Federal Court Strikes Down Unlawful Permit Allowing Industrial Fish Farming in Ocean Waters
18 March 2025, Washington: Today, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington vacated, or set aside as unlawful, the U.S.
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Center for Food Safety Urges Final ESA Protection for Monarch Butterflies as Numbers Hit Historic Lows
17 March 2025, San Francisco: Yesterday the Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed comments urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
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WA Dept. of Ecology Again Ordered To Rewrite Industrial Dairy Permits To Better Safeguard Public Health, Waterways, Aquifers, Ecosystems
10 March 2025, US: Yesterday, in response to a challenge from community and conservation groups, the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board ordered the Department of
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Eastern Monarch Population Improves But Remains Threatened
07 March 2025, Washington: The annual count of migratory monarchs who spend the winter in Mexico was released today and shows that the revered
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Legal Action Seeks to Force EPA to Protect People From Atrazine
21 February 2025, San Francisco: Conservation groups and family farmers asked a federal court to force the Environmental Protection Agency to take
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North Dakota Federal Judge Upends Key Environmental Regulations
07 February 2025, North Dakota: Late yesterday, a federal judge in North Dakota vacated the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) regulations that implement the
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EPA Report Reveals Health Impacts of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sewage Sludge
17 January 2024, Washington: On Tuesday, EPA released a long-awaited draft report demonstrating that toxic “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge applied to
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Farmers and River Protectors Take State Back to Court to Stop Mega-Chicken Factory Farm
31 December 2024, Oregon: Today, local farmer and river protection groups filed an updated challenge to the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s (ODA) individual water quality
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Health Advocates Sue FDA to Remove Phthalates from Food
21 December 2024, Washington: Today, a group of health advocates, including Center for Food Safety, and represented by Earthjustice sued the U.S. Food
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Victory! GE Salmon Company AquaBounty Shutting Down Operations
13 December 2024, Washington: As a result of over two decades of legal actions and campaigning, the troubled biotechnology company AquaBounty has announced
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