The Appellate Division’s decision affects far more than just foie gras; it also reinforces local governments’ ability to safeguard human health, the environment, and animal welfare.
Earthjustice, National Consumers League, and 64 organizations, representing millions of Americans, filed a petition urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to end the overuse of antibiotics in livestock operations,…
Every year, antibiotic-resistant bacteria contribute to approximately 35,000 deaths and 2.8 million illnesses in the U.S. — a public health crisis driven partly by livestock operations. A broad spectrum of…
The overuse of antibiotics leads to the creation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that then sicken and kill people and animals, risking the health and welfare of all Americans and people around…
More than 70% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in the meat industry despite decades of evidence of dangerous antibiotic resistance and harm to human health
24 organizations and local governments who had grant agreements under the USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access (LCM) Program have joined a lawsuit aiming to restore their illegally canceled…
The Court should grant the Land Access Program Plaintiffs' motion and preliminary enjoin Defendants' termination of the Land Access Program Plaintiffs' grants and return Land Access Program Plaintiffs to the…
REAP was created to help farmers and rural small businesses cut energy costs and strengthen local economies; yet hundreds of millions of tax dollars have been funneled into expensive, polluting…
Hundreds of millions of dollars intended to cut energy costs have been funneled to costly manure digesters, benefitting industrial-scale livestock operations
Given the enormous emissions associated with industrial meat production, beef produced in this manner can never be a “climate-smart choice.” Climate-smart beef is plainly an oxymoron.
La demanda alega que Tyson Foods afirmó falsamente que alcanzaría la neutralidad de carbono para 2050 y comercializó sus productos de carne industrial como “climáticamente inteligentes”
Through litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, and communications, Earthjustice’s Sustainable Food and Farming team advances the transition to a cleaner, safer, and more climate-friendly food system.
Conservation and community groups appealed a federal court decision upholding a Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that exempts factory farms from their duty to make information about dangerous air…
