California Court Paves the Way for Protection of Imperiled Bumble Bees and Other Insects

For media inquiries contact:

202-547-9359

Press Releases

May 31st, 2022

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

May 26th, 2022

Court Rejects California's Blanket Approval of Pesticide Spraying

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

May 24th, 2022

Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Up Slightly, Still Below Extinction Threshold

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

May 20th, 2022

Media Advisory: Public Oral Argument in Environmentalists' Appeal Seeking to Ensure Legal Protections for Imperiled California Bumble Bees

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

May 20th, 2022

FDA Allows Hormone-Disrupting Phthalates in Food Packaging

WASHINGTON.D.C.— The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today denied petitions submitted by health and environmental advocates in 2016 to ban phthalates from food packaging and food production equipme

May 19th, 2022

CFS Calls on FDA to Nominate Deputy Commissioner of Foods, Take Urgent Action on Food Safety

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf will be testifying at the House Committee on Appropriations hearing on FDA's budget for Fiscal Year 2023. The h

May 9th, 2022

Appeals Board Finds EPA Permit for First-Ever Industrial Aquaculture Facility in Federal Waters Violates Clean Water Act

SARASOTA, Fla.—Siding with Center for Food Safety (CFS) and allies in an appeal, last week the Environmental Appeals Board issued a decision that states the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA

May 4th, 2022

Florida Approves Risky Release of Billions of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Scientifically Flawed Experiment

MONROE COUNTY, FLA — Overlooking potential public health risks, lingering scientific questions, and deficient public data; the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) approved

April 26th, 2022

Victory for Animals and Free Speech as U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Kansas Ag-Gag Law

WASHINGTON — In a major victory for animals, workers, and transparency in the animal agriculture industry, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Te

April 20th, 2022

Thousands of Californians Call on CalEPA to Halt Proposed Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Friends of the Earth U.S. (FOE) delivered 6,049 stakeholder comments to California Environmental Protection Agency's (CalEPA) Department

March 15th, 2022

Court Strikes Down Second Iowa Ag-Gag Law

DES MOINES, IA — Today the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa held unconstitutional Iowa's second Ag-Gag law, also known as Iowa Ag-Gag 2.0, holding that the law criminalizing under

March 10th, 2022

FDA Sued Over Failure to Release Documents Regarding Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon, Planned Ohio Production Facility

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for unlawfully withholding records regarding FDA's en

March 7th, 2022

Planned Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitos Ignores Science, Public Health and Environmental Risks

WASHINGTON—In defiance of science and public health concerns, today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the mass release of billions of experimental genetically engineered (GE) mosquito

March 7th, 2022

USDA to Undo Its Trump-Era Withdrawal of Organic Livestock Rule

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, the U.S. Court of the Northern District of California allowed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reconsider its Trump-era withdrawal of animal welfare standards on farms

February 24th, 2022

Legal Petition Urges Biden Administration to Ban Toxic Agricultural Pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety filed a legal petition today calling for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to end the use of dangerous agricultural pesticid

February 23rd, 2022

BASF to Stop Selling Pesticide Trifludimoxazin Rather Than Continue Litigation

SAN FRANCISCO—In response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity, chemical giant BASF has agreed to stop the manufacture and sale of the pesticide triflud

Page

⏮

◃

▹

⏭

Support Center for Food Safety by donating today!

Home

About Us

Campaigns

Take Action

Resources

Site By LK

Center for Food Safety is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization. All donations to CFS are tax-deductible, Federal Tax ID (EIN) #52-2165893.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This material is protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No text may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without express written permission or proper citation. Please credit any and all use of our work product to: Center for Food Safety, www.centerforfoodsafety.org.

JOIN

Protecting Our Food, Farms & Environment

Media

Press Releases