SACRAMENTO, Calif.—On Thursday, July 7, 2022, a consortium of agricultural and pesticide interests filed a petition for review with the California Supreme Court seeking to appeal a recent unanimous ru
SAN FRANCISCO—Today, in a victory for Missouri peach farmer Bill Bader and environmentalists, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit issued a decision holding Monsanto-Bayer and BASF responsi
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a ruling in West Virginia v. EPA holding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) prior attempt to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from po
Today is a shameful day for the meaning of justice in our country. The Supreme Court's reactionary supermajority's ideological agenda to dismantle the right to choose safe and legal abortion harms eve
SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of marine conservation organizations, trade groups, and the Quinault Indian Nation filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Army C
SAN FRANCISCO—Today, in a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented farmworker a
SAN FRANCISCO—Today, in a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented clients by o
WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, June 21, Center for Food Safety (CFS) will be hosting an hour-long webinar on the safety and sustainability of lab-grown, or cell-cultured, "meats," featuring panelists from CFS
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Endangered Species Act biological evaluations (BEs) for three neonicotinoid insecticides: clothianidin, imidacloprid
SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a new lawsuit in federal court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) March 2022 re-approval of difenoconazole, a potent fu
WILLAMETTE VALLEY, Ore.—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of farmers, ranchers, local stakeholders and public interest groups filed a petition for reconsideration with the state,
TUCSON, Ariz.—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety, Center for Biological Diversity, Pesticide Action Network, and National Family Farm Coalition filed legal papers (see here and here) in their ongoing l
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Today, California's Third District Court of Appeal ruled that the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) can protect invertebrates, including four species of imperiled native bumb
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In a major victory for health and environmental groups, a California court has ruled (see here and here) that a sweeping state pesticide spraying program is unlawful. The court fo
WASHINGTON—The yearly count released today of Monarch butterflies that overwintered in Mexico continues to show imperilment for the migratory butterfly. This year's count of 2.84 hectares (7 acres) of
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—On Monday, May 23, California's Third District Court of Appeal will hear arguments in conservation groups' legal appeal seeking to ensure California Endangered Species Act (CESA) pr