Mar 3, 2017
Bill protects bees in California from harmful pesticides
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 3, 2017 SACRAMENTO – Responding to a report released this week documenting the dramatic decline in wild bees in California and across the country, Senators Ben Allen (D-...
Feb 27, 2017
New Minnesota legislation paves the way to protect bees & support farmers
St. Paul, MN— Today, beekeepers, farmers, gardeners, conservation organizations and others celebrated the introduction of legislation to protect pollinators from harmful pesticides and ensure farmer...
Feb 21, 2017
Over 300 food and farm groups Urge Jeff Sessions to oppose agricultural mega-mergers
Call on new DOJ leader to put farmer, consumer, worker interests above corporations (Washington, D.C.)— More than 300 farming, beekeeping, farmworker, religious, food safety, and conservation...
Feb 9, 2017
Minnesota legislature takes up bill to create “pollinator account”
St. Paul, MN— Legislative language to create an account for the protection of Minnesota’s pollinators was proposed in the omnibus agriculture finance bill, (HF 895/SF 780) introduced today to...
Jan 30, 2017
Department of Pesticide Regulation sued over “underground regulation” of cancer-causing fumigant
Department failed to provide public comment period and violated state law by ignoring recommendations of state scientists in developing rules for Telone Oakland, California – Attorneys representing a...
Jan 23, 2017
Public interest groups, farmers file lawsuit challenging Monsanto’s toxic pesticides
For Immediate Release: January 23, 2017 Illegal approval of dicamba use on engineered crops will harm farmers, environment WASHINGTON—Farmers and conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit on...
Dec 19, 2016
Global Network Releases Updated List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs)
Activists around the world call for action on health-harming chemicals Today Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International released an updated List of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). The expanded...
Dec 8, 2016
Central Valley residents urge state officials to protect schoolkids from hazardous pesticides
Hundreds of organizations and nearly 12,000 individual Californians demand comprehensive full-time protections for children from harmful airborne pesticides commonly used near schools SACRAMENTO—...
Nov 22, 2016
Courts ignore risks of neonic seed coatings, leadership left to states
For Immediate Release: November 22, 2016 San Francisco, CA - Earlier today a federal court determined that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not required to evaluate and regulate seeds...
Nov 11, 2016
EPA finds widespread risk from neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos while California stalls
For Immediate Release: November 11, 2016 Sacramento, CA – Yesterday afternoon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) affirmed earlier scientific findings that the neurotoxic pesticide...