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Center for Food Safety suit addresses monarch butterfly population

A new lawsuit claims that crops genetically engineered to withstand glyphosate herbicides is responsible for the decline of monarch butterflies. As...

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Department of Justice to aggressively pursue food safety violations

Earlier this week at the Consumer Federation of America’s 39th Annual National Food Policy Conference, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C....

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Supreme Court rules against Tyson in class action suit

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Tyson Foods over the company’s challenge to a nearly $5.8 million class action...

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Iowa Farm Bureau funds legal defense for county drainage districts

According to the Storm Lake Times, the Iowa Farm Bureau and other commodity groups are paying legal fees for county drainage...

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Environmentalists target Point Reyes cattle ranches in lawsuit

Environmentalists in San Francisco filed a lawsuit last month over thousands of cattle in the Point Reyes National Seashore. The suit...

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Court rules on agency interpretation of statutes regarding incidental take

Posted February 16, 2016 A U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico has determined that the Endangered Species Act does not require...

Court places hold on water rule nationwide

Posted October 12,2015 A U.S. court on Friday issued an order temporarily blocking the implementation of a federal water rule...

Federal judge halts EPA’s clean water rule

Posted August 28, 2015 A federal judge in North Dakota blocked the Obama administration’s waters of the U.S. (WOTUS)” rule...

Twelve states challenging CWA rule to be heard together

Posted August 3, 2015 A dozen lawsuits against the newly finalized “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule are scheduled...

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Court date set for Des Moines water quality suit

Posted July 20, 2015 The Des Moines Water Works lawsuit against three northwest Iowa counties over water quality is scheduled...

Sixteen states sue the EPA

Posted June 30, 2014 Sixteen states have filed lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), contesting a rule that...

Supreme Court takes up Tyson doffing case

Posted June 9, 2015 The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Tyson Foods’ challenge to a $5.8 million judgment against...

EPA Releases Final WOTUS Rule

Posted May 28, 2015 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule today...

FDA Releasing Food Recall Draft Guidance

Posted May 14, 2015 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of draft guidance for industry on the...

Meat Packer Warned of CWA Violations

Posted April 13, 2015 An environmental group is threatening to sue Bartels Packing, a Lane County slaughterhouse and meat packaging...

Glyphosate Possibly Linked to Cancer, WHO Report

Posted April 3, 2014 Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the herbicide glyphosate,...

CRS Released WOTUS Report

Posted March 24, 2015 On March 25, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

WOTUS Concerns Addressed at House Panel

Posted March 20, 2015 Farmers and leaders from agriculture and government agencies expressed their concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s...

WOTUS Interpretive Rule Withdrawn

Posted February 3, 2015 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers issued a memorandum of understanding to...

Lawmakers Introduce Single Food Agency Bill

Posted February 2, 2015 Lawmakers have proposed a bill that would establish a single food safety agency by uniting the...