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Breaking: A new report, released today, reveals that high ranking officials in Trump's EPA purposefully excluded damning evidence on the damage caused by dicamba drift before reapproving the toxic #pesticide. @George_Kimbrell weighs in: cfs.center/watchdogreport @CenterForBioDiv
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Big #GMO news day! Our allies in Europe have announced the development of a new test for #GEcanola, demonstrating that crops developed with newer forms of #geneticengineering can in fact be detected in the food supply, and require labeling under U.S. law. centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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Wait, it gets BETTER: Repeatedly utilizing fishing puns to good use, the court decision held that the [Dept. of] Commerce arguments for establishing aquaculture do "not hold water," ran headlong into a "textual dead zone," and became "hopelessly snarled." 😂💦🎣
BREAKING: Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held illegal the federal regulations that would have permitted, for the very first time, large-scale industrial #aquaculture operations offshore in U.S. federal waters. #CFSlegalvictory centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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BREAKING: Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held illegal the federal regulations that would have permitted, for the very first time, large-scale industrial #aquaculture operations offshore in U.S. federal waters. #CFSlegalvictory centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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"This case is about ensuring meaningful food labeling ... The American public successfully won GE food labeling after more than a two-decade fight, but the Trump rules fall far short of what consumers reasonably expect and the law requires."—CFS Legal Director George Kimbrell
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The final regs include provisions which will leave the majority of #GMO-derived foods unlabeled; discriminate against tens of millions of Americans; prohibit the use of the widely known terms "GMO" and "GE"; and prohibit retailers from providing more information to consumers.
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BIG NEWS! We just sued the #USDA over its final rule on labeling of #geneticallyengineered (GE) or #GMO foods, which USDA now calls "#bioengineered foods." centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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Victory in North Carolina! We challenged NC's #aggag law for the sake of the health and safety of all community members, and are glad to see this law struck down! State legislators elsewhere shld take note: these types of laws are simply unconstitutional. centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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News just in! We have formally notified the Trump Administration of our intention to sue the #EPA for its approval of the release of over a billion #genetically ngineered #mosquitoes in #Florida and #Texas. centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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We just filed an emergency legal action to get #dicamba off the fields despite EPA's pushback to our court victory! "EPA needs a lesson in separation of powers and we're asking the court to give it to them."—CFS's George Kimbrell centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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Following our big court victory last week, the #EPA should immediately confirm to U.S. states that the uses of #dicamba are now illegal. NO exceptions and NO delays. centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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Victory! The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finds dicamba #pesticides to be unlawful, due to millions of acres of damage. Our press release on the victory: cfs.center/dicambavictory
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George Kimbrell of @CFS_Press: “Today’s decision is a massive win for farmers and the environment.” @usfoodpolicy theguardian.com/us-news/2020…
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We're witnessing a nation in mourning as people from all walks of life come together to condemn the institutional racism and police brutality that killed #GeorgeFloyd, #BreonnaTaylor, #AhmaudArbery, and countless others. CFS statement: cfs.center/ripgeorgefloyd #EndPoliceBrutality
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News just in! CFS and allies, aka the #StandUpToFactoryFarms coalition @nomegadairies, released a letter calling on the Oregon ODEQ to include mega-dairy #emissions control in their new rulemaking plan. #nomegadairies #banfactoryfarms #actonclimate centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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This week, we will be in Federal Court defending #farmers and the #environment as we challenge Monsanto’s newest pesticide, #dicamba, which is another dangerous weed killer used on GMO crops. THANK YOU @careygillam for this detailed piece in @guardian! theguardian.com/environment/…
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Victory in WA! A judge found two factory farms in Yakima Valley in contempt of court for violating the Court's Order issued as a result of a lawsuit by CFS and allies. The Court agreed with us in all respects, finding DeRuyter's violations inexcusable. centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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BREAKING: CFS, on behalf of a broad coalition of #farmworkers, #farmers, and conservationists, just filed a lawsuit against the #EPA over its Jan 2020 re-approval of the #pesticide #glyphosate, best known as the active ingredient in #Monsanto's #Roundup. centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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We're suing the #FDA over approval of inadequately tested #GMO ingredients in the #ImpossibleBurger! We avidly support #plantbased eating, but this lack of transparency highlights a troubling deregulatory trend which prioritizes profit over health/safety. centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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A group of organic farmers and stakeholders sued the USDA to force it to change rules that allow hydroponic crops to be sold as organic even though they are grown without using soil. @CFS_Press centerforfoodsafety.org/pres…
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