Most people want to eat food that is good for them and the planet. As awareness of the climate crisis grows, eaters have become more concerned with making sustainable food choices. But many consumers don’t fully grasp how damaging industrial meat production in particular is...
Read More"The money was allocated as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, in which Congress designated money to 'address racial equity issues' within the USDA and its programs, the plaintiffs said Tuesday." ...
Read MoreLCM grantees join initial plaintiffs in case, who won a preliminary injunction restoring critical support for a fairer food system 24 organizations and local governments who had grant agreements under the USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access (LCM) Program have joined a lawsuit aiming to...
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2025 has been a hard year. From the start, the second Trump Administration has waged cruel assaults on America’s most vulnerable communities: immigrants, workers, activists, and anyone who dares to stand up against injustice and corporate control. These attacks touch all parts of our food...
Read More"EWG was represented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice, Edelson PC and FarmSTAND."...
Read More"Environmental groups are increasingly leaning on courts to drive action as regulation stalls, according to Kelsey Eberly, senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, which represented EWG in its suit against Tyson."...
Read More"Elsewhere, Kelsey Eberly, senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, added that the resolution marks a 'crucial turning point in the fight against climate greenwashing.'"...
Read More“'It’s a warning to other large companies that you cannot just claim that you’re magically going to erase your greenhouse gas emissions,' Eberly said. 'You have to come with the goods if you’re going to claim meaningful climate improvement.'”...
Read MoreSettlement agreement in EWG v. Tyson (Deceptive climate claims) The settlement provides that Tyson will stop making these environmental claims and cannot make new related claims for a period of five years from the date of the settlement unless an expert concludes they are sufficiently supported....
Read More Case: Tackling Deceptive Climate Claims (Environmental Working Group v. Tyson)"With climate-forward policies weathering existential attacks, legal actions like this are increasingly critical to raise consumer awareness about the outsized impact conglomerates like Tyson have on our climate."...
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