CBD and CFS v. FWS and DOI Reference : 1:19-cv-02898 Complaint date : September 26, 2019 Status : Not judged Place of jurisdiction : United States, District of Columbia, Washington DC Plaintiffs types : Environmental NGOs, Health/Food groups Plaintiffs names : Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), Center for Food Safety (CFS) Defendants : Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : Hannah M.M. Connor, Sylvia Shih-Yau Wu, Victoria A. Yundt Case nature : Civil court Specificities : Civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Neonicotinoid, Requests : Revocation of the approval of the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides and pesticide-intensive genetically engineered crops on national wildlife refuges. Name of the Court : United States District Court of District of Columbia, Washington DC, United States Jurisdiction level : Summary : Plaintiffs challenge the 2018 decision by the department of the interior, reversing a phase-out on neonicotinoids and GMOs in National Wildlife Refuges that was decided in 2014 after 10 years of campaigning by various US groups. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to phase-out genetically engineered crops and ban bee-killing pesticides on national refuges Reversal of Ban on Neonicotinoids and GMOs in National Wildlife Refuges CBD and CFS complaint, Sept. 26, 2019 Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Approval of Bee-killing Pesticide, GE Crop Uses on National Wildlife Refuges