Emily Ashcraft

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EPA Settles Two Cases With Car Shops For Selling...

On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two settlements regarding Clean Air Act allegations against Delaware vehicle repair shops. The defendants, Delaware Speed and Custom LLC in Milton,...

Judge Rules on Poultry Executive’s Motion Claiming COVID-19 Impacted...

A District of Colorado judge, Philip A. Brimmer, ruled on Friday to allow some discovery relating to how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted jury selection in a criminal lawsuit regarding broiler...

USDA Updates Importing Guidelines for Seeds Following Investigation Into...

On Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) clarified its guidelines for buying plants online and, specifically, importing plants...

Representatives Ask Biden to Pardon Cannabis Convictions

On Thursday, U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), leaders of the Cannabis Caucus, wrote a letter signed by 35 additional lawmakers asking President Joe Biden to...

Amended Complaint Claims USDA Attempted to Conceal Pork Inspection...

Parties arguing that a new pork inspection rule from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) eliminates necessary precautions and inspections filed their second amended complaint in the Northern...

Complaint Claims Town’s Sewage Treatment System Polluting Watershed

On Tuesday, the Conservation Law Foundation filed a complaint against Barnstable, a town in Massachusetts, claiming that the defendant “discharges nitrogen-laden septic wastewater” into the Lewis Bay Watershed System...