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Foodservice corporations should choose people over profits
Aramark, Sodexo, and Compass group often have exclusive contracts with “Big Food” corporations that systematically lock out smaller, more sustainable producers, fair trade companies, and local far…
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NOAA pushes industrial ocean fish farm plan in Florida as red tide death toll continues to climb
“It is unbelievable that the agency charged with ocean stewardship continues to push for such a disastrous industry in our public waterways,” said Hallie Templeton, Senior Oceans Campaigner for Fr…
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Why Brett Kavanaugh is a disaster for the environment
Kavanaugh is a huge threat to the environment and public health. He’s consistently sided with corporate polluters, and he’s used his position on the lower courts to allow more mercury in our envir…
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Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Valley Authority’s Attack on Solar Energy in South
Five climate and energy-conservation groups today sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for imposing discriminatory electricity rates that discourage homeowners and businesses from investing in renewab…
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Nationwide campaign calls on Aramark, Compass Group, and Sodexo to reform unjust business practices, invest in Real Food
Aramark, Compass Group, and Sodexo manage over half of the country’s cafeterias at institutions such as universities, hospitals, and prisons. Each year these three foodservice management companies p…
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Trump to send new U.S.-Mexico trade deal to Congress
Donald Trump notified members of Congress today that he will send them the text of a new U.S.-Mexico agreement to approve or disapprove this year, potentially cutting Canada out of a new NAFTA agreeme…
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Press Advisory: Democracy in our Hands Tour to highlight independence in redistricting reform
In a three-stop tour of the state, Democracy North Carolina, Common Cause North Carolina, League of Women Voters of North Carolina and Friends of the Earth will discuss how to integrate values of pol…
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Press Advisory: Senate Briefing on Private Investment as Driver of Deforestation and Climate Change
With growing concern over the impacts of climate change and related financial risks to U.S. investors, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Friends of the Earth and Amazon Watch will host a briefing on priva…
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NOAA plan could allow polluting industrial ocean fish farming
In promoting offshore aquaculture, the agency inaccurately claims that placing concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in the ocean would solve the current seafood deficit and create jobs, w…
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Canadian Appeals Court Rejects Permits for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project
A Canadian federal appeals court today ruled that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, which Kinder Morgan recently sold to the government of Canada, would need a far more extensive environm…