Environmentalists Sue Feds for Records Behind Executive Order Boosting Herbicide Production

Environmentalists sue feds for records behind executive order boosting herbicide production

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration on Monday over the Department of Agriculture’s refusal to provide documents that would reveal any advocates for an executive order to accelerate the production of glyphosate, a popular herbicide.  The advocacy group argues in a federal lawsuit the internal development records are necessary to understand how the Feb. 18 executive order titled, “Promoting the Natio…

​Lawsuit Seeks Records on Trump Executive Order to Accelerate Glyphosate Production

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump Department of Agriculture today seeking records revealing who advocated behind the scenes for — and potentially ghost-wrote — the president’s Feb. 18 executive order directing the department to accelerate domestic production of glyphosate.The order to increase U.S. production of the nation’s most-used herbicide was issued under the emergency powers granted to the president by the Defense Product…