Items Tagged with '9th Circuit Court of Appeals'

EPA’s denial of a petition last year seeking new regulations for concentrated animal feeding operations was reasonable, the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals has found.

The Environmental Protection Agency has affirmed its finding that the “weight of evidence is insufficient” to link exposure from use of paraquat to Parkinson’s Disease in humans.

A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry for lying to federal investigators, ruling that he was not tried in the proper venue.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will allow farmers to resume using chlorpyrifos insecticide on 11 crops in response to an appeals court ruling last month that the agency failed to adequately consider the safety of those uses.

A label required by the state of California warning of glyphosate’s potential as a human carcinogen is unconstitutional, the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded in a decision that could aid Bayer in its ongoing legal battle over Roundup.

In a major victory for grower groups, a federal appeals court vacated EPA regulations banning the use of chlorpyrifos, which should allow the insecticide to continue to be used in agriculture.

A grim future awaits American agriculture if glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is no longer available to growers, a new report concludes.

The 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals has left the registration of sulfoxaflor intact but given the Environmental Protection Agency a short timeline to assess the insecticide’s impacts on endangered species.

Bayer is hailing a decision by the 11^th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its judgment in a case involving the question of whether federal pesticide law trumps state failure-to-warn claims.