North Carolina 'Anti-Sunshine' Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional

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June 15th, 2020

Late Friday, a federal judge struck down as unconstitutional a North Carolina law designed to inhibit undercover investigations in the state. Under North Carolina's "Anti-Sunshine Law", officially t

June 24th, 2020

Judge Overrides California State Warning Label of Glyphosate Pesticide as Probable Carcinogen Under Proposition 65

San Francisco, CA—This week, a federal judge sided with Bayer/Monsanto in its case against the State of California, affirming that Bayer/Monsanto does not need to warn California residents that glyp

June 15th, 2020

Advocates Challenge First Ever Genetically Engineered Mosquito Release

Washington, D.C.—On Friday, environmental and other public interest organizations filed a formal pre-litigation notice with the Trump Administration stating their intention to sue the Environmental

June 11th, 2020

Emergency Legal Motion Seeks Contempt for EPA Administrator Wheeler for Defying Court Ruling Barring Farmers from Spraying Dicamba Pesticide

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Farming and conservation groups today asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler in contempt for refusing to abide

June 11th, 2020

Community and Public Interest Groups Protect Washington's Iconic Coastlines and Wildlife from Expanding Industrial Shellfish Aquaculture

Seattle, WA — Today, a federal court nullified the defective Nationwide Permit 48 (NWP 48), making the vast majority of shellfish aquaculture activities in Washington illegal. However, the court als

June 8th, 2020

Statement on EPA's Dicamba Cancellation Order

Statement on EPA's Dicamba Cancellation Order, from Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity, counsel for Petitioners in National Family Farm Coalition v EPA & Monsanto: Today's disi

June 8th, 2020

Joint Statement from National Family Farm Coalition, Center for Food Safety, Center for Biological Diversity, and Pesticide Action Network North America, Petitioners in National Family Farm Coalition v EPA & Monsanto

On June 3 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the new over-the-top use registrations of dicamba formulations XtendiMax, FeXapan, and Engenia are null and void, effective immed

June 3rd, 2020

Federal Court Holds Monsanto's Dicamba Pesticide Unlawful, Citing Unprecedented Drift Damage to Millions of Acres

San Francisco, CA – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of farmers and conservationists in a dispute over Monsanto's dicamba pesticide. The 56-page opinion held the T

June 1st, 2020

Center for Food Safety Commits to Fight for Racial Justice and an Equitable Food System

We are witnessing a nation in mourning as people from all walks of life, including the environmental movement, come together to condemn the institutional racism and police brutality that killed George

May 18th, 2020

Newly Finalized Federal Regulations on GMOs Are a "Free for All" for Chemical Corporations

Newly Finalized Federal Regulations on GMOs Are a "Free for All" for Chemical Corporations Genetically engineered crops no longer subject to agency oversight or evaluation of harms Washington, D.C.—

May 15th, 2020

Statement on Newly Finalized Federal Regulations on GMOs

Washington, D.C.—Center for Food Safety (CFS) condemns the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) revised regulations governing genetically engineered (GE) organisms (commonly referred to as GMOs). U

May 8th, 2020

California Executive Order Applies Pesticide Protections for Children Schooling from Home

Sacramento, CA—Yesterday, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) issued an executive order to all county agricultural commissioners (CACs) to apply protections from pesticide drift

May 5th, 2020

Food Safety and Worker Advocacy Organizations File Legal Action to Implement Mandatory Worker Safety Standards at Meatpacking Facilities

Food Safety and Worker Advocacy Organizations File Legal Action to Implement Mandatory Worker Safety Standards at Meatpacking Facilities 5,000 meat and poultry plant workers have been sickened by COV

April 22nd, 2020

Coalition Calls on Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to Address Mega-dairy Emissions

Coalition Calls on Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to Address Mega-dairy Emissions New Executive Order from Governor Brown directing agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should apply

April 15th, 2020

DeRuyter Dairy Factory Farms Held in Contempt for Continuing to Pollute Despite Court Order

YAKIMA, WA: Yesterday, Judge Thomas O. Rice of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington found two large dairy factory farms in the Lower Yakima Valley in contempt of cou

April 9th, 2020

Groups File Suit Against Dairy for Endangering Public Health

YAKIMA, WA — Today, Center for Food Safety, Community Association of Restoration of the Environment (CARE), and Friends of Toppenish Creek filed suit against Majestic Dairy to end the facility's con

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