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International Maritime Organization adopts key international routing and protection measures for Bering Sea
As climate change continues to alter the Arctic, it is imperative that Indigenous communities and practices are not threatened by large-scale commercial marine activity.
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Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Rubber-stamping of Keystone XL Permit
Environmental and landowner groups today argued in federal court that the Trump administration’s rubber-stamp approval of a cross-border permit for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline violated environ…
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Over 140 businesses, farmers and organizations call on Senate Agriculture Committee to support the National Organic Standards Board
One of the top reasons consumers buy organic food is to avoid toxic pesticides. If the National Organic Standards Board is weakened, the organic standards could be opened to allow toxic pesticides.
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Global Campaign Exposes BlackRock for Devastating Climate Impacts of Investments
BlackRock, with over $6.3 trillion of assets under management, is a leading investor in sectors driving climate change: coal, oil, gas and deforestation, as well as the banks that finance them.
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Honeybee death survey masks true scale of pollinator crisis
These dire honeybee numbers add to the consistent pattern of unsustainable bee losses in recent years that threatens our food system, but they are the tip of the iceberg.
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BlackRock’s Climate Problem
BlackRock knows it has a climate problem, as this 2016 report demonstrates. And, for starters there are a number of reasonably easy things BlackRock can do to begin phasing out climate destruction fro…
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Herman Morris, Jr., Former Head of MLGW, Joins Friends of the Earth’s Efforts in Memphis
Former president and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water and past City Attorney, Herman Morris, Jr., has joined Friends of the Earth as an adviser. Morris will work with Friends of the Earth on c…
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EPA Ignores Petition to Review Illegally Issued Refinery Permit to Pollute
The federal Environmental Protection Agency ignored a mandatory deadline to decide on a petition challenging an air permit for Phillip 66’s oil refinery in Rodeo, California.
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2018 Farm Bill Watch: A Sneak Attack on the Organic Standards?
Because of its promise for rural America, organic agriculture has growing support from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. So why is there language in the Farm Bill that would weaken the organ…
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Disastrous GOP Farm Bill Defeated
The defeat of the regressive and unjust GOP Farm Bill is a resounding victory for public health and the environment.