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May 23, 2019 In News

Pollution Online: Lawsuit Seeks To Protect South Platte River From Colorado Slaughterhouse Pollution

The Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch filed a lawsuit in federal court recently against the JBS-Swift Beef Company to stop illegal discharges of slaughterhouse pollution into Colorado’s South Platte River....

April 18, 2019 In News

Public Justice Leans Forward to Enforce a Right to Clean Water

Public Justice's Food Project, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, and Food & Water Watch recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of Iowans to hold the corporate-controlled agriculture system accountable for polluting their water....

April 10, 2019 In News

Bloomberg: Hormel Lawsuit Reveals What ‘Natural’ Meat Really Means

“It’s a massive attempt to manipulate and dupe the consumer to purchase something they have no intention to purchase,” said David Muraskin, a food project attorney at Public Justice....

October 30, 2018 In News

A Sweeping Victory for Free Speech & A Stinging Defeat for Wyoming’s Ag-Gag Law

After years of litigation by Public Justice, a District Court in Wyoming struck down that state’s statutes, concluding Wyoming had “no plausible reasons for the specific curtailment of speech … beyond a clear attempt to punish individuals...