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Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against Trump’s USDA, asking a court to restore access to climate-related information on government websites and prohibit further purging.

Farmers have been stripped of vital digital resources due to the Trump Administration’s climate webpage purge; Motion seeks to restore access and prevent additional webpage removals

Behind every bite of salad in the break room, every fruit in a lunch box, every meal at dinner, lies the hand of a farmworker — drenched in pesticides, soaked in sweat, and now, likely facing the risk of deportation.

Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Working Group request that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York grant a preliminary injunction ordering restoration of all webpages that were removed pursuant to United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) January 30, 2025, directive and enjoining USDA from removing or substantially modifying additional webpages pursuant to that directive.

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, an agency cannot remove significant public information from their website without reason and notice, and they have provided neither.”

The lawsuit seeks a court order requiring USDA to restore access to key webpages and preventing USDA from removing additional climate-related information.

La pérdida de recursos informativos del departamento perjudicará a los agricultores y afectará la seguridad alimentaria

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “You can purge a website of the words ‘climate change,’ but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away.”

The Trump administration is removing climate-related information from government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather.

This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites, without any advance notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, without engaging in reasoned decision-making as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, and in violation of its obligation under the Freedom of Information Act to publish certain information proactively.

Loss of critical USDA resources will hurt farmers and food security

This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites, without any advance notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, without engaging in reasoned decision-making as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, and in violation of its obligation under the Freedom of Information Act to publish certain information proactively.

An opinion piece by Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney of Earthjustice’s Sustainable Food & Farming Program

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming: “There are huge numbers of subsidies to the livestock industry. The hamburger that you pay (for) is only a fraction of the true cost, as reflected by what taxpayers pay.”

Letter urging immediate steps to protect the people of Pennsylvania from being exposed to the harmful chemicals contained in sewage sludge by instructing the Department of Environmental Protection to begin a comprehensive analysis and assessment of sludge disposal in the state that accounts for its “beneficial use” program allowing for the disposal of over 130,000 dry tons of sludge every year on farmlands around the state, where it is having a detrimental impact on communities and surrounding waterways and airways.

The Superior Court for the District of Columbia denied Tyson Food, Inc.’s efforts to avoid liability and allowed the case to move forward.

Judge Julie H. Becker denied Defendant’s motion to dismiss.