public health

June 12, 2023 In Cases

Yakima Factory Farms Clean Up Their Act

In a landmark victory for clean water, two factory farms in Yakima, Washington agreed to clean up groundwater and limit future pollution – a result of our Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) case brought on behalf of the Community Association of Restoration of the...

June 12, 2023 In Press Release

Washington State Dairies Agree to Clean Up Groundwater in Response to Lawsuit

YAKIMA, WA — In a court settlement filed Friday, DBD Washington, LLC and SMD, LLC, two factory farm dairies in Yakima Valley, WA owned by Austin Jack DeCoster, agree to clean up and limit water pollution in response to a lawsuit brought by Community Association...

June 12, 2023 In Press Release

Las Lecherías del Estado de Washington Están Acuerdan Limpiar las Aguas Subterráneas en Respuesta a una Demanda

YAKIMA, WA — En una conciliación judicial presentada el viernes, DBD Washington, LLC y SMD, LLC, dos granjas industriales en el Valle de Yakima, propiedad de Austin Jack DeCoster, acuerdan limpiar y limitar la contaminación del agua en respuesta a la demanda presentada por Community...

May 9, 2023 In Cases

Snake River Waterkeeper v. Simplot

Snake River Waterkeeper is using the Clean Water Act to hold agribusiness company Simplot accountable to the people of Idaho for dirtying the Snake River with factory farm pollution. Simplot’s Grand View Feedlot is one of the largest industrial ag operations in the country. With...

May 9, 2023 In Press Release

Snake River Waterkeeper Sues Simplot for Clean Water Act Violations

Today, the environmental advocacy group Snake River Waterkeeper (SRW) filed a Clean Water Act (CWA) lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho against the J.R. Simplot Company and Simplot Livestock Company (Simplot), alleging years of unlawful pollution discharges from the...

January 31, 2023 In Press Release

Third Circuit Court Affirms Legal Tool for Worker Safety

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an opinion in Doe v. Scalia on the question of workers’ ability to sue the Occupational Safety and Health Administration when the agency failed to protect them from COVID-19. The plaintiff Justice at Work...

November 15, 2022 In Press Release

Hormel Foods Advertises Conventional Meat as “Natural,” Newly Released Documents Show

Today, the Public Justice Food Project published documents uncovered in the discovery of a false advertising lawsuit against Hormel Foods. The newly published documents and accompanying analysis reveal that the corporation exploited consumers’ desires for “green” meat by falsely promoting its “Natural Choice” product line...

November 15, 2022 In Cases

Deep Dive: Hormel

Hormel wants you to make the “Natural Choice.” Documents we’ve made public reveal how that is anything but....

November 7, 2022 In Press Release

Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute

For Immediate Release: November 7, 2022 Media Contact: Lucy Sears | (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute On Monday, November 7, Colorado Legal Services and an anonymous farmworker filed a motion to intervene in order to defend...

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...