Musings

(1) In the U.S. military there is a concept of a duty to disobey an illegal order.
(2) The United Nations has says that people under colonial and foreign domination have the right to use armed struggle against their oppressors.

This to highlight the point that governments do not always act legally *or* in the interests of people. We see this regarding climate disruption and massive resistance at the government and corporate level to not only taking action but to prevent others from taking action... so if people have the right to resist, can small local 'governments' in any form (HOAs, PTAs, neighborhood organizations, town councils, etc.) have the right to resist state/federal rules and laws? For example, can they retain tax payments due to larger entities to spend on local efforts to mitigate climate disruption (or any other local initiative)?

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Factory farming of hogs has a stinky and environmentally damaging effect of hog waste lagoons. Setting aside the animal abuse inherent in factory farming, these lagoons are also hazardous to local residents and workers...

This is an excellent opportunity to implement circular economic flow where the by-product of one industry becomes the input or raw material for another industry. For hog waste, the goal would be to use bacterial remediation to (a) reduce toxicity; (b) reduce odor emissions and (c) generate valuable consumer product, such as methane and garden manure [cow manure and other compost is used by home gardeners and landscapers]. If toxicity can only be addressed by adjusting the hog diet, that may be healthier for the hogs, hog consumers and the environment,