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July 19th, 2022
Biden Climate Emergency Must Address Industrial Meat Emissions
Biden Climate Emergency Must Address Industrial Meat Emissions
WASHINGTON—According to multiple media reports today, President Biden is considering declaring a climate emergency, triggering executive actions to help rein in climate-damaging emissions. The news co
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July 19th, 2022
EPA Finds New Insecticide Is Putting Over 100 Species in Jeopardy of Extinction
EPA Finds New Insecticide Is Putting Over 100 Species in Jeopardy of Extinction
WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft biological evaluation today showing that the bee-killing insecticide sulfoxaflor is potentially putting 24 species of insects in jeopar
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July 19th, 2022
Biden Administration Rejects Legal Petition to Phase Out Use of Toxic Agricultural Pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges
Biden Administration Rejects Legal Petition to Phase Out Use of Toxic Agricultural Pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied requests by conservationists and members of Congress to phase out the use of agricultural pesticides on national wildlife refuges. The Servic
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July 18th, 2022
Legal Victory: Court Orders New Endangered Species Review for Toxic Fungicide
Legal Victory: Court Orders New Endangered Species Review for Toxic Fungicide
SAN FRANCISCO—In a major win for conservationists and wildlife, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ordered the Environmental Protection Agency today to review the potential harm a toxic new
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July 11th, 2022
Agricultural and Pesticide Interests Seek to Appeal Recent Ruling that Bees can be Protected by California's Endangered Species Act
Agricultural and Pesticide Interests Seek to Appeal Recent Ruling that Bees can be Protected by California's Endangered Species Act
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
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July 7th, 2022
Monsanto and BASF Responsible for Unprecedented Peach Orchard Damage from Volatile Dicamba Pesticide, Appeals Court Rules
Monsanto and BASF Responsible for Unprecedented Peach Orchard Damage from Volatile Dicamba Pesticide, Appeals Court Rules
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
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June 30th, 2022
SCOTUS Curbs EPA Authority to Regulate Emissions, Address Climate Crisis
SCOTUS Curbs EPA Authority to Regulate Emissions, Address Climate Crisis
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
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June 24th, 2022
Statement on the Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson
Statement on the Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson
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
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June 23rd, 2022
Legal Action Taken to Protect Threatened and Endangered Species from Industrial Finfish Aquaculture Operations
Legal Action Taken to Protect Threatened and Endangered Species from Industrial Finfish Aquaculture Operations
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
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June 17th, 2022
Federal Court Rejects Glyphosate Registration Decision Because EPA Ignored Cancer Risks, Endangered Species Risks
Federal Court Rejects Glyphosate Registration Decision Because EPA Ignored Cancer Risks, Endangered Species Risks
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
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June 17th, 2022
Federal Court Holds Glyphosate Registration Unlawful, Cites Cancer Risks, Endangered Species Risks
Federal Court Holds Glyphosate Registration Unlawful, Cites Cancer Risks, Endangered Species Risks
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
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June 17th, 2022
Center for Food Safety to Host Expert Webinar on Safety and Sustainability of Lab-Grown Meat
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
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June 16th, 2022
EPA Admits Grave Harm to Hundreds of Endangered Species from Neonicotinoid Insecticides
EPA Admits Grave Harm to Hundreds of Endangered Species from Neonicotinoid Insecticides
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Endangered Species Act biological evaluations (BEs) for three neonicotinoid insecticides: clothianidin, imidacloprid
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June 14th, 2022
Lawsuit Challenges Fungicide That Causes Neurological Harms and Imperils Wildlife, Endangered Species
Lawsuit Challenges Fungicide That Causes Neurological Harms and Imperils Wildlife, Endangered Species
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
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June 10th, 2022
Farmers, Community Members Challenge ODA Approval of Foster Farms Mega-Chicken CAFO in Willamette Valley, Citing Risks to Clean Water, Fish Habitat
Farmers, Community Members Challenge ODA Approval of Foster Farms Mega-Chicken CAFO in Willamette Valley, Citing Risks to Clean Water, Fish Habitat
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,
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June 8th, 2022
Lawsuit Challenging EPA's Approval of Drift-Prone Dicamba Pesticide Moves Forward
Lawsuit Challenging EPA's Approval of Drift-Prone Dicamba Pesticide Moves Forward
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
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