The Latest by Peter Lehner

Managing Attorney

April 13, 2016

Se Elimina Un Pestida Tóxico, Y Aun Quedan Muchos Más

Para cultivar alimentos sin venenos es necesario contravenir el sistema.

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April 13, 2016

One Toxic Pesticide Is on the Way Out—With Many More to Go

To grow food without poisonous chemicals, you need to buck the system.

April 8, 2016

Rompiendo Ciclos: De Los Químicos A Los Cultivos de Cobertura

Earthjustice y otros defensores están luchando para sacar a docenas de agroquímicos del mercado por los riesgos tan evidentes que presentan a la salud humana, la vida silvestre y la calidad de nuestra agua y nuestros suelos. He aquí algunos de los ejemplos de los retos legales.

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April 8, 2016

Breaking the Cycle: Moving from Chemicals to Cover Crops

Legal battles over pesticides are full of twists and turns, but we can make a better case for dropping them by ensuring farmers have better alternatives to harmful chemicals.

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April 1, 2016

The Clean Power Plan’s on Hold, but Clean Agriculture Can Move Forward

Cleaning up the electricity sector isn’t the only way to curb climate change; cleaning up our food and agriculture system can cut climate pollution, too.

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March 30, 2016

To Eat Healthy, We Need to Farm Healthy

To improve the American diet, we need a sustainable food system that gets healthy, affordable food to all.

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March 25, 2016

Fixing Our Broken Food System

Our inefficient, chemical-laden system of food production is costing us not only a healthy environment, but also healthy years of our lives.

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December 7, 2015

After 15 Years, EPA Finally Moves to Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

Nearly 15 years have passed since the EPA effectively banned the residential use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which causes brain damage in children, and the EPA has at last proposed to ban most agricultural uses of this toxic pesticide.