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March 6, 2020 | Legal Document

Agriculture Climate Waterfall: Emission Reductions Through Climate-Friendly Practices

Widespread adoption of climate-friendly practices on relevant applicable lands in the United States can achieve net-zero emissions

February 25, 2020 | Fact Sheet

A Path Towards Climate-friendly Agriculture

Climate-friendly agriculture can help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, reduce reliance on harmful chemicals, and support healthier communities.

February 6, 2020 | Press Release

El Mayor Productor de Clorpirifós Suspende Venta De Pesticida Que Daña El Cerebro

Sin embargo, la administración Trump aún se niega a prohibir su uso

February 6, 2020 | Press Release

Largest Chlorpyrifos Producer to Stop Selling the Brain-damaging Pesticide

Yet the Trump administration still refuses a ban

January 14, 2020 | Fact Sheet

Agriculture and Climate Instability in New York

Challenges, solutions, and the path forward

January 14, 2020 | Fact Sheet

A Path Towards Climate-Friendly Agriculture

Ten climate-friendly practices and their projected impact on emission reductions if adopted on applicable land areas nationally.

December 18, 2019 | Press Release

Public Interest Groups Sue EPA to Curb Slaughterhouse Pollution

EPA’s decision not to update pollution standards allows slaughterhouses to continue discharging unhealthy amounts of pollution into the nation’s waterways

December 2, 2019 | In the News: Forbes

Why Agriculture’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Almost Always Underestimated

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice: “The good news is we can actually reach carbon neutral agriculture pretty soon, and we can reach it in a way that is profitable for the farmers and for the communities they live in.”

September 9, 2019 | Press Release

Groups File Amicus Brief Rejecting Efforts To Undermine Healthy School Lunches

While USDA pushes rollbacks that weaken nutrition standards for school meals, groups remind the USDA of the associated health risks for students

September 6, 2019 | Legal Document

School Meals Nutrition: Amicus Curiae Brief

Under the Rollback Rule, school lunches could contain nearly 50% more sodium than scientists consider safe and only half the recommended amount of whole grains. Because the Rollback Rule threatens children’s health and wellbeing, AHA, APHA, FoodCorps, MomsRising, and NEA respectfully submit this amicus brief in support of Plaintiffs Center for Science in the Public Interest and Healthy School Food Maryland.