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Read More Case: No Greenwashing Factory Farm Gas (Blumm v. Northwest Natural Gas Co.)...
Read More Case: No Greenwashing Factory Farm Gas (Blumm v. Northwest Natural Gas Co.)...
Read More Case: Tackling Deceptive Climate Claims (Environmental Working Group v. Tyson)
2024 was an amazing year for FarmSTAND and the movement for a fair food system. It was our first full year as the only legal organization in the country dedicated solely to taking on the corporate, industrial animal agriculture system. We hit the ground running....
Read MoreUtility 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 claims at the heart of its Smart Energy program, which the company advertises as a...
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Read More Case: No Greenwashing Factory Farm Gas (Blumm v. Northwest Natural Gas Co.)"'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 staff attorney at FarmSTAND, said."...
Read More"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 the customers, said in the same press release."...
Read MoreOregon 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 “offset” their natural gas emissions by funding projects that the company says “reduce, or prevent...
Read More“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 protecting the environment.”...
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