Climate & Environmental Protection
Yahoo! News:Tyson Foods drops ‘net-zero’ beef claims in settlement
"EWG was represented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice, Edelson PC and FarmSTAND."
Food Dive: Tyson to stop selling ‘climate-smart’ beef as part of lawsuit settlement
"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."
Sustainability Online: Tyson Foods to halt ‘net zero’ claims following lawsuit settlement
"Elsewhere, Kelsey Eberly, senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, added that the resolution marks a 'crucial turning point in the fight against climate greenwashing.'"
The New York Times: ‘Climate-Friendly’ Beef Now Has to Prove It
“'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…
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Tyson Foods enters settlement agreement over climate-friendly beef claims
"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."
The New Lede: Tyson agrees to settlement over climate-smart beef claims
"Along with EWG, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice, Edelson PC, and FarmSTAND participated in representing EWG in the legal challenge."
Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making ‘Net-zero’ and ‘Climate-smart Beef’ Claims
Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart” The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has settled its greenwashing lawsuit…
Reuters: USDA searched for terms like ‘diversity,’ ‘climate modeling’ to target grants for cancellation
"'(The termination process) has impacted organizations across the country and their ability to create a fairer food system, one that supports small local farmers, one that gets food to people…
The New York Times: Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws
"In the latest filing, on Friday, FarmSTAND, which opposes industrial animal agriculture, said the laws were important to counter meat and dairy companies engaging in what the group called greenwashing,…