Climate & Environmental Protection
No Greenwashing Factory Farm Gas (Blumm v. Northwest Natural Gas Co.)
Utility companies shouldn’t be allowed to exploit public concern about climate change to prop up polluting factory farms. Customers of Oregon’s Northwest Natural Gas are suing the company over misleading…
Tackling Deceptive Climate Claims (Environmental Working Group v. Tyson)
Industrialized meat production generates tremendous volumes of climate-warming emissions at every stage of the process. Tyson, which produces about 20 percent of U.S. beef, chicken and pork, has greenhouse gas…
Portland Business Journal: NW Natural accused of greenwashing with customer ‘Smart Energy’ program
"'They ignore the excess methane that's created by the cows, there are not reliable in measuring claimed emissions benefits, they're notoriously leaky (and) equipment can malfunction,' Kelsey Eberly, a senior…
Law360: Oregon Gas Customers Sue Over ‘Greenwashing’ Program
“This factory farm system that Northwest Natural has tricked its customers to buy into ‘is entrenching both industrial agriculture and fossil fuel infrastructure,’ Kelsey Eberly of FarmSTAND, an attorney representing…
Northwest Natural Gas Customers Sue Over ‘Greenwashing’ in Smart Energy Program
Oregon Northwest Natural Gas customers late yesterday sued the company over misleading claims at the heart of its Smart Energy program, which it advertises as a way for customers to…
Lancaster Farming: Farm Aid Panels Focus on Equity for Family Farmers
“On Wednesday of this week, we filed the suit against Tyson,” said Muraskin, whose group specifically focuses on industrial animal agriculture. “It’s lying about what it’s doing and saying it’s…
Inside Climate News: Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises
“They don’t appear to know the full scope of their greenhouse gas emissions,” said Kelsey Eberly, an attorney with FarmSTAND, one of the organizations representing EWG. “Tyson is taking very…
Food Ingredients 1st: Tyson Foods sued for “greenwashed” net-zero emissions and “climate-smart” beef claims
“There is no indication that Tyson has accurately and fully measured them. There appears to be no plan with any realistic chance of achieving net zero in a little over…
New York Times: Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Labeling of ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef
A consumer-protection lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Tyson Foods is misleading consumers with claims about its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.