WASHINGTON – As a result of over two decades of legal actions and campaigning, the troubled biotechnology company AquaBounty has announced that it is stopping production of all genetically engineered
WASHINGTON— In response to a decade of advocacy by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect monarch butterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
SAN FRANCISCO—In a precedential victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court ruled today that genetically engineered (GE) organisms must be regulated. The Court's ruling overtur
Washington, DC - Late yesterday, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and CropLife America in our case t
Following the election of Donald Trump to a second term as president, Center for Food Safety (CFS) issued the following statement:
"Donald Trump's previous tenure in office was marked by an extreme wi
Linn County, Oregon—Late yesterday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced that it is issuing an individual water quality permit to J-S Ranch, a mega-chicken production facility capable
United States – Today, a group of environmental and community organizations from across the United States penned a joint letter to the EPA, asking the agency to use its emergency powers to intervene i
WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency is set to reapprove several neonicotinoid pesticides now in use across hundreds of millions of acres despite evidence from rodent studies of their poten
SAN FRANCISCO–After decades of inaction, last Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed plan to implement its Endocrine-Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), EPA's progra
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Today, in response to a 2023 petition by Center for Food Safety, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that Endangered Species Act (ESA or "the Act") protections may be
WASHINGTON—Center for Food Safety (CFS) is endorsing the Toxic Free Foods Act, legislation re-introduced last week by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) that would overhaul the Food and Drug Administration's (F
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), along with 16 other organizations, academics, physicians, and experts representing a wide range of interests, submitted a petition for rulemaki
SEATTLE, WA — Yesterday afternoon the U.S. Federal Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'(Corps) approval of Nationwide Permit 56 (NWP 56)—which auth
Portland, OR—Yesterday afternoon the United States District Court for the District of Oregon ruled against a pending legal challenge to organic "grower group" certification, a longstanding practice co
Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to disclose important records on how EPA evaluat
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity, along with Center for Food Safety and Pesticide Action Network North America sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to adequately pr
