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January 19th, 2017

How Sonny is the Future of Our Food and Environment?

America Deserves Committed Leadership WASHINGTON— President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Perdue has stron

January 19th, 2017

Consumer and Environmental Groups Praise Klobuchar, Question if Sessions Can be Trusted on Antitrust Enforcement

WASHINGTON— Yesterday, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, questioned Senator Jeff S

January 17th, 2017

USDA Grants Final Approval for Invasive GE Grass

Rushed Approval of Genetically Engineered Bentgrass Granted Despite Ongoing Threat to Agriculture, Environment PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Department of Agriculture today issued a final deregulation deci

January 12th, 2017

EPA Identifies Risks from Bee-Toxic Pesticides, Delays Needed Action

Risk assessments of neonicotinoids show toxicity to pollinators, other species WASHINGTON— Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a much-anticipated series of analyses of risks asso

January 6th, 2017

Federal Biotech Updates Too Little, Too Late

2017 Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology Released WASHINGTON— Yesterday the federal government released the final version of updates to a policy document that will guide EPA, FDA

January 5th, 2017

Consumer Groups Petition 16 Fast Food Chains to Reduce Antibiotic Use; Burger King's Announcement Doesn't Cut the Mustard

More than 125,000 consumers urge top fast food companies to take action in 2017 to prohibit regular use of antibiotics in meat and poultry WASHINGTON—Consumer health and food safety groups today deliv

December 22nd, 2016

Joshua Noga to lead Hawai'iCenter for Food Safety's Building Power Program

HONOLULU - Sierra Club of Hawai'i and Hawai'i Center for Food Safety are pleased to announce that beginning January 9th, Joshua Noga will serve as Senior Program Manager for the HCFS Building Power Pr

December 15th, 2016

EPA Slams Big Ag's Syngenta on Farmworker Safety Violations

HONOLULU— Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a complaint against agrichemical giant Syngenta for putting the health and safety of farmworkers on Kauai at risk by violating several f

December 12th, 2016

Canada to Protect Declining Monarch Butterfly as Endangered Species

Iconic Butterfly Has Declined by 80 Percent in Recent Decades WASHINGTON— The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada released a report today recommending that the monarch butterfly b

December 10th, 2016

California Water Grab Passes Vote in Senate

Dangerous provision overrides key environmental laws to benefit special interests WASHINGTON— Yesterday a damaging provision inserted into the important Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nati

December 8th, 2016

USDA: Escaped, Highly Invasive GE Grass Poses No Environmental Harm

Commercial Approval of Engineered Bentgrass Given Despite Failed Efforts to Stop Its Spread from Old Experiment Plots PORTLAND, Ore.— The Environmental Protection Agency released a final environmenta

December 7th, 2016

Victory! GE Mosquitoes Will Not Be Let Loose on Florida Community

Citizens/environment will not be impacted by novel experiment releasing millions of GE mosquitoes WASHINGTON— The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that that Oxitec will not move forward wi

December 6th, 2016

Another Superbug Found on Pig Farm in the U.S.

Critical medicines of last resort could be lost without immediate regulatory action WASHINGTON— E. coli bacteria resistant to a critical class of antibiotics has been identified in samples from a pig

December 6th, 2016

New Report Confirms Bee-Killing Pesticides Cause Other Widespread Environmental Harm

Economic analysis also reveals neonicotinoids do not increase crop yields WASHINGTON— A new report released today by Center for Food Safety (CFS), Net Loss—Economic Efficacy and Costs of Neonicotinoid

November 22nd, 2016

Advocates Challenge FDA on First Ever GE Mosquito Release

Photo - Endangered Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit Chad Anderson/USFWS Government fails to assess risks to dozens of endangered species from novel experiment releasing millions of GE mosquitoes WASHINGTON— A

November 22nd, 2016

Court Fails to Protect Bees and Beekeepers from Toxic Pesticides

Pesticide-coated seeds remain unregulated by EPA as pollinator populations plummet SAN FRANCISCO— Yesterday a judge in the Northern District of California delivered a crushing blow to the nation’s bee

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