Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has weighed in on a 20-year legal battle Tyson has waged against authorities protecting water quality from the chicken-processing plant and its chicken producers.
Stiff, speaking to a meeting of about 300 chicken producers, said it’s important that we hear your side of the story, and I want you to know I’m standing with you, our chicken producers, over the big trial attorneys, because this is all about money.
Stitt said “you have followed your permits, you’re protecting the environment, and if anyone breaks the rules, we’ll enforce them — but we’re not going to go back 20 years and punish an entire industry that has done things right.”
Stitt has publicly urged the Oklahoma attorney general to pursue a resolution to the case that protects water quality while preserving the livelihoods of poultry producers across eastern Oklahoma.
