"A federal judge ruled for U.S. EPA yesterday in a lawsuit filed by agribusinesses angry about the agency providing information on large livestock farms to environmentalists.

U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery for the District of Minnesota denied the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Pork Producers Council's motion for summary judgment, saying they lacked standing because the information's release didn't cause 'actual or imminent injury' to the livestock farm operators who had provided data to EPA under Clean Water Act permitting.

'It's not only a win for environmental groups and EPA, but for open government,' said Scott Edwards, co-director of the nonprofit Food and Water Justice."

Tiffany Stecker reports for Greenwire January 28, 2015. [2]