Press Releases
Victory for Animals and Free Speech as U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Kansas Ag-Gag Law
In a major victory for animals, workers, and transparency in the animal agriculture industry, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Court Strikes Down Second Iowa Ag-Gag Law
Today the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa held unconstitutional Iowa’s second Ag-Gag law, also known as Iowa Ag-Gag 2.0, holding that the law criminalizing undercover investigations…
California regulators reject petition request to immediately initiate rulemaking to end credits for factory farm gas, despite adverse local pollution impacts
Sacramento, Calif. — Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Richard Corey unilaterally rejected a petition request from a coalition of environmental justice, animal protection, and community groups…
After Sponsoring Arkansas’s Ag-Gag Law, Rep. DeAnn Vaught Refuses to Defend its Constitutionality
The Arkansas state representative and factory farm owner who sponsored the state’s Ag-Gag law stated in a court filing on Friday that she waives her right and the right of…
Food Worker and Food & Farm Justice Organizations Support the Introduction of the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 (PAMWA)
Today, Senator Cory Booker and Representative Ro Khanna announced the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 (PAMWA). Meat and poultry processing workers--a majority of whom are people of color--are…
Grupo de Derechos de Inmigrantes presenta un litigio para Asegurar que los Trabajadores Indocumentados de Michigan Reciban Compensación por Accidentes Laborales
Hoy, El Centro de Derechos de Inmigrantes (“MIRC”), representados por Justicia Pública (Public Justice) y El Centro de Derecho para la Justicia Económica y Social Sugar (Sugar Law Center for…
Immigrant Rights Group Files Lawsuit to Ensure Undocumented Workers Receive Workers’ Compensation in Michigan
Today, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC), represented by Public Justice and the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, filed a lawsuit to ensure that undocumented immigrants who are injured at…
Climate credits for factory farm gas violate civil rights, fail to achieve climate benefits, states petition submitted to CARB
One of California’s premier climate programs, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), is dramatically overstating the climate benefits of using methane gas sourced from factory farms as a transportation fuel,…
Legal Petition Challenges EPA Inaction on Factory Farm Air Pollution
As President Biden continues to promise that his administration will address the climate crisis and protect the air we breathe from industrial polluters, 24 advocacy organizations are demanding Biden’s EPA…