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King salmon sit before being weighed on the docks in Ft. Bragg, CA. California's biggest water users—politically connected industrial farms—howl over every drop left in the river to benefit salmon instead of their crops of almonds, hay and alfalfa, and portray the issue as a survival contest between fish and people. They conveniently omit that salmon runs support a multibillion dollar fishing industry and that there is enough water to keep salmon and the fishing industry alive without fields going fallow.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)

feature November 5, 2020

What You Should Know About Genetically Engineered Salmon

A short guide to the first laboratory-created animal approved for human consumption.

Sockeye salmon.
(Xuanlu Wang / Shutterstock)

case November 5, 2020

Seeking Full Review of GE Salmon Environmental Risks

Press Release: Victory November 5, 2020

Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful

Court rules U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed to analyze the risk escaped engineered salmon pose to endangered wild salmon

Seed crop fields above Waimea residences affected by pesticide drift.
(Ray Wan / Earthjustice)

Press Release June 4, 2019

After Civil Rights Complaint By Native Hawaiian Groups, U.S. EPA Acts On Pesticide Impact

Groups complained the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act through lax implementation and enforcement of pesticide regulations that protect Native Hawaiian communities

Press Release February 12, 2018

Farmers, Conservationists Challenge Trump’s EPA, Monsanto Over Crop-Damaging Pesticide

EPA unlawfully approved Monsanto’s XtendiMax weed-killer, ignoring warnings of rampant drift, destroying crops on millions of acres in devastating 2017 farm season with more to come

A corn field in California.
(Photo courtesy of David Cohen)

case March 21, 2017

Engineering an Environmental Disaster: 2,4-D Resistant Crops

During the 2017 crop season, more than three million acres of soybeans, as well as scores of vegetable and fruit crops, trees and shrubs throughout the country, were damaged by dicamba drift. Flowering plants near cropland also suffered, with potential harms to pollinators.
(Darin / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

case January 23, 2017

Challenging EPA, Monsanto Over the Crop-Damaging Pesticide “XtendiMax”

document January 23, 2017

Petition for Review: Approval of Dicamba Use on Engineered Crops

Petitioners respectfully petition this Court to find that (1) EPA violated its duties under FIFRA in issuing the conditional registration, and (2) EPA violated the Agency’s duties under the Endangered…

Press Release January 23, 2017

Grupos de Interés Público y Agricultores Presentan Demanda Contra Pesticidas Tóxicos de Monsanto

Aprobación ilegal del uso de dicamba en cultivos transgénicos perjudicará a los agricultores y al medio ambiente

Hawaiians gather in Hilo to protest GMO agribusiness on the islands of Hawaiʻi.
(Photo by Noel Morata)

Press Release January 23, 2017

Public Interest Groups, Farmers File Lawsuit Challenging Monsanto’s Toxic Pesticides

Illegal approval of dicamba use on engineered crops will harm farmers, environment

A sign warning of pesticide application near a cropfield on Kauaʻi. Hawaiʻi has more experimental field trials of genetically engineered crops than any other state in the nation.
(Mike Coots for Earthjustice)

Press Release November 21, 2016

U.S. Court of Appeals Says Local Governments Can Prohibit GE Crops

States have authority to ban, Hawai‘i counties left out in landmark decisions

New research finds that GE technology doesn’t increase crop yields or reduce overall pesticide use.
(Tonet Photo/Shutterstock)

Article November 1, 2016

New Report Finds GE Crops Don’t Increase Yields but Do Increase Herbicide Use

New research finds that GE technology doesn’t increase crop yields or reduce overall pesticide use.

The island of Molokai, where Native Hawaiians are disproportionally at risk from pesticide spraying operations
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Article September 27, 2016

Regulators’ Failures Expose Hawaiians to Toxic Pesticides, Violating their Civil Rights

Earthjustice attorney Kylie Wager reveals a history of injustice around pesticide spraying in West Kauai and on the island of Molokai.

Recently, Earthjustice sat down with Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s to talk about ice cream, GE labeling and the inspiration behind the Bernie’s Yearning flavor.
(Robert Marschelewski/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Article July 15, 2016

Pints that Pack a Punch: A Conversation with Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s

Recently, Earthjustice sat down with Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s to talk about ice cream, GE labeling and the inspiration behind the Bernie’s Yearning flavor.

Aerial view of sugarcane fields on the island of Maui
(Marisa Estivill/Shutterstock)

Article June 17, 2016

Hawai‛i’s Fight Against GMOs Rages On

Hawai‛i’s people recently took the next step in the battle to protect themselves and their environment from genetically engineered crops.

Our successes in cleaning up a dirty energy system can guide efforts to make our food system more sustainable.
(Chris Goldberg/Flickr)

Article June 8, 2016

We Disrupted the Energy System—Let’s Tackle the Food System, Too

Our successes in cleaning up a dirty energy system can guide efforts to make our food system more sustainable.

Article May 23, 2016

Seis Maneras de Amar y Mejorar Nuestra Comida

Apenas hace cinco años, el poder politico de la agroindustria hacía que una reforma fuera impensable. Pero el panorama está cambiando. He aquí seis maneras en que ambientalistas, abogados, chefs…

Just five years ago, agricultural reform seemed out of reach. Today, everyone from chefs to lawyers to farmworkers are helping build a healthier, more sustainable food system.
(Yulia Grigoryeva/Shutterstock)