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Gov. Hochul, sign the TREES Act now
The TREES Act — which passed the Legislature in May — would require New York state to prove it is not purchasing products driving deforestation. If signed, it would be the first anti-deforestati…
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Overturning Trump era Decision, Federal Court Rules in Favor of Regulating Genetically Engineered Organisms
In a precedential victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court ruled today that genetically engineered (GE) organisms must be regulated.
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Environmental Groups Demand Transparency over Geoengineering Experiments
The Weather Modification Reporting Act of 1972 requires that all activities that attempt to produce “artificial changes in the composition, behavior, or dynamics of the atmosphere” must file publi…
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Cruise Ship Report Card Marks Massive Pollution, Constant Greenwashing from Cruise Industry
Cruise ship pollution remains largely unaddressed across the global industry, according to Friends of the Earth’s latest Cruise Ship Report Card.
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U.S. Misses the Mark on Fossil Fuel Finance Agreement
Today at the conclusion of the OECD Export Credit Group negotiations, participating nations failed to reach an agreement on fossil fuel finance, despite scientists’ repeated calls for urgent climate…
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Friends of the Earth files OECD Complaint against BlackRock for Investments in Agribusiness Companies Causing Environmental, Human Rights Violations
Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) submitted an OECD complaint against BlackRock for directly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses a…
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BlackRock can’t hide: How a new complaint targets the world’s largest asset manager for deforestation and human rights abuses
When we consider the tragic increase in deforestation in the last year (16 million acres permanently lost – let alone 10 times that amount degraded from logging, road building and forest fires), or…
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Environmental Groups Reach Settlement on Pesticide-Treated Seeds with California Agency
A group of environmental organizations informed a California state court today that they had reached an agreement with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to propose regulations…
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Advocacy Groups, Researchers and Businesses Call On Banks to Cut Ties With Formosa Plastics
Formosa Plastics has brought destruction and a lack of accountability at every turn, but financial institutions can break the cycle.
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Friends of the Earth groups condemn new reports of violence and threats against communities by Astra Agro Lestari and Indonesian military police force
Recent incidents continue a pattern of intimidation against community leaders and Human Rights Defenders opposed to AAL’s controversial palm oil operations in Indonesia.