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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 manure digesters

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Richard Platkin, J.), entered June 21, 2024 in Albany County, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets finding that petitioner’s local law barring food establishments from selling foie gras in New York City was in violation of Agriculture and Markets Law § 305-a (1) (a).

Isocycloseram was approved for use on golf courses, lawns, and a host of food crops

Toxic gold mining along rivers crossing the British Columbia-Alaska border threatens critical ecosystems and the sovereign rights of Alaska Native communities.

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”

Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has settled its greenwashing lawsuit against Tyson Foods filed in September 2024. The suit alleged that Tyson Foods’ claims about reaching “net-zero by 2050″ or selling “climate-smart” beef were not supported by sufficient action to achieve these virtually impossible goals.

Brief of proposed amici curiae New York Association of Towns; City of Auburn; Town of Owasco; Robert Manley; in his official capacity as Town Supervisor of the Town of Cameron; and Michael Volino, in his official capacity as Town Supervisor of the Town of Thurston.

JBS to end making unsubstantiated claims minimizing the true climate harms of beef production

Earthjustice fights to protect imperiled species and the habitats that support their lives — and ours. Here are highlights of our work to defend our natural world over the past year, and a glimpse at what’s next.

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.

En todo Estados Unidos, las señales de advertencia de peligro químico nunca parecen detenerse.

Groups filed their petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency on August 28 announced that it would throw out rules planned by the Biden administration that would have, for the first time, imposed limits on phosphorus pollution from 126 meat industry plants across the U.S., eliminating at least eight million pounds of this pollutant per year, plus nine million pounds of nitrogen and other pollutants, including fecal bacteria and grease.

A pesar de que afirma promover la salud, la administración Trump elimina protecciones contra sustancias químicas tóxicas en alimentos y agua

While claiming to promote health, the Trump administration removes protections from toxic chemicals in food and water

La decisión de la agencia permitirá que los mataderos y las plantas de procesamiento de alimentos sigan siendo los principales descargadores industriales de contaminación por nitrógeno y fósforo, aumentando el riesgo de que el agua no sea apta ni para beber ni para la recreación al aire libre, y que no sea habitable para la vida acuática.

EPA’s decision will allow slaughterhouses and rendering facilities to remain leading industrial dischargers of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, which can render water unsafe for drinking, unfit for outdoor recreation, and uninhabitable for aquatic life