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
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
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
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.—
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
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
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
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
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
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
Washington, D.C.—Newly received data released today shows that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new rules for swine slaughter plants, or the "New Swine Inspection System (NSIS)," dramatica
San Francisco, CA—Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) on behalf of a broad coalition of farmworkers, farmers, and conservationists, filed a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agenc
Photo credit: Group of sandhill cranes. Photo by Patrick Myers, National Park Service.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Trump administration has proposed to approve genetically engineered crops on national wil
(Washington, D.C.) Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its decision to decline the advocacy group's objections to the agen
Final Decision For Endangered Species Act Protection Due Later This Year
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The yearly count of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico, released today, shows a decrease of 53% f
YAKIMA, WA: Today, Center for Food Safety, Community Association for Restoration of the Environment (CARE), and Friends of Toppenish Creek notified View Point Dairy, owned by Bill DeRuyter, in the Y