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Poultry companies being sued by Oklahoma for allegedly polluting the Illinois River watershed want a judge to exclude the testimony of one of the state's expert witnesses in the case. In a 431-page motion filed Friday in federal court, the poultry companies...
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Oklahoma files appeal in poultry litter case
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The state's 61-page appeal to the denial of a preliminary injunction was filed late Monday with the 10th U.S...Jackie Cunningham, a spokeswoman for the poultry industry, said Tuesday the companies stood behind a statement they made when Oklahoma's injunction...
Tags: Oklahoma, Drew Edmondson, U.S, poultry companies
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