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Following proposed monarch listing, Earthjustice and Xerces petition EPA to upgrade risk assessment data for pesticides

Earthjustice, on behalf of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to swiftly correct flaws in its framework for assessing pesticide risks to pollinators. Currently, the EPA only requires pesticide manufacturers to submit limited data concerning pesticide impacts on adult honey bees.

Regulations prohibiting the use of neonicotinoid insecticides on state lands managed by the CA Department of Fish and Wildlife will protect birds, bees, and other pollinators

Court of Appeal lets stand lower court’s decision invalidating California’s approval of insecticide that causes colony collapse

A California court ruled in favor of beekeepers represented by Earthjustice, shielding pollinators from the pesticide sulfoxaflor.

Court allows the use of the pesticide while review proceeds

El fallo sobre Sulfoxaflor llega justo en el momento para proteger a las abejas que polinizan el cultivo de almendras de California

A California Superior Court ruled that the bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor can no longer be used in the state because its approval violated state environmental law

Sulfoxaflor ruling comes just in time to protect bees pollinating California’s almond crop

Greg Loarie, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: “There are lots of alternatives out there that are lower risk.”

Bill would ban organophosphates and bee-killing neonicotinoids

Honey bee colonies have experienced widespread die-offs. Many beekeepers believe a class of pesticides are weakening their bees. Mega-corporations are making a killing off their pesticides—but are they also getting away with murder?

Nearly 20 new bills would continue to undermine the vital conservation law already under attack by the Trump administration

Beekeepers, represented by Earthjustice, sued Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing sulfoxaflor, a bee-killing pesticide linked to a nation-wide honeybee die-off, back on the market.

Sulfoxaflor is toxic for insects already dealing with global pollinator collapse

El sulfoxaflor es tóxico para los insectos en un mundo que enfrenta el declive de polinizadores