After years of lawsuits against agrichemical companies and battles over environmental regulations, the nation’s highest court is expected to rule this summer on a case that could significantly alter the pesticide industry.
Critics say the structure of the deal provides a rich payout of $675 million in fees to the lawyers helping promote the deal, but paltry payments for the cancer sufferers who make up the class.
A new statewide study calls for more laws to guard against 'chemical trespass,' as agrichemicals were found at schools and parks across the state. The study comes just days after Illinois lawmakers rejected a bill requiring advance spray notice to those sites.
Justices weigh Monsanto's claim of EPA 'green light' for business as usual while Trump’s pro-glyphosate executive order clashes with MAHA’s anti-pesticide push.
This story was originally published by The New Lede.
In an opening salvo aimed at convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail costly Roundup litigation, Bayer is citing support
Key trade agreements, the legality of the global trade war, Agri Stats’ antitrust case, more USDA moves, and rulings on dicamba and glyphosate predicted to grab industry headlines.
More than 375,000 people commented on the federal proposal to wipe the meaning of ‘harm’ from the longstanding act meant to protect America’s plants and animals.
Though HHS Secretary Kennedy litigated pesticide cases as an environmental lawyer, he pledges now not to target the chemical so widely used in US agriculture.
This story was originally published by Grist.
Two years ago this week, the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. the Environmental Protection Agency significantly limited the agency’s ability
