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Environmental & Energy,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Apr. 23, 2020

9th Circuit blasts EPA for delaying decision on allegedly dangerous pet collars

In a pointed ruling that used the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s own mission statement against it, a federal appellate panel on Wednesday ordered the government to respond to an environmental group’s petition seeking to ban a pesticide in a company’s pet collars within 90 days.

In a pointed ruling that used the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's own mission statement against it, a federal appellate panel on Wednesday ordered the government to respond to an environmental group's petition seeking to ban a pesticide in a company's pet collars within 90 days.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the Natural Resources Defense Council's writ petition while chastising the agency for failing to take...

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