CA’s Climate Disclosure Bills and H5N1 in Dairy Workers

**A federal judge refused to halt enforcement of California’s climate disclosure bills, despite a legal challenge by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others alleging it violates First Amendment rights against compelled speech.

The ruling denied the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, noting the court required more information and “further development of the facts.”

According to Agriculture Dive, the climate laws will mandate more climate-related disclosures from large companies and push for more transparency of carbon emissions.

**A new study recently showed some dairy workers had signs of H5N1 infection even when they didn’t report feeling sick.

As a result, federal health officials called for more testing of employees on farms affected by bird flu.

The University of Texas Medical Branch says farmworkers in close contact with infected animals should be tested and offered treatment, even if they show no H5N1 symptoms.

**President-Elect Donald Trump’s threat of mass deportations risks hurting the domestic agriculture sector already struggling with labor shortages.

Many Ag leaders are saying Trump’s plan should be approached carefully.

Bloomberg reports farming would be one of the biggest US sectors hit should the incoming administration move forward with kicking potentially millions of undocumented immigrants out of the country.

The USDA has says roughly 40% of hired crop farmworkers lack legal immigration status.