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September 18, 2024 In News

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....

October 27, 2021 In Press Release

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, while illegally disregarding the disproportionate environmental and health impacts that dairy digesters inflict on low-income...

October 26, 2021 In Resource Materials

Petition for Rulemaking to Exclude All Fuels Derived from Biomethane from Dairy and Swine Manure from the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program

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September 15, 2021 In Press Release

Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call US-EU Methane Reduction Commitment a Long Overdue First Step

Today, environmental justice, rural community and environmental groups across the United States recognized the U.S. and European Union’s joint pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030 as a positive if insufficient step, while urging the Biden Administration not to...

April 7, 2021 In News

The FERN: Petition calls for EPA regulation of large dairy and hog farms

April 7, 2021 In News

Meat + Poultry: Groups petition EPA to regulate dairy, hog farm emissions

Twenty-five climate and environmental justice organizations petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate emissions from industrial dairy and hog operations and to reject gases collected at concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and used biogas....

April 7, 2021 In News

Successful Farming: Petition Calls for EPA Regulation of Large Dairy and Hog Farms

Two dozen environmental and consumer groups, including the Sierra Club and Government Accountability Project, petitioned the EPA on Tuesday to regulate large dairy and hog operations under federal air pollution laws. “The EPA has the duty and authority to regulate these methane super-emitters under the Clean...

April 7, 2021 In Cases

Petition to EPA: Industrial Agriculture is a Climate Polluter

Industrial agriculture is a major driver of climate change. However, the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to treat the industry like the climate polluter it is. That is why FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice) led 25 climate, environmental justice, and rural community...

April 6, 2021 In News

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 inappropriately exploited as an energy source....

April 6, 2021 In News, Press Release

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 hog operations and hold them accountable for their harmful contributions to air and climate pollution....

climate change

New York Times: Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Labeling of ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef

Climate credits for factory farm gas violate civil rights, fail to achieve climate benefits, states petition submitted to CARB

Petition for Rulemaking to Exclude All Fuels Derived from Biomethane from Dairy and Swine Manure from the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program

Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call US-EU Methane Reduction Commitment a Long Overdue First Step

The FERN: Petition calls for EPA regulation of large dairy and hog farms

Meat + Poultry: Groups petition EPA to regulate dairy, hog farm emissions

Successful Farming: Petition Calls for EPA Regulation of Large Dairy and Hog Farms

Petition to EPA: Industrial Agriculture is a Climate Polluter

Law360: Green Groups Ask EPA To Regulate Big Farms’ Air Emissions

Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call for Biden EPA to Hold Industrial Dairy and Hog Operations Accountable and to Reject Big Ag Technology

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