Recommended Third-party Due Diligence Sources
Regulatory/Government Agencies
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST)
PA Department of Environmental Protection
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Nutrient Trading Fact Sheet 
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Bion approval (click on "Proposal Registry and Tradable Load Tracking" under Approved Proposals, Bion is #58 on the .xls spreadsheet that loads)
US EPA
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Water Quality Trading (info) |
Water Quality Trading Evaluation |
Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Taskforce
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
USDA
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2007 Ag Census |
USDA/Marketing and Trade/Data and Statistics |
Natural Resources Conservation Service, "Nutrient Credit Trading - a Market-based Approach for Improving Water Quality" |
Mississippi River Basin Initiative |
The Transformation of U.S. Livestock Agriculture: Scale, Efficiency, and Risks
Chesapeake Bay Executive Order
Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
US EPA |
GLRI Action Plan (see Focus Area 3: Nearshore Health and Nonpoint Source Pollution, pg 26)
Chesapeake Bay Program - Home
Non-Government Sources
Environmental Trading Network - Water Quality Trading
The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace - Nutrient Trading and Dead Zones | Building the Chesapeake Bay's Game-Changing Cap-and-Trade Water Scheme
Whole Foods Market - Farm Animal and Meat Quality Standards Program Requirements
Walmart - Sustainability Program
Reports
Environmental Law & Policy Center/Mississippi River Collaborative (2010) - Cultivating Clean Water
World Resources Institute (2010) - How Nutrient Trading Could Help Restore the Chesapeake Bay
National Geographic Society (2010) - Marine Habitat Destruction
Cornell Nutrition Conference (2009) - "Demystifying the environmental sustainability of food production"
USDA ERS (2009) - The Transformation of U.S. Livestock Agriculture: Scale, Efficiency, and Risks
General Accountability Office (2008) - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: EPA Needs More Information and a Clearly Defined Strategy to Protect Air and Water Quality from Pollutants of Concern
Metcalf & Eddy Report (2008) - PA Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Compliance Cost Study
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (2008) - "Pew Commission Says Industrial Scale Farm Animal Production Poses "Unacceptable" Risks to Public Health, Environment"
UNESCO, UNEP (2008) - "Livestock in a Changing Landscape"
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Report (2006) - "Manure's Impact on Rivers, Streams and the Chesapeake Bay"
Pew Oceans Commission (2003) - "America's Living Oceans: Summary Report - Recommendations for a New Ocean Policy" Major Threats to Our Oceans: Animal Feedlots
Articles
July 3, 2010 - Canadafreepress.com - Modern Farming best for planet
July 2, 2010 - AP - Grand Lake St. Mary's Is Toxic Due To Runoff From Neighboring Farms
July 1, 2010 - US EPA - EPA Announces Next Step Toward Establishing Rigorous Pollution Diet for Chesapeake Bay
June 21, 2010 - Scientific American - Sour Showers: Acid Rain Returns--This Time It Is Caused by Nitrogen Emissions
June 15, 2010 - Delmarvanow.com - Hiding Pollution of Watershed Behind Science
June 14, 2010 - Environmental Protection.com - Agency Estimates $298 B Needed for Water Pollution Control
June 8, 2010 - NY Times - Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny
May 21, 2010 - Southeast Farm Press, Looking to air to improve Chesapeake Bay
May 13, 2010 - California Watch, Nitrate contamination spreading in California communities
May 12, 2010 - US EPA, New Federal Strategy for Chesapeake Launches Major Initiatives and Holds Government Accountable for Progress
March 17, 2010 - Science Daily, Environmental and Social Impact of the 'Livestock Revolution'
March 12, 2010 - Science Daily, Aquatic 'Dead Zones' Contributing to Climate Change
March 1, 2010 - Energy Bulletin, Tracking down the public-health implications of nitrogen pollution
March 1, 2010 - Washington Post, Manure becomes pollutant as its volume grows unmanageable
February 18, 2010 - FAO report analyzes the rapidly changing global livestock production
January 15, 2010 - US EPA, EPA Proposes Standards to Protect Florida's Waters: Action would decrease amount of phosphorus and nitrogen pollution
December 18, 2009 - US EPA, EPA Releases First-Ever Baseline Study of U.S. Lakes
December 15, 2009 - USDA, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Dairy Producers Sign Historic Agreement to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 25% by 2020
December 9, 2009 - Food and Water Watch, Groups Demand Strong Groundwater Testing Program for Dairies in California's Central Valley
December 9, 2009 - National Public Radio, New Mexico Dairy Pollution Sparks 'Manure War'
December 7, 2009 - US EPA, Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the Environment
December 4, 2009 - Food and Water Watch, Nutrient credit trading program allows Harrisburg wastewater plant to meet Chesapeake Bay limits more cost effectively
November 17, 2009 - Environment News Service, EPA, Florida Agree to Limit Fertilizer, Animal Waste in State Waters
November 17, 2009 - Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Judge rules W. Ky. hog farm permits need reworking
October 23, 2009 - Sun Gazette, Feds 'serious' about bay cleanup
October 20, 2009 - American Farmland Trust, Multi-State Water Quality Trading Effort Launched in Ohio River Basin
October 15, 2009 - US EPA, EPA Administrator Announces Plan to Retool and Reinvigorate Clean Water Enforcement Program
October 10, 2009 - PublicOpinion.com (Chambersburg, PA), CHESAPEAKE BAY: a 'Clean Water' catastrophe - Franklin, Adams, York county farmers brace for more EPA involvement
October 8, 2009 - Bay Journal, New research finds nitrogen loads to Bay underestimated by 20%
September 25, 2009 - Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feds to fund Mississippi clean up from Minnesota to the Gulf
September 17, 2009 - New York Times, Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
September 9, 2009 - Newsday, Bay Reports Call for more Livestock, Runoff Regs
August 22, 2009 - Miami Herald, EPA Sets Limits for Water Pollution in Florida
July 7, 2009 - Baltimore Sun, Bay Pollution Called Human Peril
May 12, 2009 - Executive Order, CHESAPEAKE BAY PROTECTION AND RESTORATION
April 20, 2009 - National Public Radio, Navigating America's 'Poisoned Waters'
March 20, 2009 - Bay Journal, Report card gives Bay health a C- despite slight improvement
March 16, 2009 - Associated Press, EPA to withdraw from Idaho feedlot deals
March 15, 2009 - Baltimore Sun, Chicken Growers Face EPA Crackdown
March 10, 2009 - ABC News, "EPA Considers Requiring Greenhouse Gas Reports" (targeting "large manure ponds at farms" among others)
March 5, 2009 - Science Daily, "Nutrient Pollution Chokes Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems"
January 20, 2009 - New York Times, "States Join E.P.A. Study of Pathogens in Ohio River"
December 27, 2008 - Washington Post, "Broken Promises on the Bay"
November 24, 2008 - Environment News Service, "More Than Health Damaged by Nutrients in Drinking Water"
July 22, 2008 - Science Daily, "Air Pollution Causing Widespread and Serious Impacts to Ecosystems in Eastern United States"