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January 14, 2020 In News

Groups submit brief to Iowa Supreme Court in Clean Water Lawsuit as State seeks to “close off” judiciary to citizen groups on behalf of “Big Ag”

Yesterday, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) and Food & Water Watch (FWW) filed a brief before the Iowa Supreme Court, defending a Polk County District Court ruling that the organizations’ lawsuit against the State of Iowa to restore the Raccoon River could proceed to trial….

January 10, 2020 In News

Agri-Pulse Daybreak: NEPA proposal could shield USDA loans

Listen to the story here. The administration’s proposal to set deadlines for National Environmental Policy Act analyses and reduce the number of federal actions that would be subject to review also singles out a USDA program for attention. The proposal would exclude from NEPA review projects enabled…

November 20, 2019 In News

The Denver Channel: Meat packing plant broke law for 5 yrs.

Colorado regulators are now rethinking how they handled dangerous water discharges from one of the world’s largest meat packers.

Agricultural tile outlet draining into a section of Bear Creek on land farmed by Justin Hanson. Story County, Iowa.

September 12, 2019 In News

Court Will Hear Case Seeking Raccoon River Restoration and Factory Farm Moratorium

Late yesterday afternoon, Polk County District Court Judge Robert Hanson ordered that a lawsuit to restore the Racoon River, heavily polluted with agricultural runoff, may proceed over the objections of the State of Iowa and agencies implementing the voluntary Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy.

September 4, 2019 In News

Jessica Culpepper: Mobilizing Lawyers in the Fight for a Better Food System

Jessica Culpepper, director of the Food Project, talks about her vision for a better, healthier food system that results in healthy, empowered communities and sustainable livelihoods for farmers — and why Public Justice is helping to organize lawyers to join the fight.

September 3, 2019 In News

Public Justice Fights Unconstitutional NC “Anti-Sunshine Law”

Imagine your elderly family member, placed in the care of a nursing home, being abused by their caretaker. Imagine your six-month-old child spending the day at a trusted daycare, and being punished by their daycare worker – who breaks the child’s leg. Imagine a major industry in…

August 29, 2019 In News

NWI Times: Court ruling prioritizes corporations over families

August 29, 2019 In News

NWI Times: Court ruling prioritizes corporations over families

In a recent decision, the Indiana Court prioritized corporate profits, unchecked pollution and industrial agriculture facilities ahead of the interests of Indiana families.

August 16, 2019 In News

Huffington Post: Indiana Farmers Union Joins Fight Against Noxious 8,000-Hog Agribusiness Operation

Indiana’s Right to Farm Act essentially strips independent farmers and rural residents of any sort of redress against polluting concentrated animal feeding operations.

August 16, 2019 In News

HuffPost: Indiana Farmers Union Joins Fight Against Noxious 8,000-Hog Agribusiness Operation

The Indiana Farmers Union, with the support of the farmers union as well as Family Farm Action, Public Justice and Food & Water Watch, has filed a friend of the court brief to petition the state’s top court to reconsider a lawsuit by homeowners against a…