05/11/2026
A massive manure-to-energy project is being fast-tracked in Washington’s Yakima Valley - and frontline communities are sounding the alarm. 🚨
Framed as a “climate solution,” this facility would actually lock in factory farming and increase pollution for nearby communities.
That’s why the Center for Food Safety took action to challenge the project before construction could begin and calling out the risks to public health and the environment.
“This is a community that has historic and ongoing trauma from the impacts of industrial animal agriculture,” Kingsly McConnell, a resident of Yakima and staff attorney at the Center for Food Safety, tells Sentient.
He points to complaints of manure lagoons contaminating groundwater in the valley. “This biodigester risks further entrenching those factory farms in the harmful lagoon waste system in their community,” which could risk both their air quality and drinking water, he says.
We’ve seen this before: corporate projects dressed up as sustainability, while communities pay the price.
Real solutions don’t come at the cost of people’s health.
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05/05/2026
🔦 While the red carpet gets the spotlight, a Supreme Court case could decide whether pesticide companies can be held liable for causing cancer.
At the center: Monsanto v. Durnell - a case that could strip away your ability to hold corporations accountable in court.
At the same time:
-EPA has allowed pesticides with known cancer risks onto the market without warning labels
-35% of pesticide ingredients approved in the last 40 years show possible or likely cancer risk
- Bayer spent $9.19 million lobbying in 2025 alone - while securing major policy wins
- Emails reveal a “small thanks” from Bayer as EPA decisions shifted in its favor
This is corporate influence shaping public health.
At Center for Food Safety, we’re fighting in court and in policy to hold EPA accountable and protect your right to know what you’re exposed to.
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05/05/2026
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04/29/2026
The EPA says no warning is needed. But the science - and the courts - tell a more complicated story.
Via -
‘Environmental groups argue the E.P.A.’s review process is deficient and routinely fails to require cancer warnings to protect the public. They note that a federal court vacated a health-risk assessment and pesticide-registration review conducted by the E.P.A. in 2020, calling the agency’s evaluation of glyphosate’s cancer risk flawed.
“E.P.A’s overall review is limited, leaving an important and robust role for states,” George A. Kimbrell, lead counsel for the Center for Food Safety, wrote in his brief.’
That role is now on the line. If companies don’t have to warn about cancer risks —and states can’t hold them accountable —
who protects the public?
For decades, Center for Food Safety has taken the EPA to court to hold it accountable when it fails to protect people and the environment - and that fight is far from over. ✊
04/29/2026