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McDonald’s Commits to Reducing Antibiotic Use in its Global Beef Supply

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseChicago

Action by World’s Largest Burger Chain Could Signal Shift for Fast Food Industry

Sanderson Farms Commits to Improving Antibiotics Use in Chicken

November 30, 2018 Press Release

LAUREL, Miss. — Sanderson Farms, Inc.—the third-largest chicken producer in the nation—today announced it will stop using two medically important antibiotics unnecessarily in its chickens by March 1, 2019, instead reserving them only to treat sick animals or to control…

Federal Court Strikes Down Wyoming "Data Trespass" Laws as Unconstitutional

October 30, 2018 Press Release

Court Finds the state’s Ag-Gag Laws Violate Free Speech Rights and Blocks the Statutes Permanently

New Scientific Paper: Broad Class of Pesticides Puts Children at Risk for Reduced IQ, Learning Disabilities

October 24, 2018 Press Release

Leading Scientists Call for EPA to Ban All Organophosphate Pesticides and Urge Comprehensive Steps to Protect Children

Chain Reaction Report Urges Burger Restaurants to Beef Up Policies to Eliminate Routine Use of Antibiotics

October 17, 2018 Press Release

22 of the 25 largest burger chains get an “F” for failing to source beef raised without routine antibiotics

Report: Clean, Cost-Effective Heating Technologies Critical to Meeting California’s Climate Goals

October 16, 2018 Press Release

High-Efficiency Heat Pumps Can Also Help Make Housing More Affordable SAN FRANCISCO – Californians can save as much as $1,500 in installation costs, plus hundreds of dollars on their utility bills, by switching to clean space- and water-heating technologies now…

New Report: California's Publicly Owned Utilities Making Great Energy Efficiency Strides, but Significant Potential Remains to Save Money and Cut Pollution

October 11, 2018 Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.– California consumers saved roughly $4.3 billion on electricity costs and the earth’s atmosphere was spared of more than 2 million metric tons of carbon pollution in the past 12 years, thanks to energy efficiency measures taken by…

FDA Bans 7 Cancer-Causing Food Additives

October 5, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today effectively banned seven cancer-causing chemicals added to a variety of food and beverages for artificial flavoring—from ice cream and baked goods, to gum and beer.

Commission Unveils Plan to Cut Transportation’s Energy Use

September 26, 2018 Press Release

Industry, union, political and environmental leaders today united behind a wide-ranging plan meant to halve energy use in transportation.

EPA Fights Court Order to Finalize Ban on Pesticide Toxic to Kids

September 24, 2018 Press Release

Mayor Pugh Announces Plan to Reduce Wasted Food in Baltimore and Feed More Residents in Need

September 5, 2018 Press Release

City Sets 2040 Goal to Reduce Residential Food Waste by 80% and Commercial Food Waste by 50%

FDA Statement on Antibiotics Overuse in Livestock Lacks Meat

July 31, 2018 Press Release

Rural Households Spend Much More of Their Income on Energy Bills than Others

July 18, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 18, 2018) -- Rural households across the United States spend a disproportionately high share of their income on energy bills—about 40 percent more than their metropolitan counterparts—but energy efficiency upgrades can help significantly, according to a report released…

House Farm Bill Includes Dangerous Attacks on Health and Environment

June 21, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The deeply flawed farm bill that squeaked through the House of Representatives today contains extraneous provisions that would threaten public health, harm bees and endangered species, and pollute our environment.

EPA’s Move to Bury Safeguard Benefits Threatens Our Health and Environment

June 7, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency today, in a notice of proposed rulemaking, moved to downplay the benefits of public health and environmental safeguards.

REPORT: U.S. Antibiotics Sales for Pork Rival Those for People, Yet Diseases in Herds are Rising

June 6, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

ST. PAUL, MN — Roughly the same amount of medically important antibiotics is sold for use in pigs as for use in treating sick people in the U.S.—yet many diseases in herds are on the rise, according to a new…

EPA’s Science Advisers Question Pruitt’s Plan to Censor Science

May 31, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON - Following a flood of criticisms from the public, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Advisory Board said today that it should review Scott Pruitt’s plan on “secret science.” The decision follows a detailed critique of Pruitt’s proposal from a…

Failed House Farm Bill Included Dangerous Attacks on Health and Environment

May 18, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGON - The deeply flawed farm bill that failed in the House of Representatives today contained extraneous provisions that would have threatened public health, harmed bees and endangered species, and polluted our environment.

Virginia Board Confirms: Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline Could Cost Virginians up to $2.3 billion

March 12, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON –Virginia’s top economic watchdog today validated expert analysis showing that Dominion Energy’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline could cost Virginia ratepayers up to $2.3 billion, decisively refuting Dominion’s faulty claims that the pipeline would save customers on their electric bills.

Court Avoids Weighing in on Trump’s Attack on Regulations

February 26, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON - A federal judge today dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen and the Communication Workers of America.