Conservation Law Foundation, a regional environmental advocacy group, is suing Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources, ...

There are 37 large and 104 medium CAFOs in Vermont, along with 1,000 small farms that might be considered such operations, according to the EPA. Two state agencies — Natural Resources and ...

Photo via Adobe Stock The federal Environmental Protection Agency is requiring Vermont to change the way it regulates some types of farms after an investigation showed that a state program is not ...

A visit to the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory in Waterbury, Vermont, offers a fun and delicious experience for the whole ...

Flaws in a Vermont program are preventing the state from controlling phosphorus discharges from certain farms, contributing to severe water quality problems in Lake Champlain and other bodies of ...

EPA says Vermont fails to comply with Clean Water Act through inadequate regulation of some farms The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says flaws in a Vermont program are preventing the state ...

The Monday letter to the secretary of the Vermont Natural Resources Agency says the program is failing to comply with the Clean Water Act. It directs the state to make significant changes in how ...

The division of responsibilities “is interfering with the regulation of Vermont’s CAFOs and preventing Vermont from adequately addressing agricultural water quality,” wrote David Cash, EPA ...

It's clear that Vermont has not adequately addressed deficiencies in its CAFO program or complied with the requirements of the 2013 plan, Cash wrote in the letter to the state. “EPA has closely ...

FILE - Sailboats and a passenger ferry dot Lake Champlain as seen from Battery Park, Aug. 14, 2015 in Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File) (Wilson Ring ...