Climate & Environmental Protection
Law360: Green Groups Ask EPA To Regulate Big Farms’ Air Emissions
Green groups on Tuesday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin regulating industrial hog and dairy operations under the Clean Air Act, saying the methane they produce is being…
Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call for Biden EPA to Hold Industrial Dairy and Hog Operations Accountable and to Reject Big Ag Technology
Today, environmental justice, rural community and environmental groups across the U.S. filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling for the Biden EPA to regulate industrial dairy and…
Sierra Club v. Walnutdale
FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice) represented the Sierra Club in an enforcement action alongside the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against Walnutdale Farms for violating a 2004 consent…
Iowa PBS: Tyson Managers Fired; Water Lawsuit Challenged
In the capital city of Des Moines, oral arguments on the validity of a 2019 lawsuit on Iowa water quality were heard by the Iowa Supreme Court this week.
Des Moines Register: State argues before Iowa Supreme Court for dismissal of Raccoon River pollution suit
Attorneys debated before the Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday a move by the state to dismiss a lawsuit by two environmental groups contending it has failed to do enough to curb pollution flowing into…
Associated Press: Iowa Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Water Pollution Case
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether to allow two groups to go to trial with a lawsuit claiming Iowa has allowed crop…
Agri-Pulse: Iowa Supreme Court hears nutrient pollution case
Lawyers for environmental groups and the state of Iowa tangled before the state’s Supreme Court Wednesday over whether environmental groups should be allowed to proceed with their case challenging Iowa’s…
Radio Iowa: State Supreme Court hears arguments in water quality lawsuit
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case where the state is asking that a lawsuit by environmental groups that challenge the strategy for handling farm runoff into…
Iowa Public Radio: Iowa Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Water Quality Lawsuit Proceeds
The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that challenges the legislature’s voluntary approach to regulating nutrient pollution in the Raccoon River from farm runoff.