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September 11th, 2023
Groups Sue EPA Over Factory Farm Water Pollution
Groups Sue EPA Over Factory Farm Water Pollution
On Friday, Center for Food Safety and 12 groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency over the agency's failure to regulate factory farm pollution under the Clean Water Act. The lawsuit follows EPA
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September 6th, 2023
Legal Appeal Challenges Hidden GMO Foods in Marketplace
Legal Appeal Challenges Hidden GMO Foods in Marketplace
SAN FRANCISCO—Late yesterday, Center for Food Safety filed a legal appeal against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to its genetically engineered (GMO or GE) labeling rules that do
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August 15th, 2023
EPA Denies Factory Farm Water Pollution Petition
EPA Denies Factory Farm Water Pollution Petition
WASHINGTON, D.C — Today, EPA denied a 2017 petition submitted by Food & Water Watch and dozens of co-petitioners, including Center for Food Safety, which urged EPA to strengthen its factory farm water
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August 9th, 2023
Easterday Giving Up on Lost Valley Mega-Dairy
Easterday Giving Up on Lost Valley Mega-Dairy
Salem, OR — In a victory for public health and the environment, media reports indicate that the Easterday family is giving up its attempt to re-open the controversial Boardman, OR. mega-dairy. The new
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July 31st, 2023
Oregon Governor Signs First Reform of Industrial Factory Farm Regulation in Decades
Oregon Governor Signs First Reform of Industrial Factory Farm Regulation in Decades
Salem, OR — Today, after years of advocacy by the Stand Up to Factory Farms (SUFF) coalition to encourage state legislators to protect Oregon's environment and communities from the threat of factory f
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July 17th, 2023
EPA Withdraws Decision on Toxic Fungicide Difenoconazole
EPA Withdraws Decision on Toxic Fungicide Difenoconazole
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Following legal pressure from Center for Food Safety (CFS) and courts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn its interim approval of difenoconazole, a potent
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July 12th, 2023
Waialua Egg Farm Poses Environmental Risk from Manure Mismanagement
Waialua Egg Farm Poses Environmental Risk from Manure Mismanagement
Waialua, North Shore of O'ahu - An inspection conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) revealed concerns regarding Waialua Fresh Egg Farm's operations and its failure to adequately address i
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July 6th, 2023
Congressional Bill Would Curtail State Health and Environmental Protections
Congressional Bill Would Curtail State Health and Environmental Protections
SAN FRANCISCO–Center for Food Safety today blasted congressional legislation aimed at preventing states from enacting stronger-than-federal protections against pesticides that threaten environmental a
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June 22nd, 2023
Oregon Legislature Passes Legislation Addressing Harms from Mega-Dairies
Oregon Legislature Passes Legislation Addressing Harms from Mega-Dairies
Salem, OR - Yesterday the Oregon Legislature passed SB 85, a bill to reform the regulation of factory farms and temporarily close an exemption allowing use of drinking water for livestock without a pe
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June 12th, 2023
Washington State Dairies Agree to Clean Up Groundwater in Response to Lawsuit
Washington State Dairies Agree to Clean Up Groundwater in Response to Lawsuit
YAKIMA, WA — In a court settlement filed Friday, DBD Washington, LLC and SMD, LLC, two factory farm dairies in Yakima Valley, WA owned by Austin Jack DeCoster, agree to clean up and limit water pollut
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June 7th, 2023
EPA Failed to Protect Against Toxic Enlist Herbicides, Lawsuit Alleges
EPA Failed to Protect Against Toxic Enlist Herbicides, Lawsuit Alleges
Washington, D.C.—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS), Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), and Alianza Nacional De Campesinas, Inc. (Alianza) sued the Environmental Protection Agency (E
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June 1st, 2023
Groups Sue EPA Over Failure to Regulate Insecticide-Coated Seeds
Groups Sue EPA Over Failure to Regulate Insecticide-Coated Seeds
SAN FRANCISCO—Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to close a regulatory loophole
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May 25th, 2023
Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Limiting Wetland Protections under Clean Water Act
Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Limiting Wetland Protections under Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Sackett v. EPA that drastically limits the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to protect wetlands under the Cl
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May 12th, 2023
Genetically Engineered Mosquito Experiment in California's Central Valley Halted
Genetically Engineered Mosquito Experiment in California's Central Valley Halted
Sacramento, CA—In a victory for environmentalists, scientists and vulnerable agricultural communities across California, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced yesterday the
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May 11th, 2023
Center for Food Safety Applauds Supreme Court's Decision in Important Animal Welfare and Public Health Case
Center for Food Safety Applauds Supreme Court's Decision in Important Animal Welfare and Public Health Case
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, in a win for animal rights and public health advocates, the Supreme Court sided with California in upholding the state's Proposition 12. The state Proposition prohibits the sal
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May 5th, 2023
EPA Confirms Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid Insecticides Threaten Extinction for More than 200 Endangered Species
EPA Confirms Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid Insecticides Threaten Extinction for More than 200 Endangered Species
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Three of the most widely-used neonicotinoid insecticides are putting more than 200 endangered species at risk of extinction, according to a new analysis issued by the Environmental Pr
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