Judge rules against farm groups in pollution case The American Farm Bureau Federation said Monday it was "deeply disappointed" after a federal judge ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency acted within its authority when setting new water pollution limits for Chesapeake Bay. At issue were new rules governing wastewater and agricultural runoff for rivers and streams in several states. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Sylvia Rambo was not only a blow to AFBF—which filed the initial lawsuit—but to several agriculture associations that had joined in arguing that the agency overstepped its bounds under the federal Clean Water Act, according to the Association Press.… Read More