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Amarillo Globe News: Ex-JBS worker wins workers’ comp case after contracting COVID-19 at plant
A former employee of the JBS USA Inc. meatpacking plant north of Amarillo has won a rare victory in a Texas workers’ compensation case originating from the COVID-19 outbreaks in…
E&E News: Meet the man tasked with carrying out Biden’s air agenda
Ask professional acquaintances about acting EPA air chief Joe Goffman, and adjectives like “smart” are accompanied by qualifiers like “careful,” “cautious” and “strategic.”
National Hog Farmer: Legislation seeks to prevent regulation of livestock emissions
The “Livestock Regulatory Protection Act,” introduced by Senators John Thune (R, S.D.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D, Ariz.), would prohibit the EPA from issuing permits for carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, water…
The FERN: DOJ: Tyson was not directed by federal government to continue pandemic production
The federal government never instructed Tyson Foods to keep its plants open during the early months of the pandemic, according to the Department of Justice in a recent filing in…
Law360: 8th Circ. Tyson Case Could Streamline COVID-19 Suits
A jurisdictional issue to be decided by the Eighth Circuit in a suit alleging Tyson Foods Inc. mishandled a COVID-19 outbreak at an Iowa plant could set a legal precedent…
Inside Climate News: Politicians Are Considering Paying Farmers to Store Carbon. But Some Environmental and Agriculture Groups Say It’s Greenwashing
A coalition of environmental, agriculture and justice groups is attempting to drum up opposition to legislation that aims to help farmers store carbon in the soil, a practice that’s become…
Food & Power: Food and Environmental Justice Groups Petition EPA to Regulate Dairy and Hog Methane
Two dozen environmental and rural advocacy groups representing over 2.4 million members recently petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate confined dairy and hog operations under the Clean…
A Full Month After Emergency Temporary Standard Deadline, Public Justice Urges the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to Protect Workers from COVID-19 by Issuing an ETS
More than a year into the pandemic, workers are still dying from COVID-19. Yet the Occupational Safety and Health Administration refuses to protect workers from the virus.
The National Law Review: Court Won’t Step in For OSHA in Pandemic-Plagued Meat Packing Plant
On March 30, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed the complaint a group of meat packing plant workers filed last summer against then Secretary of…