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Document March 6, 2020

Agriculture Climate Waterfall: Emission Reductions Through Climate-Friendly Practices

Widespread adoption of climate-friendly practices on relevant applicable lands in the United States can achieve net-zero emissions

Document January 14, 2020

A Path Towards Climate-Friendly Agriculture

Ten climate-friendly practices and their projected impact on emission reductions if adopted on applicable land areas nationally.

Document January 14, 2020

Agriculture and Climate Instability in New York

Challenges, solutions, and the path forward

During Hurricane Florence, concentrated animal feeding operations like this one in Warsaw, North Carolina, flooded the surrounding community with hog waste.
(Justin Cook for Earthjustice)
Article January 9, 2019

The Storm Moved on, But North Carolina’s Hog Waste Didn’t

Earthjustice and our partners are working to prevent future hog waste floods in the area hit hardest by Hurricane Florence.

From the Experts January 8, 2019

Climate Action Is a Secret Winner in the 2018 Farm Bill

The 2018 Farm Bill is surprisingly climate-conscious.

Wild American buffalo graze in the grasslands of South Dakota.
(WOLLERTZ/SHUTTERSTOCK)
From the Experts December 13, 2018

Renewable Fuels — When a Promising Climate Solution Becomes a Climate Threat

It is time to ensure that only land with minimal climate and environmental impacts is used to grow biofuel crops.

A flooded factory farm waste lagoon in Goldsboro, N.C.
(WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE, INC. / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Article December 13, 2018

A Stench That Sickens, and an EPA That Doesn’t Care

The public can comment through Dec. 14 on an EPA rule that would shield thousands of livestock facilities from reporting toxic emissions.

The words “artificial flavor” on the ingredient labels of sodas and other processed foods can refer to chemicals that are known to cause cancer in animals.
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Article December 11, 2018

The FDA Dumps Its Recipe for Disaster

The agency finally nixed its approval of several cancer-causing food additives after years of advocacy and an Earthjustice lawsuit.

Do you know where your Thanksgiving turkey came from?
(Jason Doiy / Getty Images)
Article November 16, 2018

A Just Way to Put Food on the Table

From banning toxic nerve agent pesticides to protecting our farmworkers, Earthjustice remains committed to remaking our food system into one that nourishes and sustains life for all of us.

Toxic pest control chemicals sprayed on a field in California's Salinas Valley
(Pgiam / Getty Images)
Article May 15, 2018

The House Farm Bill is Really a Harm Bill

The bill on which representatives will vote this week is a disaster not only for our wildlife, but also for a nation that needs to be fed.

Las palabras artificial flavor (sabor artificial) en las etiquetas de ingredientes de alimentos procesados puede referirse a peligrosos químicos que causan cáncer en animales.
(DUNDANIM'S / SHUTTERSTOCK)
Article May 11, 2018

Una receta para el desastre

Por años hemos sabido de siete aditivos en nuestra comida que causan cáncer, pero la FDA se niega a prohibirlos.

Earthjustice is suing the state of New York for allowing huge industrial dairies to spread tons of manure onto nearby land without adequate safeguards—threatening local waters and communities.
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Article: Victory April 25, 2018

Court Rules Mega-Dairies Can’t Keep Spreading Mega Waste in Secret

The New York Supreme Court sided with environmental groups, telling the state to revise a permit that has allowed huge industrial dairies to spread tons of manure onto nearby land without adequate safeguards.

How many calories are in your movie popcorn? Earthjustice goes to court to end the Trump administration’s illegal delay on nutrition labels at restaurants and other food retailers.
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Article February 6, 2018

Counting Calories? New Lawsuit Will Make Restaurants Show You the Stats

Earthjustice goes to court over Trump’s illegal delay on nutrition labels.

In New York, home to these Autumn trees, a novel state tax reform proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo taps into a little-known but powerful climate opportunity — the carbon-soaking power of agricultural and forest land.
(Jim Vallee / Getty Images)
Article January 29, 2018

How One Tweak to New York’s Tax Code Could Save Forests, Cut Emissions and Help Rural Communities

New York State has an opportunity to show how climate change can be fought through agriculture by incentivizing farmers and forest owners to sustainably manage trees that sequester CO2.

Chris Teachout, a fifth-generation farmer, examines the quality of his soil, which he keeps healthy by planting cover crops on his farm in southwest Iowa.
(Brad Zweerink for Earthjustice)
Article November 1, 2017

A New Crop of Ideas for Fighting Climate Change

Agriculture can be a force for environmental health. Here's how.

America wastes millions of acres of land through inefficient food production.
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Article June 6, 2017

The Major Food Waste Problem You Haven't Heard About

America wastes millions of acres of land through inefficient food production.

Earthjustice has filed a lawsuit challenging a rule that allows thousands of novel, untested chemicals to be used as food additives without FDA review.
(Christina Pauchi / Shutterstock)
Article June 1, 2017

FDA Allows Secret, Untested Chemicals into Our Food

Earthjustice has filed a lawsuit challenging a rule that allows thousands of novel, untested chemicals to be used as food additives without FDA review.

A new vision for agriculture would eliminate wasteful land use and make carbon sequestration an agricultural product.
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Article April 18, 2017

Food 2.0: Working Toward Greater Efficiency in Agriculture

A new vision for agriculture would eliminate wasteful land use and make carbon sequestration an agricultural product.