by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

Environmental Working Group (EWG) has sued Tyson Foods over the company’s “climate-smart” claims. The civil suit was filed Sept. 18 in the District of Columbia Superior Court and backed by animal rights and environmental groups such as the Animal Legal Defense Fund, FarmSTAND and Earthjustice.

The suit claims Springdale-based Tyson is making false claims under the Consumer Protection Procedures Act in the District of Columbia because consumers are looking for these “greener products”.

“Tyson knowingly capitalizes on these well-intentioned preferences in advertising in numerous outlets a pledge to achieve ‘net-zero’ climate emissions by 2050 and marketing ‘climate-smart’ beef,” the lawsuit noted.

Tyson Foods sued over ‘climate-smart’ product claims

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in urging the United States Supreme Court to hear Lowery v. Joffe. The case stems from a 2010 class action lawsuit related to Google’s Street View cars collecting millions of consumers’ private data without consumers’ knowledge. Google and the trial lawyers who brought the case settled the suit and agreed to $13 million that lines the pockets of lawyers and liberal-interest organizations that have no connection to the lawsuit or consumers.

“When consumers are the victims, they should be compensated” said Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. “The Supreme Court should act quickly to make sure consumers, not lawyers and their liberal friends, are compensated.”

General Rutledge was joined in the brief by the attorneys general of Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

To read the brief, click here.