Court revives suit over government pesticide approvals
Story Date: 2/6/2017

 

Source:Sudhin Thanawala, FRESNO BEE, 2/2/17

A federal appeals court Thursday revived a sweeping lawsuit accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of endangering scores of protected species by approving toxic pesticides without required consultation with wildlife officials.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed part of a lower court ruling in the 2011 suit against the EPA by two environmental groups, the Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America. 

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