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Animal Legal Defense Fund accuses the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Agricultural Marketing Service of unlawfully withholding records related to federally funded beef advertisements that allegedly mislead the public about beef’s climate and environmental impact. The Freedom of Information Act complaint seeks to compel disclosure of documents showing how the government approved ads promoting beef as climate-friendly — despite evidence that industrial beef production significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and water overuse.

The progress we have secured is a testament to the fact that the law and science are on our side. It also reflects the desire of most people across the country for a safer and cleaner world. Our shared wins represent decades of painstaking work, culminating in concrete measures that will save lives across the country. We’re celebrating our victories and the many opportunities ahead.

Multiple federal agencies revoked longstanding regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Blaine Miller-McFeeley, Senior Legislative Representative, Earthjustice: “These heavily redacted FOIA records confirm what we already know: that the Trump administration is selling off and selling out our public lands to benefit a wealthy few, and they’re doing it all behind closed doors. These action plans should be communicated to the public — we all have…

An EO is just a statement about the president’s policy preferences — but we’re watching for real actions.

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

Agency withheld public records, photographs, and videos related to bycatch in trawl fisheries off California and Alaska.

When the Trump administration breaks the law, Earthjustice will take them to court. We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “It does send a statement that even though we are seeing the impacts of climate change increasing every year in the state — more people being impacted by stronger hurricanes, we’re seeing sea level rise, we’re seeing hotter summers — that we don’t think that is something we should be…

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

Loss of critical USDA resources will hurt farmers and food security

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

Julie MacDonald insisted on last minute changes to undermine bird’s protected status

Meet 16 of the hundreds of species Earthjustice has gone to court to protect.

The Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies will wreak havoc on laws that protect everyone’s health and the environment.

Timber industry attempt to open lands to logging fails, but designation still neglects critical marine areas, old-growth forests on state, private lands

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